Aikoku Maru (愛国丸) was an armed merchant cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. The ship entered service in 1940, the ship was later converted...

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vessels. Nevertheless, in 1940, two passenger-cargo vessels – Aikoku Maru and Hōkoku Maru – of the Osaka Shipping Line were requisitioned for conversion...

Squadron 6 (VT-6) Avengers scored a direct hit on the ammunition ship Aikoku Maru. The bomb blast set off a tremendous explosion which immediately sank...

losing her. Aikoku Maru was completed on 31 August 1941. In September 1941, both ships were enlisted by the IJN. Hōkoku Maru and Aikoku Maru became auxiliary...

8th Submarine Squadron off East Africa. In May 1942, Hōkoku Maru, again with Aikoku Maru, sailed for Singapore, thence to the Indian Ocean. There they...

the battle against the Japanese auxiliary cruisers and raiders Aikoku Maru and Hōkoku Maru where it was damaged; after which it was temporarily repaired...

Ryusei Maru (隆西丸, Ryūsei Maru) was a cargo steamship that was built in England in 1911 and sunk off the coast of Bali in 1944. Sit was launched as Bra-Kar...

Division's Amatsukaze and Hatsukaze, oiler Akebono Maru and transports Kimishima Maru and Kumagawa Maru. Landing operations progressed without opposition...

Aikoku Maru, the ships were attacked by the American submarines USS Halibut and USS Steelhead. Both submarines claimed hits on Un'yō and Aikoku Maru,...