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(OSK Kobe ~ Dairen Liner S. S. BAIKAL MARU by I. Okubo)
IJA Hospital Ship/Transport BAIKAL MARU:
Tabular Record of Movement
© 2013-2014 Bob Hackett
Revision 2
1 December 1920
Kobe. Laid down Mitsubishi Shipbuilding as yard No. 94, as a 5,266-ton passenger cargo ship for Osaka Shosen K. K. (OSK Line), Osaka.
10 May 1909:
Hull completed, launched and named BAIKAL MARU.
Departs Kobe.
May 1920:
Arrives at Mitsubishi Shipbuilding ,Nagasaki and begins machinery installation and outfitting as Yard No. 344.
15 September 1921:
Completed.
11 October 1921:
Departs Kobe on OSK's Dairen, Manchuria (now Dalian, China) route.
1925:
Departs Manzanilla, Mexico for San Pedro, California.
16 April 1927:
Departs Dairen.
5 May 1928:
Chartered by the Imperial Army (IJA) as a troop transport.
May 1928:
Departs Dairen carrying troops to Tsingtao (Qingdao), China.
8 May 1928:
Charter completed. Returned to OSK.
April 1929:
Chartered to the IJA as a troop transport.
6 April 1929:
BAIKAL MARU.departs Kobe for Dalian (Dairen), Manchuria. She carries elements of the IJA 16th Division including its Division HQ.
9 April 1929:
Arrives at Dalian.
April 1929:
Charter completed. Returned to OSK.
10 June 1929:
Off Mokpo, Korea. Enroute from Dairen to Kobe, carrying a cargo of 1,800 tons, including beans and pig iron, runs aground on a reef on Daiton Island because of dense fog. Holds Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the engine room flood.
13 June 1929:
Rescue ship KAIGEN MARU arrives, removes passengers and refloats BAIKAL MARU.
10 August 1929:
Departs Dairen.
12 August 1929:
Arrives at Moji and departs. Arrives at Kobe.
13 August 1929:
Arrives at Kobe.
September 1930:
Departs Dairen
5 September 1930:
Arrives at Moji. Departs and arrives at Kobe.
11 January 1932:
Departs Kobe for Dairen.
12 March 1932:
Departs Kobe and arrives at Moji.
13 March 1932:
Arrives at Dairen.
24 March 1932:
Arrives at Moji.
10 April 1932:
Departs Dairen for Kobe.
June 1932:
Departs Kobe.
30 June 1932:
Arrives at Moji.
July 1932:
Departs Kobe and arrives at Moji.
24 July 1932:
Departs Moji.
17 August 1932:
Departs Kobe for Dairen.
30 August 1932:
Arrives at Moji.
11 September 1932:
Departs Kobe.
September 1932:
Departs Moji.
September 1932:
Arrives at Dairen.
December 1932:
Departs Dairen.
December 1932:
Arrives at Moji.
17 December 1932:
Departs Kobe and arrives at Moji.
18 December 1932:
Arrives at Dairen.
24 December 1932:
Arrives at Moji.
23 January 1933:
Departs Kobe
24 January 1933:
Arrives at Moji. Departs and arrives at Dairen.
February 1933:
Departs Kobe.
18 February 1933:
Departs Moji and arrives at Dairen.
March 1933:
Departs Kobe and arrives at Moji.
2 March 1933:
Arrives at Dairen.
18 March 1933:
Departs Dairen.
20 March 1933:
Arrives at Moji. Departs and arrives at Kobe.
17 April 1933:
When leaving Kobe, Australian steamer MUNGANA (3,351
tons), avoiding a fishing-boat, collides with BAIKAL MARU in the Inland Sea.
Both vessels return to Kobe for repairs. There are no casualties.
19 April 1933:
Departs Kobe for Dairen.
May 1933:
Departs Dairen.
4 May 1933:
Arrives at Moji.
20 May 1933:
Departs Moji for Dairen.
24 May 1933:
Arrives at Dairen.
29 July 1933:
Departs Dairen.
15 August 1932:
Arrives at Moji.
18 October 1933:
Departs Dairen.
20 November 1933:
Arrives at Moji and departs.
November 1933:
Arrives at Ujina.
18 December 1933:
Departs Kobe.
January 1934:
Departs Dairen.
18 January 1934:
Arrives at Moji.
5 May 1934:
Departs Kobe.
