American passenger-cargo ship (ex-Jakin 1920-1922, Wolverine State 1920-1940) President Harrison 1940-1942 and Japanese Kako Maru 1942 and Kachidoki Maru 1942-1944

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Call sign KDMQ. Owner in 1939Amerikan President Lines Ld., San Francisco, USA. Ordered on 1 July 1918, laid down with yard number 248 by by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, N.J., USA on 13 May 1919, launched on 16 September 1920, commissioned on 6 January 1921, deliberately run aground on Shaweishan Island underway to Manila, Philippines to prevent Japanese could use her on 8 December 1941, however salvaged and repaired by the Japanese, used as troop ship as part of convoy HI-72 torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Pampanito SS-383 in the Luzon Strait, Philippines on 12 September 1944. Gross tonnage 10,509 tons, net tonnage 5,052 tons, deadweight 13,100 tons and as dimensions 502.1 (between perpendiculars)-522 (0ver all) x 62.2 x 28.3 x 32.0 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, 2 screws, horsepower 782 nhp, oil bunker capacity 3,876 tons and speed 12 (normal cruising)-14 (maximum) knots.