Japanese escort ship CD-204
| History | |
|---|---|
 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | CD-204 |
| Owner | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki |
| Laid down | 27 February 1945 |
| Launched | 14 April 1945 |
| Completed | 11 July 1945 |
| Commissioned | 11 July 1945 |
| Out of service | surrender of Japan, 2 September 1945 |
| Stricken | 20 November 1945 |
| Homeport | Sasebo |
| Fate | Scrapped, 31 January 1948 |
| 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 |
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CD-204 or No. 204 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She was the last of her class.
History[edit]
She was laid down on 27 February 1945 at the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the benefit of the Imperial Japanese Navy and launched on 14 April 1945.[2][3][4] On 11 July 1945, she was completed and commissioned[2][3] in the Sasebo Naval District with captain Zenji Tanaka (田中 善次) as her commanding officer.[4] On 17 July 1945, she was damaged in an accident in Senzaki harbor and then traveled to Maizuru for repairs.[2] The war ended before repairs commenced.[2] On 20 November 1945, she was struck from the Naval List and scrapped on 31 January 1948.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Chesneau, Roger (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- ^ a b c d e Hackett, Bob; Sander, Kingsepp; Cundall, Peter; Tatsuhiro, Higuchi (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-204: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ a b Stille, Mark (18 July 2017). Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941-45. Bloomsbury Press. pp. 41–45. ISBN 9781472818164.
- ^ a b Toda, Gengoro S. "第二百四號海防艦の艦歴 (No. 204 Kaibokan - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
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