Japanese cargo ship Bizen 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 and completed on 15 June 1943.^[1] On 24 May 1944, she was torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Lapon, 250 miles (400 km) southeast of Saigon^[1] in the South China Sea (07°30′N 109°08′E / 7.500°N 109.133°E / 7.500; 109.133).^[1][4]