Japanese Escort Ship CD-47 (1944)
History
She was laid down by Nippon Kokan K.K. (日本鋼管株式會社) at their Tsurumi, Yokohama shipyard on 15 July 1944, launched on 29 September 1944, and completed and commissioned on 2 November 1944. She was attached to the Yokosuka Defense Force, Yokosuka Naval District under Lieutenant Commander Fukuji Chiba. During the war CD-47 was mostly busy on escort duties mainly to the Ogasawara Islands and the Kurile Islands.
Convoy-Chi
On 26 May 1945, she departed Paramushiro for Otaru, Hokkaido in convoy-Chi consisting of cargo/transport ships Kuretake Maru, Kasugasan Maru, Tenryo Maru, and supply ship Shirasaki, with Shimushu-class escort ships Shimushu and Hachijo, fellow Type C escort ship CD-205, and Type D escort ship CD-112. Hachijo was lost in the fog around 50°00′N 146°00′E / 50.000°N 146.000°E and CD-205 left the convoy to search for her. On 29 May 1945 at 2055, the U.S. submarine USS Sterlet fired two spreads of three torpedoes hitting two of the freighters. Tenryo Maru quickly sank at 46°46′N 144°16′E / 46.767°N 144.267°E killing 773 out of 947 men of the 23rd Air Defense Battalion, 26 gunners, and 83 sailors. Sterlet also severely damaged Kuretake Maru which sank the following day with a death toll of 272 soldiers and six sailors.
Fate
On 15 July 1945, off Otaru, she was damaged along with CD-55 and Etorofu-class escort ship Kasado by U.S. Navy planes from Task Force 38.
On 14 August 1945, while escorting a freighter, she was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Torsk off Tottori in the Sea of Japan (at 35°41′N 134°38′E / 35.683°N 134.633°E). On 15 November 1945, she was struck from the Navy List.
References
- ^ Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander; Casse, Gilbert; Jones, Matt. "IJN Escort CD-47: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ Toda, Gengoro S. "第四十七號海防艦の艦歴 (CD-47 - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy - Tokusetsukansen (in Japanese).
- ^ Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter; Cundall, Peter; Kingsepp, Sander; Tatsuhiro, Higuchi (2016). "IJN CD-205: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter; Casse, Gilbert; van der Wal, Berend (2016). "IJN Shirasaki: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ Silverstone, Paul (10 September 2012). The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947. Routledge; 1 edition. p. 139. ISBN 9781135864729.
- ^ "Chapter VII: 1945 - January". Hyperwar - The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy during World War II.
- ^ "Chronological List of Japanese Merchant Vessel Losses". Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee.
- ^ "Chapter VII: 1945". The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
Additional sources
- "Escort Vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy special issue". Ships of the World (in Japanese). Vol. 45. Kaijinsha. February 1996.
- Model Art Extra No.340, Drawings of Imperial Japanese Naval Vessels Part-1 (in Japanese). Model Art Co. Ltd. October 1989.
- The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.49, Japanese submarine chasers and patrol boats (in Japanese). Ushio Shobō. March 1981.
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