11 September 1934:
Departs Dairen
7 November 1934:
Arrives at Moji.
1 January 1935 – July 1937:
BAIKAL MARU makes regularly scheduled voyages between Kobe ~ Dairen ~ Kobe.
7 July 1937: The "First China Incident" and the Beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War:
Hun River, Lukuokiao, China. Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) troops on night maneuvers at the Marco Polo Bridge fire blank cartridges.
Chinese troops across the river think they are under attack. They fire live round back, but do not cause injuries. At morning roll call, the Japanese
discover a soldier missing and assume the Chinese have captured him. The Japanese demand entry to the Peiping (Beijing) suburb of Wanping to look for the soldier, but the Chinese refuse. The Japanese then shell the city. An undeclared war on China begins.
1937:
Chartered by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) as a troop transport.
28 August 1937:
BAIKAL MARU departs Ujina and arrives at Moji.
29 August 1937:
Departs Moji in a convoy also consisting of MIZUHO, NOSHIRO, PINTUNG, SHINKO, YOSHINO and ZENYO MARUs. BAIKAL MARU carries 623 men and 54 horses of the 3rd Division’s 18th Infantry Regiment including 4th Company, Machinegun Unit, 1st Battalion, Infantry Gun Platoon, 1st Battalion, 5th Independent Heavy Siege Artillery Battalion HQ and its 1st Company.
2 September 1937:
Arrives at Wusung, China.
9 October 1937:
Departs Ujina.
10 October 1937:
Arrives at Moji.
12 October 1937:
Arrives at Shanghai.
15 October 1937:
Arrives at Moji.
17 October 1937:
Departs Moji.
18 October 1937:
Arrives at Ujina
24 October 1937:
Departs Ujina and arrives at Moji.
25 October 1937:
Departs Moji.
27 October 1937:
Arrives at Shanghai.
30 October 1937:
Arrives at Moji.
1 November 1937:
Departs Moji
2 November 1937:
Arrives at Ujina.
15 November 1937:
Departs Ujina.
16 November 1937:
Arrives at Moji and departs.
18 November 1937:
Arrives at Kure and departs.
19 November 1937:
Arrives at Kanayama.
22 November 1937:
Departs Kanayama.
23 November 1937:
Arrives at Shanghai.
24 November 1937:
Departs Shanghai.
26 November 1937:
Arrives at Moji and departs.
27 November 1937:
Arrives at Ujina.
1 December 1937:
Departs Ujina.
2 December 1937:
Arrives at Moji and departs to transport sick and wounded to the homeland.
4 December 1937:
Arrives at Shanghai.
7 December 1937:
Departs Shanghai.
9 December 1937:
Arrives at Moji and departs.
10 December 1937:
Arrives at Ujina.
17 January 1938:
Departs Ujina.
21 January 1938:
Arrives at Shanghai.
7 December 1938:
Arrives at Takao.
9 December 1938:
Departs Takao.
1 September 1939:
Sold to Toa Kaiun K.K., Osaka.
24 November 1939:
Departs Kobe for Tsingtao,(later Seito, now Qingdao) China.
December 1941:
Requisitioned by the IJA and converted to a hospital ship.
13 December 1941:
Departs Ujina.
17 December 1941:
Arrives at Dairen.
18 December 1941:
Departs Dairen.
20 December 1941:
Arrives at Pusan and departs.
23 December 1941:
Arrives at Moji.
24 December 1941:
Departs Moji.
31 December 1941:
Arrives at Shanghai.
1 January 1942:
Departs Shanghai.
3 January 1942:
Arrives at Ujina.
6 January 1942:
Departs Ujina.
11 January 1942:
Arrives at Qinhuangdao and departs.
15 January 1942:
Arrives at Osaka
21 January 1942:
Arrives at Ujina.
23 January 1942:
Arrives at Pusan, Korea and departs.
25 January 1942:
Arrives at Ujina.
26 January 1942:
Departs Ujina
30 January 1942:
Arrives at Pusan
31 January 1942:
Departs Pusan
5 February 1942:
Arrives at Ujina.
6 February 1942:
Departs Ujina.
8 February 1942:
Arrives at Pusan.
10 February 1942:
Departs Pusan.
11 February 1942:
Arrives at Qinhuangdao and departs. Arrives at Moji later that same day.
22 February 1942:
Arrives at Ujina.
