SS Nichiryu Maru (1919)

The Nichiryu Maru (Nitiryu Maru) was a 5,447 gross ton cargo ship built by Asano Ship Building Company, Tsurumi in 1919 as Rozan Maru. She was acquired by Karafuto Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha and renamed Karafuto Maru and later acquired by Nissan Kissen Kabushiki Kaisha and renamed Nichiryu Maru. She was requistioned by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

Fate
On 6 January 1943, while steaming as part of a convoy, carrying two companies of the 3rd Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment and medical supplies for the garrison at Lae, was hit by bombs from a Royal Australian Air Force PBY Catalina aircraft, and was sunk at 06°30'S, 149°00'E.