IJN · AK

Chuwa Maru

Sunk

Cargo ship, 2,719 tons. Osaka Iron Works, Sakurajima. Completed 18 March 1940 for Nitto Kogyo Kisen and registered as an auxiliary transport on 20 September 1941. Trout sank her on 10 February 1942, east of Keelung.

Type	Cargo ship (AK)
Builder	Osaka Iron Works, Sakurajima
Launched	1939-11-30
Fate	Sunk. Cargo ship, 2,719 tons, built for Nitto Kogyo Kisen of Tokyo. Completed 18 March 1940. The navy registered her as an auxiliary transport on 20 September 1941. USS Trout sank her on 10 February 1942, east of Keelung, at 25°30′N, 122°38′E. No men are recorded lost. Removed from the navy list on 1 April 1942.

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

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