Asama Maru
At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, "Asama Maru" was serving as a troopship and had just arrived at Saipan. In early 1942, she made several voyages been Japan and the Philippines and Borneo, including the transport of the paratroopers of the 3rd Yokosuka Special Naval Landing Force to Tarakan in Borneo on 16 January 1942.