HASSHO MARU was completed as a cargo ship in 1944 Nanyo Kaiun KK, Osaka. HASSHO MARU was requisitioned by the Imperial Army in '44. In Sep '44,
HASSHO MARU was bombed by three B-24 "Liberator" heavy bombers and damaged severely. She was abandoned and scuttled by gunfire by her escorts at 26-57N, 140-06E.
