Fujikawa Maru
| History | |
|---|---|
| Japan | |
| Name | Fujikawa Maru |
| Owner | Toyo Kaiun K.K., Tokyo |
| Operator | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki |
| Laid down | 20 October 1937 |
| Launched | 15 April 1938 |
| Completed | 1 July 1938 |
| Commissioned | requisitioned 9 December 1940 |
| Out of service | 17 February 1944 |
| Stricken | 1944 |
| Homeport | Tokyo |
| Identification | Official number: 45067 |
| Fate | Sunk by torpedo attack 17 February 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Transport |
| Displacement | 6,938 long tons (7,049 t) |
| Length | 437.4 ft (133.3 m) |
| Beam | 58.5 ft (17.8 m) |
| Draught | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Speed | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
| Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
| Complement | 162 |
| Service record | |
| Operations: | Battle of Midway, Operation Hailstone |
Fujikawa Maru was a refrigerated cargo ship that was built in 1938 for the Toyo Kaiun Kisen Kaisha. She was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II for use as an auxiliary armed aircraft transport or ferry, and was rerated as an auxiliary transport on 1 January, 1944. She was sunk in Truk Lagoon in 1944 during Operation Hailstone and is now a leading wreck diving site for scuba divers.