The IJN Hashidate Maru was a Japanese Standard Merchant 1TL tanker built by Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation for Nippon Kaiyo Gyogyo K. K. It was built...

whaling factory ships (Hashidate Maru and Nisshin Maru No. 1), to once again hunt whales in the Antarctic and elsewhere. Nisshin Maru No. 1 (11,803 tons)...

authorized two tankers to be converted into factory ships, the Hashidate Maru and the Nisshin Maru. Whale catchers once again took blue whales, fins, humpbacks...

Japanese Navy, that operated in China during the 1940s. Hashidate was authorized under the Maru-3 Naval Expansion Budget of 1937. She was laid down at...

(Itsukushima, Hashidate, Matsushima) Cruiser Division 9 (Chokai, Maya, Akagi, Uji, Destroyer Squadrons 1, 10, 11, 15 and 20) Auxiliaries: Manshu, Tanan-maru. Flagship:...

Shinshū Maru (神州丸 or 神洲丸) was a ship of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. She was the world's first landing craft carrier ship to be designed...

Akitsu Maru and Nigitsu Maru are also considered to be the first amphibious assault ships, although, this title can be disputed with Shinshū Maru that served...

in Hashidate 3 Matsushima-class protected cruisers (1 × 12.6-inch (320 mm) (Canet gun), 16.5 knots) Itsukushima (Capt. Tsuchiya Tamotsu) Hashidate (Capt...

The Shimane Maru class was a pair of auxiliary escort carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Four additional conversions...

Nigitsu Maru (にぎつ丸) was a Japanese "Type C" landing craft depot ship operated by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). The vessel did not have a flight deck...

Tamatsu Maru was a World War II Japanese landing craft depot ship completed in January 1944 and remembered for the heavy loss of life when sunk by USS Spadefish...

Hailstone. Akagi Maru Asaka Maru Awata Maru List of ship classes of the Second World War IJN AWATA MARU: Tabular Record of Movement IJN ASAKA MARU: Tabular Record...

World War II. The ship was originally built as the ocean liner Argentina Maru. She was purchased by the IJN on 9 December 1942, converted into an escort...

The Yamashio Maru class (Japanese: 山汐丸) consisted of a pair of auxiliary escort carriers operated by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. They...

America Maru (亜米利加丸, Amerika-Maru) was the second of three high speed passenger liners built for the Oriential Steamship Company (Tōyō Kisen). Converted...

The Hashidate-class gunboat was a class of two Imperial Japanese Navy gunboats which served during World War II. The class consisted of two vessels, Hashidate...

the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. The IJA called them Maru Yu (マルゆ). The six-month-long Guadalcanal campaign came to an end in early...

Sixteen ships of the class were planned under the Maru Kyū Programme (Ship #302 in 1941) and the Kai-Maru 5 Programme (#5001–5015 in 1942). However, only...

Uji Hashidate Saga Arashiyama Maru Tsukushi Maru Asashi Maru Momo Maru Ryujin Maru Choun Maru No. 7 Shinsei Maru Sozan Maru Azuchi Maru San Luis Maru Shinko...

name Buyo Maru (武洋丸) with the identification number 24999. On 12 July 1932, she was sold to Tamai Shosen K.K. of Kobe and registered in Hashidate. On 16...

in 1614. Shohei Maru (1854) – Japan's first post-seclusion Western-style sail warship. Hou-Ou Maru (1854) Asahi Maru (1856) Kankō Maru (1855), Japan's...

vessel in the Hashidate-class gunboats in the Imperial Japanese Navy, that operated in China during the 1940s. Uji was authorized under the Maru-3 Naval Expansion...

The 3rd Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (マル3計画, 第三次海軍軍備補充計画, Maru 3 Keikaku, Dai-San-Ji Kaigun Gunbi Hojū Keikaku) otherwise known as the "Circle...

The ships were ordered as the fast luxury passenger liners Izumo Maru and Kashiwara Maru by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Japan Mail Steamship Company-NYK) in late...

Kumano Maru (熊野丸) was a landing craft carrier with a full-length flight deck built for the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. Completed...

Akitsu MaruSC Nigitsu MaruSC M Type C Kumano MaruSC Tokitsu Maru SCI Type A Mayasan Maru SC Tamatsu MaruSC M Type A Kibitsu Maru SC Hyugū Maru SC Settsu...

streaking to sink 1200-ton river gunboat Hashidate. She also severely damaged 3172-ton cargo ship Tsukauba Maru with the same salvo. The latter enemy was...

Shonan Maru No. 1 (第一昭南丸), Shonan Maru No. 2 (第二昭南丸), Shonan Maru No. 3 (第三昭南丸), Shonan Maru No. 5 (第五昭南丸), Shonan Maru No. 10 (第十昭南丸), Shonan Maru No. 11...

Akitsu MaruSC Nigitsu MaruSC M Type C Kumano MaruSC Tokitsu Maru SCI Type A Mayasan Maru SC Tamatsu MaruSC M Type A Kibitsu Maru SC Hyugū Maru SC Settsu...

Stories of Japanese Destroyers, Kōjinsha (Japan) 1993, ISBN 4-7698-0611-6 The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.41 Japanese Destroyers I, Ushio Shobō...