Japanese cargo ship Kokuyo Maru (1943)

She was launched in July 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 July 1943 and completed later in 1943.^[1] On 12 March 1944, she was torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Sand Lance^[1] off the coast of the Izu Peninsula (32°52′N 139°12′E / 32.867°N 139.200°E / 32.867; 139.200).^[1]