Japanese cargo ship Bizen Maru (1943)

Bizen Maru (Japanese: 備前丸) was a Japanese cargo ship during World War II.

History

She was laid down in 1943 at the Tokyo shipyard of Ishikawajima Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., for the benefit of Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo. She was one of 18 Wartime Standard Type B Cargo Ships laid down in 1943–1944 and one of seven built by Tokyo Ishikawajima. Type B cargo ships built by Tokyo Ishikawajima were Bizen Maru (備前丸) (國陽丸), (備中丸), (美濃丸), (美保丸), (美作丸), and (美山丸). She was launched in 1943 and completed on 15 June 1943. On 24 May 1944, she was torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine , southeast of Saigon in the South China Sea ().

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