25 February 1942:
Arrives at Kirun, Formosa (Keelung, Taiwan).
28 February 1942:
Departs Kirun.
2 March 1942:
Arrives at Shanghai.
4 March 1942:
Departs Shanghai.
7 March 1942:
Arrives at Ujina.
8 March 1942:
Departs Ujina.
11 March 1942:
East China Sea, 270 miles E of Shanghai. At 0107 (HI), LtCdr Stanley P. Moseley’s (USNA ’25) USS POLLACK (SS-180) spots a merchant making about 10 knots. Moseley fires two torpedoes, from 1000 yards, but both miss. At about 0130, he fires another torpedo from 500 yards, but it also misses. At about 0200, Moseley fires a torpedo that hits and sinks cargo ship FUKUSHU MARU (1454 GRT) at 30-53N, 126-20E.
At 0445, POLLACK (SS-180) spots another merchant at 31-00N, 126-32E. At 0453, Moseley fires two torpedoes, but both miss. He sets up and fires two more torpedoes, but they also miss. At 0510 and 0514, Moseley fires one torpedo, followed by a second, but they too both miss. As the sun begins rising, he
orders gun action and opens fire with his 3-inch deck gun. He gets a hit on BAIKAL MARU’s bridge, but then the automatic feed on the deck gun jams.
POLLACK’s crew fires a dozen shots manually. All but one misses zigzagging. BAIKAL MARU that pulls away to safety. [1]
13 March 1942:
Arrives at Kirun and departs.
15 March 1942:
Arrives at Osaka. Probably undergoes battle damage repairs.
3 April 1942:
Departs Ujina.
5 April 1942:
Arrives at Pusan and departs.
7 April 1942:
Arrives at Ujina.
8 April 1942:
Departs Ujina.
10 April 1942:
Arrives at Pusan.
11 April 1942:
Departs Pusan.
13 April 1942:
Arrives at Kirun.
15 April 1942:
The 17th hospital group embarks patients for transport. Departs Kirun.
20 April 1942:
Arrives at Osaka.
24 April 1942:
Departs Ujina and arrives at Moji.
25 April 1942:
Departs Moji.
27 April 1942:
Arrives at Shanghai.
29 April 1942:
Departs Kure and arrives at Ujina and later Osaka.
20 May 1942:
Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues an official notice to all belligerent countries that BAIKAL MARU is employed as a hospital ship.
21 June 1942:
Departs Ujina.
23 June 1942:
Arrives at Pusan.
24 June 1942:
Departs Pusan.
26 June 1942:
Arrives at Moji.
4 July 1942:
Departs Ujina.
9 July 1942:
Arrives at Dairen.
10 July 1942:
Departs Dairen.
12 July 1942:
Arrives at Moji.
22 July 1942:
Departs Ujina.
26 July 1942:
Arrives at Dairen.
28 July 1942:
Departs Dairen
30 July 1942:
Arrives at Moji.
9 August 1942:
Departs Osaka.
13 August 1942:
Arrives at Takao.
17 August 1942:
Departs Takao.
20 August 1942:
Arrives at Manila.
24 August 1942:
Departs Manila.
26 August 1942:
Arrives at Takao.
27 August 1942:
Departs Takao.
30 August 1942:
Arrives at Singapore, Malaya (now Republic of Singaore).
9 September 1942:
Departs Singapore.
13 September 1942:
Arrives at Rangoon.
14 September 1942:
Departs Rangoon.
16 September 1942:
Arrives at Medan, Sumatra.
18 September 1942:
Departs Medan.
22 September 1942:
Arrives at Singapore.
1 October 1942:
Arrives at Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar)
3 October 1942:
The 54th hospital group embarks patients for transport. Departs Rangoon.
4 October 1942:
Arrives at Medan.
5 October 1942:
Departs Medan.
8 October 1942:
Arrives at Belawan, Sumatra.
10 October 1942:
Arrives at Singapore.
14 October 1942:
The 54th hospital group embarks patients for transport. Departs Singapore.
16 October 1942:
Arrives at Saigon, Vichy French Indochina (now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam).
20 October 1942:
Arrives at Singapore.
22 October 1942:
Departs Singapore and arrives at Saigon.
27 October 1942:
Departs Singapore.
31 October 1942:
Arrives at Rangoon.
