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(HOKKI MARU in 1931)
IJN HOKKI MARU:
Tabular Record of Movement
© 2010 Bob Hackett and Peter Cundall.
1918:
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Great Britain. Laid down at Palmer´s Shipbuilding
& Iron Co. Ltd. as a 5,601-ton World War I Standard War “Z” Class tanker for Britain's Shipping Controller.
1919:
Launched and named WAR BEGUM.
1919:
Completed. Managed by British Tanker Co.
1920:
Sold to Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London.
1921:
Renamed CONUS, same owner.
1927:
Sold to D/S A/S Jolund (S. Herlofson & Co.), Moss, Norway. Renamed HERBORG.
1928:
Sold to Tonnevolds Rederi A/S, Grimstad; Renamed THELMA.
1937:
Sold to Wheelock & Co, Singapore. Renamed WAR BEGUM again.
1938:
Sold to Kitagawa Sangyo Kaiun K.K. of Osaka. Renamed HOKKI MARU.
1941-1944:
Requisitioned by the IJA. Make voyages as Army No. 751. Returned to her owners.
23 May 1943:
Departs Singapore in Convoy No. 692 consisting of HOKKI, SUEZ and TACHIBANA MARUs without escort.
27 May 1943:
At 1300, arrives at St Jacques.
5 September 1944:
At 1300, HOKKI MARU departs Singapore for Miri, Borneo in convoy SHIMI-10 also containing URAL, SHIKISAN, TATSUHARU, TENSHIN, SHOEI, OMINE, KYOEI and IMAHARU (ex-dutch De KLERK) MARUs and SHINSEI MARU No. 1, KYOEI MARU No. 6 and NANSHIN MARU No. 18 escorted by auxiliary minesweepers CHOUN MARU No. 6 and CHOUN MARU No. 7 and auxiliary minesweeper TOSHI MARU No. 2.
8 September 1944:
At 0530, arrives at Kuching, Borneo.
9 September 1944:
Departs at midnight.
11 September 1944:
At 1230, arrives at Miri.
15 September 1944:
At 1500, HOKKI MARU departs Miri for Manila,
Philippines in convoy MIMA-11 (also called MI-16) also containing fleet oiler KAMOI and TACHIBANA, KYOKUHO, SHIKISAN, ZUIYO, TATSUHARU, TENSHIN, SHOEI, OMINE, URAL, KYOEI and IMAHARU (ex-Dutch De KLERK) MARUs and SHINSEI MARU No. 1, YAMAMIZU MARU No. 2 and KYOEI MARU No. 6 escorted by kaibokan CD-8, CD-25, and CD-32 and subchaser CH-28. The convoy hugs the coast calling at various small anchorages.
27 September 1944:
At 0807, USS FLASHER (SS-249) torpedoes and sinks transport URAL MARU and damages tanker TACHIBANA MARU at 15-45'N, 117-20E.
At 1007, LtCdr Donald G. Baer's LAPON (SS-260) fires three torpedoes at the fourth ship in line and gets two or three hits on HOKKI MARU at 15-45N, 117-48E. She catches fire and is abandoned. OMINE MARU takes her in tow, but she sinks at 15-50N, 117-41E. Two crewmen are KIA.
The escorts counterattack LAPON with depth charges, but Baer evades and escapes.
Author's Notes:
[1] No data were found detailing HOKKI MARU's movements from 1941 through most of 1944. Readers with access to such missing data are requested to post the information on the Discussion
and Questions board or j-aircraft.org's IJN Ship Message
Board
- Bob Hackett and Peter Cundall.
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