Japanese escort ship CD-190

History
Empire of Japan
Name:	CD-190
Builder:	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Laid down:	20 November 1944
Launched:	16 January 1945
Sponsored by:	Imperial Japanese Navy
Completed:	21 February 1945
Commissioned:	21 February 1945
Out of service:	September 1945
Stricken:	30 November 1945
Fate:	scrapped, 31 March 1948
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:	Type D escort ship
Displacement:	740 long tons (752 t) standard
Length:	69.5 m (228 ft)
Beam:	8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draught:	3.05 m (10 ft)
Propulsion:	1 shaft, geared turbine engines, 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed:	17.5 knots (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h)
Range:	4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Complement:	160
Sensors and ; processing systems:	Type 22-Go radar; Type 93 sonar; Type 3 hydrophone;
Armament:	As built :; 2 × 120 mm (4.7 in)/45 cal DP guns; 6 × Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) AA machine guns (2×3); 12 × Type 3 depth charge throwers; 1 × depth charge chute; 120 × depth charges; 1 × 81 mm (3.2 in) mortar;

CD-190 or No. 190 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

History

She was laid down on 20 November 1944 at the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the benefit of the Imperial Japanese Navy and launched on 16 January 1945.[2][3] On 21 February 1945, she was completed and commissioned.[2][3] On 28 July 1945, she was attacked by planes from Task Force 38 and heavily damaged in the Yura Straits off Tomogashima.[2] On 15 August 1945, Japan announced their unconditional surrender and she was turned over to the Allies in September 1945 at Shiminoseki.[2] On 30 November 1945, she was struck from the Navy List and scrapped on 31 March 1948.[3]

References

Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. 1980. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter; Casse, Gilbert (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-190: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
Stille, Mark (18 July 2017). Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941-45. Bloomsbury Press. pp. 41–45. ISBN 9781472818164.

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[1] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. 1980. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.

[CFCD-190-2] Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter; Casse, Gilbert (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-190: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[Stille-3] Stille, Mark (18 July 2017). Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941-45. Bloomsbury Press. pp. 41–45. ISBN 9781472818164.