2 November 1942:
The 54th hospital group embarks patients for transport. Departs Rangoon.
6 November 1942:
Arrives at Singapore
10 November 1942:
The 54th hospital group embarks patients for transport. Departs Singapore.
15 November 1942:
Arrives at Manila.
17 November 1942:
The 54th hospital group embarks patients for transport. Departs Manila.
20 November 1942:
Arrives at Takao.
22 November 1942:
Departs Manila.
26 November 1942:
Arrives at Hong Kong.
28 November 1942:
The 54th hospital group embarks patients for transport. Departs Hong Kong.
2 December 1942:
Arrives at Hiroshima and then Ujina.
28 December 1942:
Departs Ujina.
1 January 1943:
Arrives at Darien and departs.
2 January 1943:
Arrives at Moji.
8 January 1943:
Departs Moji.
14 January 1943:
Arrives at Takao and departs.
20 January 1943:
Arrives at Singapore
23 January 1943:
Departs Singapore.
26 January 1943:
Arrives at Djakarta, Java (formerly Batavia, now Jakarta, Indonesia).
28 January 1943:
Departs Djakarta.
30 January 1943:
Arrives at Palembang, Sumatra.
31 January 1943:
Departs Palembang.
2 February 1943:
Arrives at Singapore.
6 February 1943:
Departs Singapore.
11 February 1943:
Arrives at Rangoon and departs.
14 February 1943:
Arrives at Belawan and departs.
17 February 1943:
Arrives at Singapore.
21 February 1943:
Departs Singapore.
23 February 1943:
Arrives at Djakarta.
25 February 1943:
Departs Djakarta.
27 February 1943:
Arrives at Palembang
28 February 1943:
Departs Palembang.
2 March 1943:
Arrives at Singapore
21 March 1943:
Departs Singapore.
24 March 1943:
Arrives at Djakarta.
26 March 1943:
Departs Djakarta.
29 March 1943:
Arrives at Singapore.
30 March 1943:
Departs Singapore.
4 April 1943:
Arrives at Belawan.
6 April 1943:
Departs Belawan.
9 April 1943:
Arrives at Singapore.
1 May 1943:
Departs Singapore.
4 May 1943:
Arrives at Djakarta.
5 May 1943:
Departs Djakarta.
7 May 1943:
Arrives at Palembang and departs.
9 May 1943:
Arrives at Singapore.
10 May 1943:
Departs Singapore.
15 May 1943:
Arrives at unknown "Brei" location.
20 May 1943:
Departs Brei.
21 May 1943:
Arrives at Rangoon.
22 May 1943:
The Japanese Government protests attacks on hospital ship BAIKAL MARU by seven enemy aircraft and claims three persons were machine-gunned. Departs Rangoon.
May 1943:
Arrives at Singapore.
11 June 1943:
Departs Singapore.
14 June 1943:
Arrives at Saigon.
19 June 1943:
Departs Saigon.
22 June 1943:
Arrives at Hong Kong.
25 June 1943:
Departs Hong Kong.
30 June 1943:
Arrives at Ujina.
5 July 1943:
Departs Ujina.
9 July 1943:
Arrives at Dairen.
11July 1943:
Departs Dairen.
15July 1943:
Arrives at Osaka.
17July 1943:
Departs Osaka.
22 July 1943:
Arrives at Kirun.
23 July 1943
Departs Kirun.
27 July 1943:
Arrives at Osaka.
30 July 1943:
Departs Osaka.
4 August 1943:
Arrives at Dairen.
6 August 1943:
Departs Dairen.
10 August 1943:
Arrives at Ujina and departs.
17 October 1943:
Arrives at Singapore.
22 October 1943:
Departs Singapore.
24 October 1943:
Arrives at Belawan.
28 October 1943:
Departs Belawan.
9 November 1943:
Arrives at Singapore.
15 November 1943:
Departs Singapore.
17 November 1943:
Arrives at Djakarta.
20 November 1943:
Departs Djakarta.
22 November 1943:
Arrives at Palembang.
24 November 1943:
Departs Palembang.
26 November 1943:
Arrives at Singapore.
29 November 1943:
Departs Singapore.
2 December 1943:
Arrives at St. Jacques, Vichy French Indochina (now Vung Tau, Vietnam).
4 December 1943:
Departs St. Jacques.
8 December 1943:
Arrives at Manila.
11 December 1943:
Departs Manila.
