Japanese submarine chaser Cha-28 (1943)

Cha-28 or No. 28 (Japanese: 第二十八號驅潜特務艇) was a No.1-class auxiliary submarine chaser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during World War II.

History
Empire of Japan
Name: Cha-28
Builder: Saga Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Shinminato
Laid down: 5 April 1942
Launched: 30 March 1943
Completed: 26 April 1943
Commissioned: 26 April 1943
Stricken: 31 March 1944
Homeport: Maizuru
Fate: sunk by aircraft, 30 January 1944
General characteristics
Class and type: No.1-class Submarine chaser
Displacement: 130 long tons (132 t) standard[1]
Length: 29.20 m (95 ft 10 in) overall
Beam: 5.65 m (18 ft 6 in)
Draught: 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:
  • 1 × intermediate diesel
  • shingle shaft, 400 bhp
Speed: 11.0 knots (12.7 mph; 20.4 km/h)
Range: 1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 10.0 kn (11.5 mph; 18.5 km/h)
Complement: 32
Armament:
  • 1 × 7.7 mm machine gun[2]
  • 22 × depth charges
  • 1 × dunking hydrophone
  • 1 × simple sonar
  • From mid 1943, the 7.7 mm machine gun was replaced with a 13.2mm machine gun

History

She was laid down on 25 April 1942 at the Shinminato shipyard of the Saga Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (株式會社佐賀造船鐵工所) and launched on 30 March 1943.[1][3][4] She was completed and commissioned on 26 April 1943 and assigned to the Maizuru Town Guard, Maizuru Naval District.[3] On 30 January 1944, Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers and Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters from Task Group 52.8 comprising fleet carriers Enterprise, Yorktown, Bunker Hill, and escort carrier Belleau Wood, sink Cha-28, Cha-14, and Cha-19, northeast of Mili Atoll in the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands.[5][3][6] She was removed from the Navy List on 31 March 1944.[3]

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References
  1. Toda, Gengoro S. (21 September 2019). "驅潜特務艇 (Cha - Stats)". Imperial Japanese Navy - Tokusetsukansen (in Japanese).
  2. "1-GO auxiliary submarine chasers (1943 - 1945)". navypedia.org. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. Toda, Gengoro S. "第二十八號驅潜特務艇の艦歴 (No. 28 submarine chaser - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen (in Japanese).
  4. "1-GO auxiliary submarine chasers (1943 - 1945)". navypedia.org. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  5. Cressman, Robert. The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. 2016. p. 29.
  6. Lettens, Jan (9 May 2009). "Cha-28 (+1944)". Wrecksite.


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