Japanese escort ship CD-200

History
Empire of Japan
Name	CD-200
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Laid down	31 January 1945
Launched	19 March 1945
Sponsored by	Imperial Japanese Navy
Completed	20 April 1945
Commissioned	20 April 1945
Out of service	surrender of Japan, 2 September 1945
Stricken	30 November 1945
Fate	Scrapped, 1 July 1948
General characteristics
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-200 or No. 200 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

History[edit]

She was laid down on 31 January 1945 at the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the benefit of the Imperial Japanese Navy and launched on 19 March 1945.^[2]^[3] On 20 April 1945, she was completed and commissioned.^[2]^[3] On 17 May 1945, she struck a mine outside Miyazu harbor.^[2] On 15 August 1945, Japan announced their unconditional surrender and she was turned over to the Allies in September 1945.^[2] On 30 November 1945, she was struck from the Navy List and scrapped on 1 July 1948.^[3]

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 Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter; Casse, Gilbert (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-200: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Stille, Mark (18 July 2017). Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941-45. Bloomsbury Press. pp. 41–45. ISBN 9781472818164.

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

[CFCD-200-2] Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter; Casse, Gilbert (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-200: 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.

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