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| IJA Design 1095 Passenger-cargo ship 10,533 Tons 502.1' x 62.2' x 28.3"  APL 1940 |
Ship History Built by New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, NJ. Ordered July 1, 1918. Laid down May 13, 1919 as Design 1095 passenger-cargo ship with yard number 248 for the U.S. Shipping Board (USSB). Launched September 16, 1920 as Jakin sponsored by Mrs. Edith W. Tweedale. Commissioned January 6, 1921 able to accommodate 133 passengers plus 440,704 cubic feet of cargo. On January 22, 1921 departs on her maiden voyage bound for India. During 1922, the route was canceled and underwent remodeling then used by the Los Angeles Steamship Company and operated between Los Angeles and Honolulu as an emergency replacement for one of their vessels. During 1922 renamed SS Wolverine State, the nickname for the State of Michigan. In 1923, sold to the Dollar Steamship Lines Inc. Ltd. On January 5, 1924 departs New York on the Dollar Lines' first round the world service from New York, Havana, Cristobal, Balboa, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Honolulu, Kobe, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, Boston then return to New York. During August 1938, United States Maritime Commission assumes control of Dollar Steamship Company and renames it the American President Lines (APL). In December 1940 renamed President Harrison in honor of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison and transfered to Pacific routes. in 1941 operates between Philippines and China until requisitioned by the U.S. Navy (USN). During October 1941 departs Manila for Hong Kong for conversion into a troop transport. On November 28, 1941 arrives Shanghai to evacuate 4th Marines and their equipment to the Philippines. On December 3, 1941 arrives Olongapo and unloads then departs for Chingwangtao near Peking to pick up about 300 Marines of the Peking and Tientsin Legation Guards and some 1,400 tons of equipment bound for Manila. Wartime History On December 8, 1941 at 3:30am off the Yangtze River near Shanghai Captain Orel A. Pierson is notified by Cavite that Pearl Harbor was attacked. In the East China Sea, followed by aircraft and Nagasaki Maru. At 1:00pm Captain Pierson deliberately runs the vessel aground on Shaweishan Island while steaming at 16 knots to damage the hull. On impact, hits the port side then rolls off creating a 90' long hole but does not reach the engine room and almost capsizes but rights itself then currents carry her off the rocks before the ship settles on a mud bank. The crew are ordered to abandon ship but one life boat is caught in the current and hit the ship's turning propeller and is broken in half killing three crew and injuring others. Meanwhile, a Japanese boarding party from a Japanese destroyer boards the ship and order the crew in lifeboats to return aboard where they are detained for 40 days while personnel from Nippon Salvage Co. refloat the ship, makes emergency repairs then depart for Shanghai where the 164 crew are interred in a Prisoner Of War (POW) camp. During captivity, 12 die as prisoners including four lost aboard Arizan Maru. During February 1942, enters drydock, likely in Shanghai and undergoes further hull repairs. Renamed Kakko Maru. Later, renamed Kachidoki Maru (勝鬨丸) and placed under control of Senpaku Un'eikai (Civilian Shipping Administration) and conducts transport missions with the Imperial Japanese Army, alloted no. 5025. On September 16, 1942 while steaming in the Formosa Strait accidentally collides with Fumizuki the sustains heavy damage. PARTIAL HISTORY On July 31, 1944 arrives Singapore and chartered by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) as the flagship of No. 16 Maritime Command. PARTIAL HISTORY NYK Line and entered the Japan to Taiwan route, but soon after was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Army. Shipwreck On September 12, 1944 in the morning spotted by a U.S. submarine wolfpack including USS Growler (SS-215), USS Pampanito (SS-383) and USS Sealion (SS-315). Hit by a torpedo fired by USS Pampanito (SS-383) and sinks at roughly Lat 19°25'N, Long 112°27'E. During the attack and sinking, 431 prisoners of war, 45 troops and 12 crew were killed. Fates of the Crew Japanese destroyers rescued most of the Japanese and 520 British prisoners from Kachidoki Maru. Afterwards, the survivors were transferred to Kibutsu Maru and taken to Japan. References Combined Fleet - Kachidoki Maru: Tabular Record of Movement Contribute
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