Japanese cargo ship Kokuyo Maru (1943)

History

She was launched in July 1943 at the Tokyo shipyard of Ishikawajima Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., for the benefit of , 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 (備前丸), Kokuyo Maru (國陽丸), (備中丸), (美濃丸), (美保丸), (美作丸), and (美山丸). She was launched in July 1943 and completed later in 1943. On 12 March 1944, she was torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine off the coast of the Izu Peninsula ().

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