Japanese escort ship CD-104
CD-104 or No. 104 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II and later the Republic of China Navy.
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Empire of Japan | |
Name: | CD-104 |
Builder: | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki |
Laid down: | 1 September 1944 |
Launched: | 16 December 1944 |
Sponsored by: | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Completed: | 31 January 1945 |
Commissioned: | 31 January 1945 |
Out of service: | surrender of Japan, 2 September 1945 |
Stricken: | 30 November 1945 |
Fate: | ceded to the Republic of China, 29 August 1947 |
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Republic of China Navy | |
Acquired: | 29 August 1947 |
Renamed: | Tai An |
Stricken: | 1963 |
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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History
She was laid down on 1 September 1944 at the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the benefit of the Imperial Japanese Navy and launched on 16 December 1944.[2][3] On 31 January 1945, she was completed and commissioned.[2][3] On 15 March 1945, she was assigned to the First Escort Fleet and then reassigned on 10 April 1945 to the Seventh Fleet. On 15 August 1945, Japan announced their unconditional surrender.[2] On 30 November 1945, she was struck from the Navy List.[2][3] On 1 December 1945, she was assigned to the Allied Occupation Force where she served as a minesweeper.[2]
On 29 August 1947, she was ceded to the Republic of China as a war reparation and renamed Tai An (泰安).[2][4] She was struck from the Naval List in 1963.[4]
References
- Chesneau, Roger (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-104: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- Stille, Mark (18 July 2017). Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941-45. Bloomsbury Press. pp. 41–45. ISBN 9781472818164.
- "CHENG AN escorts (1944-1945/1947)". navypedia.org. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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.