16 December 1943:
Arrives at Singapore.
28 December 1943:
Departs Singapore.
2 January 1944:
Arrives at Manila.
5 January 1944:
Departs Manila.
10 January 1944:
Arrives at Singapore.
13 January 1944:
Departs Singapore.
15 January 1944:
Arrives at Djakarta.
18 January 1944:
Departs Djakarta.
19 January 1944:
Arrives at Palembang.
22 January 1944:
Departs Palembang
23 January 1944:
Arrives at Singapore.
29 January 1944:
Departs Singapore.
31 January 1944:
Arrives at Belawan.
4 February 1944:
Departs Belawan.
5 February 1944:
Arrives at Singapore
9 February 1944:
Departs Singapore.
14 February 1944:
Arrives at Manila.
17 February 1944:
Departs Manila.
21 February 1944:
Arrives at Palau.
23 February 1944:
Departs Palau.
27 February 1944:
Arrives at Manila.
2 March 1944:
Departs Manila.
17 March 1944:
Arrives at Osaka.
1 April 1944:
Departs Ujina.
18 April 1944:
Arrives at Manila.
26 April 1944:
Departs Manila.
30 April 1944:
Arrives at Takao.
2 May 1944:
Departs Takao.
13 May 1944:
Arrives at Halmahera, Moluccas.
14 May 1944:
Departs Halmahera.
3 June 1944:
Arrives at Ujina.
8 July 1944:
Departs Ujina.
12 July 1944:
At 1500, BAIKAL MARU departs Moji for Miri, Borneo in convoy MI-11 also consisting of EIKYU, YOSHINO, MIHO, ENOSHIMA, MANKO, HACHIJIN, DAKAR, FUSO, TEIRITSU (ex-Vichy French LECONTE DE LISLE), TOUN and FUKUJU MARUs and BANSHU MARU No. 16 and tankers KOEI, TAKETOYO, AYAYUKI, SHICHIYO, AYAGUMO and HARIMA MARUs and OGURA MARU No. 1 escorted by destroyer SHIOKAZE, kaibokan SHIMUSHU, minesweepers W-28 and W-39, subchaser CH-55 and auxiliary gunboat KAZAN MARU.
20 July 1944:
BAIKAL MARU is detached.
21 July 1944:
Arrives at Kirun.
30 July 1944:
Departs Kirun.
5 August 1944:
Arrives at Ujina.
19 August 1944:
Arrives at Moji.
27 August 1944:
At 0800, BAIKAL MARU departs Moji in convoy MI-17 for Miri, Borneo also consisting of cargo ships AMAHI, DAITEN, NORWAY, ARAOSAN, NICHIZUI, HOKUREI, and SORACHI MARUs and SHINYO MARU No. 8 and tankers NITTETSU and SHIMOTSU MARUs and four unidentified ships escorted by destroyers SHIOKAZE and KURETAKE, kaibokan CD-18, minelayer YURIJIMA and minesweeper W-17.BAIKAL MARU carries the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry, 8th Division and elements of the IJA 26th Independent Mixed Regiment.
2 September 1944:
At 1141, arrives at Mako (Bako), Pescadores. SORACHI MARU
and two unidentified ships are detached. An unidentified ship joins the convoy.
Minesweeper W-20 and subchaser CH-41 join the escort.
4 September 1944:
At 1000, the convoy departs Mako for Manila.
6 September 1944:
At 1500, arrives at Aparri, Luzon. W-17, W-20 and CH-41 are detached.
9 September 1944:
Arrives at North San Fernando.
10 September 1944:
Arrives at Manila. BAIKAL, AMAHI, ARAOSAN, DAITEN, HOKUREI and NORWAY MARUs and probably SHUYO and YOZAN MARUs are detached as are YURIJIMA and CD-18.
14 September 1944:
BAIKAL MARU departs Manila because of an anticipated air attack and arrives that evening at Santa Cruz.
15 September 1944:
Arrives at Masinloc.
18 September 1944:
Arrives at Manila Bay.
21 September 1944:
At about 0900, about 200 aircraft of Vice Admiral
(later Admiral) Marc A. Mitscher's Task Force 38 strike Manila throughout the
day. Planes from TG 38.1, TG 38.2 and TG 38.3 sink destroyer SATSUKI anchored
near stores ship IRAKO. IRAKO rescues a few sailors.
