Japanese escort ship CD-192

CD-192 or No. 192 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II and later the Republic of China Navy.

History
Empire of Japan
Name: CD-192
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Laid down: 5 December 1944
Launched: 30 January 1945
Sponsored by: Imperial Japanese Navy
Completed: 28 February 1945
Commissioned: 28 February 1945
Out of service: surrender of Japan, 2 September 1945
Stricken: 25 October 1945
Fate: ceded to the Republic of China, 7 July 1947
History
Republic of China Navy
Acquired: 7 July 1947
Renamed: Tong An
Stricken: 1960
General characteristics [1]
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:

History

She was laid down on 5 December 1944 at the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the benefit of the Imperial Japanese Navy and launched on 30 January 1945.[2][3] On 28 February 1945, she was completed and commissioned.[2][3] On 15 August 1945, Japan announced their unconditional surrender and she was turned over to the Allies.[2] On 25 October 1945, she was struck from the Navy List.[2][3] She was assigned to the Allied Repatriation Service and went on numerous repatriation journeys.[2]

On 7 July 1947, she was ceded to the Republic of China as a war reparation and renamed Tong An (同安).[2][4] She was struck from the Naval List in 1960.[4]

References
  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. 1980. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
  2. Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter; Kingsepp, Sander; Casse, Gilbert; Higuchi, Tatsuhiro (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-192: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. Stille, Mark (18 July 2017). Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941-45. Bloomsbury Press. pp. 41–45. ISBN 9781472818164.
  4. "CHENG AN escorts (1944-1945/1947)". navypedia.org. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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