IJN · AK
Choko Maru
Photos and infoCargo ship, 3,515 tons, built at Tama for Taiyo Kogyo and completed on 30 November 1939. The Navy took her as an auxiliary transport in 1941. She reached Kwajalein on 1 December 1943. Carrier aircraft bombed her on 5 December and she sank before dawn on 6 December, about 1.5 miles WSW of Little Bustard. Some dive accounts date the raid 4 December and call the wreck Barracuda Junction. Not credited to one plane. This is not the stores ship sunk west of Saipan by Tang, and not Choko Maru No. 2.
| Type | Cargo ship (AK) |
|---|---|
| Builder | Tama Zosensho, Tama |
| Launched | 1939-06-01 |
| Commissioned | 1939-11-30 |
| Fate | Sunk. Arrived Kwajalein on 1 December 1943. Carrier aircraft bombed her on 5 December and she sank before dawn on 6 December, about 1.5 miles WSW of Little Bustard. Four of her crew were killed. Some dive accounts date the raid 4 December. Not credited to one plane. Removed from the Navy List on 5 February 1944. Not the stores ship sunk by Tang, and not Choko Maru No. 2. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · sunk before dawn on 6 December 1943, about 1.5 miles WSW of Little Bustard, after bombs on 5 December. Arrived 1 December. Some dive accounts date the raid 4 December. Not credited to one plane
