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(Cargo ship by Takeshi Yuki scanned from "Color Paintings
of Japanese Warships")
IJN ARASAKI:
Tabular Record of Movement
© 2007 Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall.
10 November 1942:
Osaka. Laid down at Hitachi Zosen’s Sakurajima shipyard.
27 February 1943:
Launched and named ARASAKI.
29 May 1943:
Completed and registered in the Maizuru Naval District.
8 July 1943:
ARASAKI departs Saeki with auxiliary gunboat HINO MARU
No. 5 escorting convoy O-806 consisting of ASO, EHIME, KAZAN and ZUISHO MARUs.
E 10 July 1943:
Patrol Boat PB-46 and minesweeper W-18 join the convoy
at latitude 29N.
16 July 1943:
At 1200, the convoy, except straggler KAZAN MARU,
arrives at Palau.
7 August 1943:
At 1100, ARASAKI departs Rabaul in a convoy consisting
of NICHIYO and SUMIYOSHI MARUs and HINO MARU No. 5 escorted by subchasers
CH-10 and CH-24.
9 August 1943:
Arrives at Shortland, Bougainville.
19 September 1943:
Departs Rabaul transporting foodstuffs to New Ireland and escorting LYONS MARU.
19 November 1943:
Arrives at Surabaya, Java. Drydocked.
4 December 1943:
Undocked. Departs Surabaya.
14 December 1944:
Arrives at Rabaul. Engages in replenishment duty.
23 February 1944:
Departs Surabaya. Later, engages in replenishment
duties at Palau and Davao.
9 March 1944:
ARASAKI and HAVRE MARU are enroute from Balikpapan to
Palau, escorted by PB-102 (ex-USS STEWART, DD-224). At 2336, a submarine attacks
the convoy. One torpedo passes 20 meters behind PB-102’s stern; the second hits
port side aft of the bridge, but does not explode.
14 March 1944:
Arrives at Palau.
1 June 1944:
Departs Surabaya escorting tankers JAMBI and SEIAN MARUs as the sole escort. Two hours after departure, JAMBI MARU strikes a mine that explodes under hold No. 4. The ship returns to Surabaya. The others later arrive safely at Balikpapan.
24 April 1944:
Departs Surabaya. ARASAKI transports food stores to Vice Admiral Ozawa Jisaburo’s Mobile Fleet at Lingga and later at Tawi Tawi.
27 August 1944:
Arrives at Singapore. Undergoes repairs at Seletar
Naval Base’s No. 101 Repair Facility.
1 September 1944:
Reassigned to the Southwest Area Fleet.
10 September 1944:
Departs Singapore for Saigon, Lingga and Brunei.
26 January 1945:
Surabaya. Undergoes repairs at the IJN's No. 102 Repair
Facility. After completing work, transports stores to Bali island.
30 January 1945:
W of Surabaya, Java. LtCdr John M. Hyde's USS BERGALL
(SS-320) torpedoes and damages ARASAKI at 08-26S, 115-40E.
1 February 1945:
Departs Surabaya, but contacts a magnetic mine laid
by the Australian 11th, 20 flying squadron’s PBY “Catalina” flying boat.
15 August 1945:
Surabaya. ARASAKI, an unidentified minelayer and minesweeper W-8’s
crews are notified of the termination of the war.
5 October 1945:
Removed from the Navy List.
30 January 1946:
Departs Singapore for Japan. Probably carries repats but not officially taken over to 20 February.
11 February 1946:
Arrives at Otaka
20 February 1946:
Drydocked at Maizuru for repairs. Assigned to the Allied Repatriation Service as a demobilization transport. [1]
20 March 1946:
Undocked.
24 March 1946:
Departs Maizuru.
27 March 1946:
Arrives at Sasebo and departs later that day.
4 April 1946:
Arrives at Saigon and departs later that day.
10 April 1946:
Arrives at Bangkok.
15 April 1946:
Departs Bangkok.
25 April 1946:
Arrives at Otaka.
3 May 1946:
Departs Kure.
10 May 1946:
Arrives at Saigon.
11 May 1946:
Departs Saigon.
14 May 1946:
Arrives at Bangkok.
15 May 1946:
Departs Bangkok.
23 May 1946:
Arrives at Otaka.
27 May 1946:
Arrives at Osaka Zosen Sakurajima for repairs.
14 June 1946:
Repairs are completed.
17 June 1946:
Departs Kure.
22 June 1946:
Arrives at Shanghai.
25 June 1946:
Departs Shanghai.
27 June 1946:
Arrives at Sasebo.
21 July 1946:
Departs Kagoshima.
24 July 1946:
Arrives at Korojima near Tsientsin.
26 July 1946:
Departs Korojima.
30 July 1946:
Arrives at Hakata.
13 August 1946:
Departs Hakata.
21 August 1946:
Arrives at Singapore.
27 August 1946:
Departs Singapore.
5 September 1946:
Arrives at Otaka.
8 September 1946:
Arrives at Mitsui Tamano shipyard for repairs.
23 September 1946:
Repairs are completed.
25 September 1946:
Departs Kure.
6 October 1946:
Arrives at Bangkok.
25 October 1946:
Departs Bangkok.
29 October 1946:
Arrives at Palembang, Sumatra.
31 October 1946:
Departs Palembang.
5 November 1946:
Arrives at Singapore.
6 November 1946:
Departs Singapore.
8 November 1946:
Arrives at Palembang and departs later that day.
10 November 1946:
Arrives at Singapore.
15 November 1946:
Departs Singapore.
22 November 1946:
Arrives at Manila.
27 November 1946:
Departs Manila.
1 December 1946:
Arrives at Otaka.
5 December 1946:
Enters Kure Dockyard for repairs.
10 January 1947:
Repairs are completed.
April 1948:
Becomes a fishery training ship and is probably renamed UMITAKA MARU. [2][3]
August 1955:
Discarded.
1957:
Sold to Kowa Shokai Y. K., Onomichi. Converted to a dry cargo vessel and renamed KOCHI MARU.
1959:
Sold to Kansai Kisen K.K., Osaka. Retains the same name.
1963:
Renamed NANIWA MARU by the same owners.
June 1969:
Deleted from Lloyds' Confidential Index without explanation. Likely scrapped. [4]
Authors' Notes:
[1] ARASAKI was often referred to as ARASAKI MARU; officially renamed so at an unknown date.
[2] The name does not show in Lloyds' Register until 1954.
[3] Thereafter, transferred to the Ministry of Education, Japan under the same name.
[4] From about 1967, small Japanese ships scrapped were not reported to Lloyds' Register, so the final fates of many are unknown in the west.
- Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall.
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