Suzuya Maru (Japanese: 鈴谷丸) was an auxiliary transport and hell ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

[3] On 15 August 1942, she took 179 prisoners of wars (POWs) at the port of Takao who had arrived aboard Nagara Maru.

[3][4] The POWs were all American senior civilian and military authorities of the Philippines[5] and included Major General Jonathan M. Wainwright, Commander of Allied forces in the Philippines, and Major General Edward P. King[3] who lead the defense of the Bataan Peninsula in the Battle of Bataan.

She delivered the prisoners to the Karenko POW camp[3] on the west coast of Formosa.

On 13 June 1943, Suzuya Maru was torpedoed and sunk by the US submarine USS Guardfish off the southwest coast of New Ireland (03°08′S 151°24′E / 3.133°S 151.400°E / -3.133; 151.400).