Japanese cargo ship Bicchu Maru (1943)

She was laid down in 1943 at the Tokyo shipyard of Ishikawajima Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., for the benefit of Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo.^[1] She was one of 18 Wartime Standard Type B cargo ships laid down in 1943–1944 and one of seven built by Tokyo Ishikawajima.^[2][3] Type B cargo ships built by Tokyo Ishikawajima were Bizen Maru (備前丸) Kokuyo Maru (國陽丸), Bicchu Maru (備中丸), Mino Maru (美濃丸), Miho Maru (美保丸), Mimasaka Maru (美作丸), and Miyama Maru (美山丸).^[3] She was launched in 1943.^[1] On 30 March 1944, she was bombed and sunk in an airstrike in Palau harbor^[1] conducted by aircraft carrier-based planes as part of Operation Desecrate One.