| History | |
|---|---|
 Japan | |
| Name | Hashidate Maru |
| Operator | Nippon Kaiyo Gyogyo K. K. |
| Port of registry | Japan |
| Builder | Kawasaki Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 10 May 1944 |
| Launched | 17 September 1944[1] |
| Commissioned | November 1944 |
| In service | 1944 - 1965 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap in 1965 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type |
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| Tonnage | 10,896 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Speed | |
The IJN Hashidate Maru was a Japanese Standard Merchant 1TL tanker built by Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation for Nippon Kaiyo Gyogyo K. K. It was built at Kobe, Japan and commissioned on 31 October 1944 to support the war effort by transporting oil, and was later refitted as a whaling factory ship.[1][2]
- ^ a b Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter (2008). "Japanese Oilers - Hasidate Maru". Retrieved 2014-04-01.
- ^ Kawamura, Akito (1980). "Chronological Notes on the Commissioned Japanese Whaling Factory Ships" (PDF). Bull. Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University. 31 (2): 184–190. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.