Japanese escort Hachijo

Hachijo (八丈) was an escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

Like her sister ship JAPANESE ESCORT Ishigaki, Hachijo spent most of her early career in the Kuriles escorting ships. On 19 February 1943, Hachijo barely missed meeting her doom when she was detached from escorting Akagane Maru to Attu in the morning. That evening, Akagane Maru ran into the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) with two destroyers and was sunk.

On 7 July 1944 Hachijo was severely damaged in an air attack, having damage to her hull and an auxiliary engine room flooded. Hachijo survived the war and was scrapped, finishing on 30 April 1948.