Japanese auxiliary gunboat Heijo Maru

The Heijo Maru (Japanese: 平壌丸) was an auxiliary Japanese gunboat of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

History
She was laid down as a merchant ship by shipbuilder Uraga Senkyo and launched on 19 July 1940. In December 1941, she was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy and converted to an auxiliary gunboat. On 4 September 1943, she was sunk while on convoy duty after being hit by three torpedoes from the USS Albacore (SS-218) at (-5.53333°N, 156.38333°W) northeast of Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands.