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(Oiler by Takeshi Yuki scanned from "Color Paintings of
Japanese Warships")
IJN JUKO MARU:
Tabular Record of Movement
© 2008-2010 Bob Hackett and Peter Cundall.
Revision 1
1937:
Shimizu. Laid down at Kanasashi shipyard as a 478-ton tanker for
Hayayama Sekiyu K.K., Tokyo.
1 July 1937:
Launched and named KAMIKAZE MARU.
1 November 1937:
Completed.
1940:
Ownership and port of registry transfers to Taiyo Kogyo K.K., Kobe. Renamed JUKO MARU.
18 February 1941:
Requisitioned by the IJN.
1941:
Attached to the China Area Fleet.
21 February 1941:
Serves on the Yangtze River as a fuel replenishment ship.
2 May 1942:
Arrives at Taichow Liehtao Island group and refuels auxiliary gunboat SHINKO MARU No. 1 GO. Later that month transfers to Shihpu.
20 May 1942:
At Shihpu. Refuels auxiliary gunboat SHINKO MARU No. 1 GO.
9 July 1942:
Departs Shanghai.
11 July 1942:
Arrives at Sasebo.
19 July 1942:
Departs Sasebo.
21 July 1942:
Arrives at Shanghai.
22 September 1942:
Takao. Some of OTOWASAN MARU’s oil cargo is transshipped to JUKO MARU
3 October 1942:
Departs Shanghai.
8 October 1942:
Yuet Ching Bay, Liehtao. JUKO MARU refuels auxiliary gunboat SHINKO MARU No. 1 GO.
10 October 1942:
Arrives at Woosung.
15 October 1942:
Registered in the Sasebo Naval District as a specially installed transport (oil supply).
21 November 1942:
Hong Kong. Some of OTOWASAN MARU’s oil cargo is transshipped to JUKO MARU.
24 December 1942:
Departs Shanghai.
27 December 1942:
Arrives at Sasebo.
1943:
Ownership is transferred to the Horai Tanker Co. Port of registration changes to Tokyo.
15 January 1943:
Departs Sasebo.
18 January 1943:
Arrives at Shanghai.
5 February 1943:
Departs Shanghai.
6 February 1943:
Arrives at Saishu To (now Chejudo/Jeju-do) Island, Chosen (Korea)
9 February 1943:
Departs Saishu To.
11 February 1943:
Arrives at Chinkai (Chinhae) naval base, Korea.
13 February 1943:
Departs Chinkai.
15 February 1943:
Arrives at Shanghai.
22 February 1943:
Departs Shanghai.
26 February 1943:
Arrives at Chinkai.
28 February 1943:
Departs Chinkai.
1 March 1943:
Arrives at Katoku Shima (Koteng Do), Korea.
3 March 1943:
Departs Katoku Shima.
4 March 1943:
Arrives at Shanghai.
9 March 1943:
Departs Shanghai
12 March 1943:
Arrives at Sasebo.
15 March 1943:
Departs Sasebo.
19 March 1943:
Arrives at Shanghai.
30 April 1943:
Departs Shanghai .
8 May 1943:
Arrives at Mako.
11 May 1943:
Departs Mako.
17 May 1943:
Arrives at Shanghai.
2 July 1943:
Departs Shanghai.
3 July 1943:
Arrives at Ting Hai.
7 July 1943:
Departs Ting Hai.
8 July 1943:
Arrives at Shanghai.
30 December 1943:
At 1520, JUKO MARU departs Shanghai convoy MO-006
consisting of NARUTO, WAZAN, NISSHO, MISHIMA and KORYU MARUs escorted by
minesweeper W-15.
3 January 1944:
At 0855, arrives at Sasebo.
1 August 1944:
Reassigned to Takao, Formosa. Attached to the Takao
patrol unit.
6 August 1944:
Departs Shanghai.
10 August 1944:
Arrives at Takao.
17 August 1944:
Departs Takao. Later that day, arrives at Saei.
18 August 1944:
Departs Saei. Later that day, arrives at Takao.
19 August 1944:
Reassigned to the Takao supply depot.
20 August 1944:
Departs Takao.
21 August 1944:
Arrives at Keelung.
23 August 1944:
Departs Keelung.
24 August 1944:
Arrives at Takao.
26 August 1944:
Departs Takao. Later that day, arrives at Saei.
29 August 1944:
Departs Saei. Later that day, arrives at Takao.
31 August 1944:
Departs Takao. Later that day, arrives at Saei.
4 September 1944:
Departs Saei.
5 September 1944:
Arrives at Keelung.
12 September 1944:
Departs Keelung.
13 September 1944:
Arrives at Takao.
14 September 1944:
Departs Takao.
19 September 1944:
Arrives at Saei.
22 September 1944:
At the Saei Army Supply Depot, loads aviation gas
from tanker OTOWASAN MARU. Later that day, departs Saei.
12 October 1944:
Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher’s Task Force 38’s
aircraft attack shipping, airfields and industrial targets on Formosa. JUKO MARU
sustains damage to her hull.
13 October 1944:
Task Force 38’s air strikes continue.
14 October 1944:
The air strikes continue.
15 October 1944:
JUKO MARU undergoes battle-damage repairs.
3 November 1944:
Repairs are completed,
4 November 1944:
Departs Saei. Arrives at Mako.
15 November 1944:
Departs Mako. Later that day, arrives at Takao.
18 November 1944:
Departs Takao.
20 November 1944:
Arrives at Hong Kong.
21 November 1944:
Hong Kong. Takes on a cargo of heavy oil from fleet tanker SAN
DIEGO MARU. Some of tanker OTOWASAN MARU’s oil cargo is also transshipped to JUKO MARU.
25 November 1944:
Departs Hong Kong.
27 November 1944:
Arrives at Mako.
29 November 1944:
Departs Mako.
30 November 1944:
Arrives at Keelung.
9 January 1945:
Takao, Formosa. JUKO MARU is bombed and sunk by aircraft of TF 38. [1]
9 August 1945:
Onagawa Bay, Japan. Aircraft from Task Force 38 bomb and sink
JUKO MARU in shallow water off Hamada at 39-30N, 142-04E. [1]
Nagasaki. The same day, Major (later Brig Gen, ANG) Charles W. Sweeney's
B-29 "Superfortress", nicknamed "BOCKSCAR", of Sweeney's 393rd Bomb Squadron of
the 509th Composite Group drops the second atomic bomb, "Fat Man". Japan agrees
to an end of hostilities within a week.
15 September 1945:
Removed from the Navy List.
Author's Notes:
[1] Many sources claim JUKO MARU was sunk 9 August 1945 at Onagawa Port by aircraft of TF 38. It is probable JUKO MARU was raised from Takao and finally sunk at Onagawa.
-Thanks go to Sander Kingsepp for assistance.
- Bob Hackett and Peter Cundall.
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