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(Oiler by Takeshi Yuki scanned from "Color Paintings of
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IJN KAIJO MARU No. 2 GO:
Tabular Record of Movement
© 1998-2009 Bob Hackett and Peter Cundall.
17 December 1936:
Yokohama. Laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’
shipyard as an 8,632-ton tanker for Nippon Tanker K. K., Tokyo.
7 August 1937:
Launched and named KAIJO MARU.
18 October 1937:
Completed.
15 April 1940:
Chartered to Nitto Kogyo Kisen, K. K., Tokyo.
31 March 1941:
Ownership is transferred to Nitto Kogyo Kisen.
12 November 1941:
Requisitioned by the IJN.
15 November 1941:
Yokohama. Begins conversion at Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries shipyard.
1 December 1941:
Registered as a specially installed transport (oil
supply) in the Yokosuka Naval District. Recalled Captain-Ret. Ishikawa
Tetsushiro (33) is appointed Supervisor.
Secret Secretariat Order number 11623 is issued that renames the ship KAIJO MARU No. 2 GO. [1]
December 1941:
Reassigned to the Fourth Fleet at Truk.
20 December 1941:
Departs Yokosuka for Roi and Kwajalein military base.
12 January 1942:
Arrives at Truk.
23 January 1942:
Departs Truk for Rabaul.
31 January 1942:
Departs Rabaul via Truk for Yokosuka.
11 February 1942:
Arrives at Yokosuka.
19 February 1942:
Departs Yokosuka.
27 February 1942:
Arrives at Truk.
1 March 1942:
Departs Truk for Rabaul.
5 March 1942:
130 miles S of Truk. At about 2300, LtCdr Edward S.
Hutchinson’s USS GRAMPUS (SS-207) torpedoes and sinks KAIJO MARU No. 2 GO at
04-52N, 151-20E. Captain Ishikawa and 89 crewmen and passengers are KIA.
Captain Ishikawa is promoted Rear Admiral, posthumously.
1 April 1942:
Removed from the Navy List.
Authors' Notes:
[1] The IJN renamed requisitioned vessels when a ship of the same name already existed in the fleet. For example, KAIJO MARU became KAIJO MARU No. 2. Some ships also had a "Go" (name symbol) added, so KAIJO MARU No. 2 became KAIJO MARU No. 2 GO.
- Bob Hackett and Peter Cundall.
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