List of Japanese hell ships

This list of Japanese hell ships encompasses those vessels used for transporting Allied prisoners of war during the Pacific War.

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The names of the Japanese hell ships used during World War II includes some variants which are different names referring to the same ship.

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Formerly in the fleet of N.Y.K Lines
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Formerly in the fleet of O.S.K. Lines

Sources

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  • Crager, Kelly E. (2008). Hell Under the Rising Sun: Texan POWs and the Building of the Burma – Thailand Death Railway. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 1585446351; ISBN 9781585446353; OCLC 145378792
  • Michno, Gregory. (2001). Death on the Hellships: Prisoners at Sea in the Pacific War. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1557504822; ISBN 9781557504821; OCLC 45757730
  • Parkinson, James W. and Lee Benson (2006). Soldier Slaves: Abandoned by the White House, Courts, and Congress. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1591142040; ISBN 9781591142041; OCLC 63116439
  • Roscoe, Theodore and Richard G Voge (1949). United States Submarine Operations in World War II. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute. OCLC 1127592

References

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  1. ^ Michno, Gregory. (2001). Death on the Hellships: Prisoners at Sea in the Pacific War, p. 93; n.b., Aki Maru (11,409 GT).
  2. ^ Michno, p. 207; n.b., the destroyer Akitsuki carried POWs, sunk in Battle of Leyte Gulf off Cape Engaño.
  3. ^ Michno, p. 93; n.b., Amagi Maru (3,165 GT), former NYK Line ship
  4. ^ Aikoku Maru (1940)
  5. ^ https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/u/united-states-submarine-losses/shark-2-ss-314.html . Retrieved 27 September 2022
  6. ^ a b c WestPoint.org website: POW Registers website
  7. ^ POWs of the Japanese website: Celebes Maru
  8. ^ POWs of the Japanese website: Clyde Maru
  9. ^ Crager, Kelly E. (2008). Hell Under the Rising Sun: Texan POWs and the Building of the Burma – Thailand Death Railway, p. 73.
  10. ^ Crager, p. 57.
  11. ^ Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society: The Story of the Enoura Maru and the Men Who Died Archived 2009-06-24 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ POWs of the Japanese website: France Maru
  13. ^ Hovinga, Henk (1982) Eindstation Pakan Baroe 1944–1945. Dodenspoorweg door het oerwoud, p. 23
  14. ^ POWs of the Japanese website: Hawaii Maru
  15. ^ Roscoe, Theodore et al. (1949). United States submarine operations in World War II, p. 548; n.b., Hozan Maru (2,345 GT) sunk November 23, 1944 by USS Redfish at 24-26N, 122-46E.
  16. ^ POWs of the Japanese website: Kyokko Maru
  17. ^ POWs of the Japanese website: Nagara Maru
  18. ^ BataanSurvivor.com: Noto Maru
  19. ^ POWs of the Japanese website: Pacific Maru
  20. ^ Erickson, James W. (2009). "Suzuya Maru 鈴谷丸". POWs of the Japanese. Archived from the original on 2021-02-11. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  21. ^ Lettens, Jan (June 8, 2011). "Suzuya Maru (+1943)". wrecksite.eu.
  22. ^ Parkinson, James et al. (2006). Soldier Slaves: Abandoned by the White House, Courts, and Congress, p. 153.
  23. ^ a b "Alias Ship Names". west-point.org. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  24. ^ POWs of the Japanese website: Thames Maru
  25. ^ Roscoe, p. 542; n.b., Wales Maru (6,586 GT) sunk May 24, 1944 by USS Lapon at 7-16N, 109-044E.
  26. ^ Roscoe, p. 548; n.b., Yamagata Maru (4,621 GT) sunk April 16, 1944 by USS Redfin at 7-04N, 123-27E.
  27. ^ POWs of the Japanese website: Yuzan Maru
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