Prau Chōkai (鳥海, Prau Chōkai?) iku prau dlajah abot klas Takao kang kaanggo nalika Perang Donya II darbéné Wadya Sagara Kamaharajan Jepang. Aran prau iki saka jenengé Gunung Chōkai ing Tōhoku, Jepang.
Chōkai kapernahaké rikala 26 Maret 1928 ing Nagasaki déning Mitsubishi Heavy Industries; banjur kababar rikala 5 April 1931. Prau iki kinepyakaké rikala 30 Juni 1932 ing pamangkuné kolonèl Boshiro Hosogaya[1]. Prau iki kèrem rikala 25 Oktober 1944 cedhak Pulo Samar (11°22′N 126°22′E / 11.367°N 126.367°E / 11.367; 126.367),[2]
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