Japanese stores ship Hokkai Maru (1934)

Hokkai Maru was laid down on 12 September 1933^[3] by Mitsubishi Zosen K.K. at their Kobe shipyard at the behest of the Nippon Suisan K.K. as a refrigerated deep sea trawler.^[1][4] Her sister trawlers became stores ships Tōkō Maru No. 2 Go and Hakurei Maru.^[3] She was launched on 15 March 1934 and completed on 15 May 1934.^[3] She was made of steel.^[2] She was a fishing trawler until she was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy in October 1937.^[3] Returned to her owners November-December 1938. Re-requisitioned in 1939. returned to her owners 23 May 1940. Re-requisitioned 7 August 1940.

On 7 May, 1942 she rescued twenty three survivors from a raft from Auxiliary merchant cruiser Kinjosan Maru, torpedoed and sunk by USS Greenling on the 4th.^[5]

On 22 November 1944, she was attacked and sunk by torpedoes fired from the American submarine USS Scabbardfish at (33°20′N 142°00′E / 33.333°N 142.000°E / 33.333; 142.000).^[3][6] She was struck from the Navy List on 10 January 1944.^[3]