Memorial Hellships

This memorial commemorates the Hellships: ships used to transport Allied POW's (Commonwealth, American and Dutch) and internees to Japan to do forced laborwork. Some of these ships left from Subic Bay. These ships were not marked as transportships for POW's, so many were sunk by the Allies, with great loss under the prisoners. Some of the ships are listed below: Arisan Maru: 1795 POW's killed Shinyo Maru: 668 POW's killed Oryoku Maru: 268 POW's killed Enoura Maru: about 300 POW's killed Brazil Maru: arrived with 550 dead POW's on board Kachidoki Maru: about 400 POW's killed Rakuyo Maru: 1159 POW's killed Harukiku Maru: 177 POW's killed Hofuku Maru: 1047 POW's killed Lisbon Maru: 847 POW's killed Suez Maru: 546 POW's killed Singapore Maru: arrived with 155 dead POW's on board Junyo Maru:about 1500 POW's killed, also some thousands of Indonesian forced laborers killed. In total 5620 killed prisoners. Montevideo Maru: all 845 POW's and 208 internees killed