List of Japanese hell ships list of Japanese hell shipsprisoners of war during the Pacific War .Select list The names of the Japanese hell ships used during World War II includes some variants which are different names referring to the same ship. Aikoku Maru Aki Maru Akikase – on 18 March 1943, all 60 POWs on board were executed. Akitzuki Amagi Maru Anami Maru Aramis Argentina Maru Arisan Maru – sunk by USS Snook 24 October 1944. 1,777 US POWs killed. Asaka Maru - left Keppel Harbour, Singapore, on 4 July 1944. Wrecked in a storm between Luzon and Formosa. Survivors were rescued by two Japanese navy destroyers, and boarded the Hakusan Maru which arrived in Moji, Kyushu, on 28 August 1944 . According to the personal account of a British soldier who was on this voyage, the Asaka Maru was old and built in Glasgow. Asama Maru – sunk by USS Atule 1 November 1944. No POWs on board. ≠ Awa Maru ≠ – sunk by USS Queenfish 1 April 1945 . No POWs on board. Benjo Maru Brazil Maru ‡ – bombed 15 December 1944 . No POWs on board. Burong Celebes Maru Chichibu Maru – sunk by 28 April 1943 . No POWs on board. Cho Saki Maru Chuka Maru ‡ Chuyo – sunk by USS Sailfish 4 December 1943. 20 of the 21 POWs on board died. Clyde Maru Coral Maru Dai Moji Maru Dai Nichi Maru Daikeku Maru Dainichi Maru DeKlerk England Maru Enoshima Maru Enoura Maru – sunk by Allied aircraft on 9 January 1945 , resulting in the deaths of approximately 400 Allied POWs. Enuri Maru Erie Maru France Maru Fuji Maru ‡ Fukkai Maru Fuku Maru Fukuji Maru Fukuju Maru Hakuroku Maru Hakusan Maru – sunk by USS Flier 4 June 1944. No POWs on board. Hakushika Maru Haru Maru Harukiku Maru – sunk by HMS Truculent 26 June 1944, 180 of 720 POWs and 27 of 55 Japanese troops killed Haruyasa Maru Hawaii Maru Heiyo Maru Hioki Maru Hiyoki Maru Hofuku Maru – sunk on 21 September 1944 by American aircraft, while carrying 1,289 British and Dutch POWs. 1,047 of them died. Hokko Maru Hokusen Maru Hozan Maru Ikoma Maru – sunk on 21 January 1944 by USS Seahorse . 418 of 611 Indian POWs on board were killed. Ikuta Maru Interisland Steamer Junyō Maru – torpedoed with loss of over 5,000 lives, including 1,300 POWs Kachidoki Maru – sunk by on 12 September 1944. Of 900 POWs, 400 perished. The remaining were transferred to the Kibitsu Maru and taken on to Japan Kaishun Maru Kaiun Maru Kakko Maru Kalgan Maru Kamakura Maru – sunk by on 28 April 1943. No POWs on board. Kenkon Maru Kenwa Maru Kenzan Maru Kiaota Maru Kibitzu Maru Kohho Maru Kokusei Maru Konosue Maru Koryu Maru Kōshū Maru – sunk by on 4 August 1944. 1,239 out of 1,513 POWs, most of them Javanese labourers, died.‡ Kunishima Maru Kurimata Maru Kyokko Maru Kyokusei Maru Lima Maru ≠ Lisbon Maru ≠ – sunk by. Of the 1,816 British POWs, 842 perished. Maebashi Maru Makassar Maru Maros Maru Maru Go Maru Hachi Maru Ichi Maru Ni Maru No. 760 Maru Roku Maru San Maru Shi Maru Shichi Mati Mati Maru Matsu Maru Matti Matti Maru Maya Maru Mayebassi Maru Melbourne Maru ‡ Mishima Maru Miyo Maru Moji Maru Montevideo Maru – sunk by. all 1,054 Australian POWs and civilians died. Nagara Maru Nagata Maru Nagato Maru Nanshin Maru Naruto Maru Natoru Maru Nichimei Maru – Sunk on 15 January 1943 by US aircraft, transporting 1,500 Japanese troops and 965 Dutch POWs of which 32 POWs died. Nishi Maru Nissyo Maru Nitikoku Maru Nitimei Maru Nitta Maru ≠ Yoshida Maru No. 1≠ No. 2 Hikawa Maru ≠ No. 6 Kotobuki Maru No. 7 Hoshi Maru No. 17 Nanshin Maru No. 86 No. 824 Noto Maru Oite SS Op ten Noort Oryoki Maru Oryokko Maru Oryoku Maru – sunk by U.S. airplanes on 15 December 1944, killing 270 of the 1,620 POWs on board. OSK Ferry Otaro Maru Oyo Maru Pacific Maru Panama Maru Raihei Maru Rakuyo Maru – sunk by on 12 September 1944. Of 1,317 POWs, 1,159 POWs perished. 63 were rescued four days later by the submarines that sank the convoy she was in Rashin Maru Rendsberg Rio de Janeiro Maru Roko Maru ‡ Rokyo Maru ‡ Ryūkyū Maru ‡ Samurusan Maru San Diego Maru Sandakan Steamer Sanko Maru Seikyo Maru Sekiho Maru Shinsei Maru Shinyō Maru – sunk on 7 September 1944 by. 668 out of 750 American POWs on board were killed. Shinyu Maru – damaged on 25 October 1942 by Dutch submarine HNLMS O 23 and abandoned. Some 100 out of 500 POWs drowned. Shoun Maru Sibijac Singapore Maru – left Batavia in Java 17 October 1942 with 3,000 British prisoners, arrived Moji, Japan, 25 November 1942, 108 died on the journey . Singoto Maru Soong Cheong SS Subuk Suez Maru – sunk on 29 November 1943 by. All 548 British and Dutch POWs drowned or were shot trying to escape. Sugi Maru Suzuya Maru Tachibana Maru Taga Maru Taian Maru Taiko Maru Taikoku Maru Taka Maru Tamahoko Maru – sunk on 25 February 1944 by. 560 of the 772 Australian, British, American and Dutch prisoners were killed. Tango Maru – sunk on 25 February 1944 by. Some 300 allied POWs were amongst the 3,000 killed. Tanjong Penang Tatsuta Maru ≠ Tattori Maru Tatu Maru Teia Maru Tenshin Maru Thames Maru Tiensen Toendjoek Tofuku Maru Tojuku Maru Toka Maru Toko Maru Tomohoku Maru Toro Maru Tottori Maru Toyama Maru Toyofuku Maru Toyohashi Maru Tufuku Maru Ube Maru Ume Maru Umeda Maru Un'yō Uruppu Maru Ussuri Maru Usu Maru Van Waerwijck Wales Maru Weills Maru Winchester Maru Yamagata Maru Yashu Maru Yinagata Maru Yone Maru Yoshida Maru ≠ – sunk on 18 January 1944 by. Yubi Maru Yuzan Maru ‡ Formerly in the fleet of O.S.K. Lines ≠ Formerly in the fleet of N.Y.K Lines
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