Japanese escort ship CD-142
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Name | CD-142 |
Builder | Kawasaki Ship Building Company, Ltd., Senshu |
Laid down | 1944 |
Launched | 8 May 1945 |
Sponsored by | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Completed | 7 April 1946 |
Fate | ceded to the Soviet Union, 28 August 1947 |
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Name | EK-38 |
Acquired | 28 August 1947 |
Renamed | Arkhara (1949) СКР-48 (1954) |
Homeport | Vladivostok |
Fate | transferred to Peoples Liberation Army Navy, February 1955 |
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Acquired | February 1955 |
Decommissioned | 1987 |
Renamed | Chih-17 |
Fate | unknown |
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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-142 or No. 142 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
History
She was laid down in 1944 at the Senshu shipyard of Kawasaki Ship Building Company, Ltd. for the benefit of the Imperial Japanese Navy and launched on 8 May 1945.[2][3] Although Japan announced their unconditional surrender on 15 August 1945, work continued on her and she was completed on 7 April 1946.[2][3] She was assigned to the Allied Repatriation Service and completed a number of repatriation trips before being ceded to the Soviet Union as a war reparation on 28 August 1947.[2]
She served as target ship EK-38 (ЭК-38) in the Soviet Pacific Ocean Fleet. In June 1949, she was re-designated as a dispatch ship and renamed Arkhara (Архара). In November 1954, she was re-designated a patrol boat and renamed СКР-48 (SKR-48). In February 1955, she was transferred to the Peoples Liberation Army Navy,[citation needed] under the name Chih-17 where she served until 1987.[4]
References
- ^ Chesneau, Roger (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- ^ a b c Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-142: 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.
- ^ "Guard Ships: EK-37, EK-38". russianships.info.
Bibliography
- Dodson, Aidan & Cant, Serena (2020). Spoils of War: The Fate of Enemy Fleets after Two World Wars. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-4198-1.
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