Fujikawa Maru was a refrigerated cargo ship that was built in 1938 for the Toyo Kaiun Kisen Kaisha.

[1] She was sunk in Truk Lagoon in 1944 during Operation Hailstone and is now a leading wreck diving site for scuba divers.

Fujikawa Maru was requisitioned in 1940 by the Imperial Japanese Navy, and was based in Indo-China under the command of the 11th Fleet.

On 12 September 1943 she was hit by a torpedo fired by the United States submarine Permit, and returned to Japan for repairs.

Subsequently on 5 December 1943 she was hit by torpedo bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown suffering minor damage.