Asama Maru
"Asama Maru" was placed back in served as a troopship and transport, shuttling men and supplies from Japan to various points in Southeast Asia. On 10 October, she was assigned to carry 1000 Allied prisoners of war from Makassar to Nagasaki. This was the first of several voyages to transport Allied prisoners, which would later earn "Asama Maru" the epithet of "hell ship."