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| Ship name= ''Tōkō Maru No. 2 Go''
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| Ship builder= Mitsubishi Jukogyo Hikoshima Zosensho, [[Hikoshima]] shipyard
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| Ship laid down= 12 September 1933
| Ship launched= 28 February 1934
| Ship sponsor= Nippon Suisan
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| Ship completed= 9 May 1934
| Ship acquired= requisitioned by [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], 5 September 1941
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| Ship struck= 1 November 1943
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| Ship identification= 39089
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| Ship fate= grounded on 25 January 1943, abandoned
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* [[Maritime call sign|Call sign]]: JRCJ
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|Ship type= [[Stores ship]]
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'''''Tōkō Maru No. 2 Go''''' (''Japanese:'' 第二號東光丸) was a Japanese [[fishing trawler]] that was requisitioned by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] during [[World War II]] and served as an auxiliary [[stores ship]].<ref name=TokoMaruNo2Go>{{Cite web|first=Gengoro S. |last=Toda |authorlink=   |title=第二號東光丸の船歴 (Toko Maru No. 2 Go - Ship History)  |website=Imperial Japanese Navy - Tokusetsukansen|date=21 September 2019 |url= http://www.tokusetsukansen.jpn.org/J/323/323_004.htm |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref name=TokusetsuUnsosen>{{Cite web|first=Gengoro S. |last=Toda |authorlink=   |title=Tokusetsu Kansen (Temporary Naval Vessels)> Kyuryosen (Auxiliary Stores Ships) > Tokusetsu Unsosen (Kyuryosen) (Page 1)|website=Imperial Japanese Navy - Tokusetsukansen|date=21 September 2019 |url= http://www.tokusetsukansen.jpn.org/E/index.html |language=Japanese}}</ref>
==History==
''Tōkō Maru No. 2 Go'' was laid down on 12 September 1933 at the [[Hikoshima]] shipyard of Mitsubishi Jukogyo Hikoshima Zosensho at the behest of shipping company, Nippon Suisan.<ref name=LeoNie>{{Cite web|first1= Leo|last1=Niehorster|first2=Jeff |last2=Donahoo|authorlink=   |title=Imperial Japanese Navy Stores Ships |publisher=World War II Armed Forces - Orders of Battle and Organizations|date= |url=http://www.niehorster.org/014_japan/navy-commanders/ak.html |accessdate=February 2, 2020}}</ref> She was launched on 28 February 1934 and completed 9 May 1934.<ref name=TokoMaruNo2Go/><ref name=LeoNie /> Her sister trawlerss were stores ships ''[[Japanese stores ship Hokkai Maru (1934)|Hokkai Maru]]'' and ''Hakurei Maru''.<ref name=TodaHokkaiMaru>{{Cite web|first=Gengoro S. |last=Toda |authorlink=   |title=北海丸の船歴 (Hokkai Maru - Ship History)  |website=Imperial Japanese Navy - Tokusetsukansen|date=21 September 2019 |url= http://www.tokusetsukansen.jpn.org/J/323/323_018.htm |language=Japanese}}</ref> She operated as a fishing trawler in the [[Bering Sea]], the [[Yellow Sea]], and the [[South China Sea]].<ref name=TokoMaruNo2Go/>
Requisitioned in 1937 by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] and converted to an auxiliary [[stores ship]]. Returned to her owners December 1938. Re-requisitioned 7 March 1939 and returned to her owners sometime after 7 April, 1939.
On 28 August 1941 she was re-requisitioned by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], registered on 5 September and re-converted to an auxiliary [[stores ship]] and assigned to the supply unit of the [[5th Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)|IJN 5th Fleet]]<ref name=TokoMaruNo2Go/><ref name=LeoNie />
In May 1942, she participated in Operation "AL" - the seizure of [[Attu Island|Attu]] and [[Kiska Island]]s under Vice Admiral [[Boshirō Hosogaya]] as part of the supply unit for the Northern Force's Main Body consisting of auxiliary transport ''Akashisan Maru'', oiler ''Fujisan Maru'', and collier/oiler ''[[Nissan Maru]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/Akashisan_t.htm|title=IJN Akashisan Maru: Tabular Record of Movement|first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2012 |accessdate=9 August 2019}}</ref>
On 25 January 1943, while on a replenishment voyage from [[Kushiro]] to the [[Aleutian Islands]], she grounded herself on the north shore of [[Paramushir|Horomushiro Island]] in the [[Kuril Islands]] ({{coord|50|39|N|155|51|E|display=inline, title}}).<ref name=TokoMaruNo2Go/> She was abandoned as a total loss due to extreme hull tilt and struck from the Navy List on 1 November 1943.<ref name=TokoMaruNo2Go/><ref name=LeoNie />
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