was an escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy

Imperial Japanese Navy

The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...

 during World War II.

Like her sister ship Ishigaki

Japanese escort Ishigaki

was an escort ship of the in the service of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Based in the Kuriles, she patrolled and escorted convoys and ships there....

, Hachijo spent most of her early career in the Kuriles escorting ships. On 19 February 1943, Hachijo barely missed meeting her doom when she was detached from escorting Akagane Maru to Attu

Attu Island

Attu is the westernmost and largest island in the Near Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, making it the westernmost point of land relative to Alaska and the United States. It was the site of the only World War II land battle fought on the incorporated territory of the United States ,...

in the morning. That evening, Akagane Maru ran into the heavy cruiser with two destroyers and was sunk.

On 7 July 1944 Hachijo was severely damaged in an air attack, having damage to her hull and an auxiliary engine room flooded. Hachijo survived the war and was scrapped, finishing on 30 April 1948.