This list of Japanese hell ships encompasses those vessels used for transporting Allied prisoners of war during the Pacific War. Select list The names of the Japanese hell ships used during World War II includes some variants which are different names referring to the same ship. Aikoku Maru Aki Maru (Japanese Kyūjitai: 安藝丸, Shinjitai: 安芸丸) Akikase – on 18 March 1943, all 60 POWs on board were executed. Akitzuki Amagi Maru Anami Maru Aramis (aka Teia Maru) Argentina Maru Arisan Maru – sunk by USS Shark or USS Snook 24 October 1944. 1,773 U.S. POWs killed. Asaka Maru - left Keppel Harbour, Singapore, on 4 July 1944. Wrecked in a storm between Luzon and Formosa. Survivors were rescued by two Japanese navy destroyers, and boarded the Hakusan Maru which arrived in Moji, Kyushu, on 28 August 1944. According to the personal account of a British soldier who was on this voyage, the Asaka Maru was old and built in Glasgow. Asama Maru – sunk by USS Atule 1 November 1944. No POWs on board. ≠ Awa Maru≠ – sunk by USS Queenfish 1 April 1945. No POWs on board. Benjo Maru Brazil Maru‡ – bombed 15 December 1944. No POWs on board. Burong Buyo Maru Celebes Maru Chichibu Maru – sunk by 28 April 1943. No POWs on board. Cho Saki Maru Chuka Maru‡ Chuyo – sunk by USS Sailfish 4 December 1943. 20 of the 21 POWs on board died. Clyde Maru Coral Maru Dai Moji Maru Dai Nichi Maru Daikeku Maru Dainichi Maru England Maru Enoshima Maru Enoura Maru – sunk by Allied aircraft on 9 January 1945, resulting in the deaths of approximately 400 Allied POWs. Enuri Maru Erie Maru France Maru Fuji Maru‡ Fukkai Maru Fuku Maru Fukuji Maru Fukuju Maru Hakuroku Maru Hakusan Maru – sunk by USS Flier 4 June 1944. No POWs on board. Hakushika Maru Haru Maru Harukiku Maru (治菊丸, Ex-Dutch Ship Van Waerwijck) – sunk by HMS Truculent 26 June 1944, 180 of 720 POWs and 27 of 55 Japanese troops killed Haruyasa Maru Hawaii Maru (はわい丸, Hawai Maru) Heiyo Maru Hioki Maru Hiyoki Maru Hofuku Maru – sunk on 21 September 1944 by American aircraft, while carrying 1,289 British and Dutch POWs. 1,047 of them died. Hokko Maru Hokusen Maru (北鮮丸) Hozan Maru Ikoma Maru – sunk on 21 January 1944 by USS Seahorse . 418 of 611 Indian POWs