Vice Admiral Mikawa Gunichi, (former CO of KIRISHIMA), CINC, Southwest
Area Fleet, advises the Supreme Commander of Japanese Forces in the Southern
Area, Field Marshal, Count, Terauchi Hisaichi, CINC, Southern Army, to transfer
all supply ships from Manila to the relative security of Coron Bay off Palawan
Island, Philippines. At 1715, Terauchi issues the order. At 1730, KOGYO MARU
weighs anchor.
22 September 1944:
At 2200, BAIKAL MARU departs Manila for Coron Bay,
Calamian Islands accompanying the Taihi (refugee) convoy with CHINZEI, EKKAI, KOGYO,
OLYMPIA, TAIEI, TAITEN and TENHI MARUs and stores ship IRAKO escorted by
minelayer AOTAKA, auxiliary subchasers SHONAN MARU No. 11 and HAKKO MARU, CHa-60
and CHa-61.
23 September 1944:
At 1730, the Taihi convoy arrives at Coron Bay and
anchors near the town of Concepcion.
24 September 1944: At 0550, 96 Grumman F6F “Hellcat” fighters and 24
Curtiss SB2C “Helldiver” dive-bombers of Vice Admiral Mitscher’s Task Group
38.3’s Air Group 18 from INTREPID (CV-11), AG-31 from CABOT (CVL-28) and AG-19
based on Mitscher's flagship LEXINGTON (CV-16) take off to attack the anchorage
at Coron Bay, Busuanga Island, Palawan, 340 miles away.
Busuanga Island. A convoy of at least 12 IJN auxiliary ships is dispersed
in the coastal waters around the island. At 0855, Air Group 31’s fighter-bombers
start their attack. Flying boat tender AKITSUSHIMA, fleet food ship IRAKO and
EKKAI, KYOKUZAN KOGYO, OLYMPIA and TAIEI MARUs and smaller ships are also sunk
during the raid.
7 October 1944:
BAIKAL MARU departs Coron Bay.
12 October 1944:
Arrives at Manila.
17 October 1944:
Departs Manila.
17 November 1944:
Arrives at Osaka.
16 December 1944:
Arrives at Moji.
20 December 1944:
Arrives at Manila.
22 December 1944:
Departs Manila.
25 December 1944:
Arrives at Takaog.
31 December 1944:
Departs Takaog.
3 January 1945:
Arrives at Moji.
6 March 1945:
Arrives at Singapore.
17 March 1945:
Arrives at Kirun.
25 March 1945:
Departs Kirun.
27 March 1945:
Arrives at Appari.
28 March 1945:
Departs Appari.
30 March 1945:
Arrives at Kirun.
31 March 1945:
USAAF B-24 “Liberator” heavy bombers attack a convoy in
the harbor at Kirun and damage hospital ship BAIKAL MARU, cargo vessels NIKKO
MARU and YAMATO MARU No. 3 and motor sail ship SUMA MARU No. 47.
28 April 1945:
Departs Kirun.
3 May 1945:
Arrives at Pusan, Korea.
8 May 1945:
Departs Pusan.
14 May 1945:
Oita Prefecture. Runs aground in the open seas off Himeshima.
1945.
Refloated and repaired.
1949
Sold to Kyokuyo Whaling Company, Tokyo.
12 March 1950:
Osaka. Remodelled as a whaling factory ship at Sano Dock Co.
10 October 1951:
Innoshima. Undergoes modification to an Antarctic whaling factory ship at
Hitachi Zosen.
March 1952.
Steams to join whaling mother ship OGASAWARA MARU.
10 July 1952:
Departs Yokohama as mother ship and steams to North Pacific whaling area.
29 September 1952:
Arrives back at Yokohama.
1 March 1955:
Renovated as a regrigerated freezer factory ship at Iino Heavy Industries,
and renamed KYOKUSAI MARU.
2 May 1955:
Engaged in salmon fishing in the North Pacific.
21 January 1968;
Hirao. Sold for demolition and later scrapped.
Authors’ Note:
[1] Several western sources incorrectly claim BAIKAL MARU was sunk by USS POLLACK.
[2] Thanks go to John Whitman of Virginia and Fontessa-san of Japan for info about troops carried in convoy MI-17 and 1937.Thanks also go to Fontessa-san for info about troops carried in 1929.
Bob Hackett
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