Japanese escort ship CD-75

CD-75 was a C Type class escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.

History
Japan
Name: CD-75
Builder: Nipponkai Zosensho K.K., Toyama
Laid down: 5 April 1944
Launched: 5 August 1944
Completed: 21 April 1945
Commissioned: 21 April 1945
Stricken: 30 November 1945
Fate: scuttled after running aground, 10 August 1945
General characteristics
Class and type: Type C escort ship
Displacement: 745 long tons (757 t) (standard)
Length: 67.5 m (221 ft)
Beam: 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
Draught: 2.9 m (10 ft)
Propulsion:
  • Geared diesel engines
  • 1,900 hp (1,417 kW)
  • 2 shafts
Speed: 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range: 6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement: 136
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Type 22-Go radar
  • Type 93 sonar
  • Type 3 hydrophone
Armament:

History

She was laid down by Nipponkai Zosensho K.K. at their Toyama shipyard on 5 April 1944, launched on 5 August 1944, and completed and commissioned on 21 April 1945. During the war CD-75 was mostly busy on escort duties.[1]

On 18 June 1945, in Toyama Bay, the submarine USS Bonefish (SS-223) was sunk by the combined efforts of the escort ships CD-75, Okinawa, CD-63, CD-158 and CD-207.[2]

On 10 August 1945, she departed from Wakkanai, Hokkaido, and soon after ran aground.[1] She was scuttled by her crew off Nō, Niigata.[1] Some sources indicate she may have struck a mine.[1] On 30 November 1945, she was struck from the Navy List.[1]

References
  1. Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander. "IJN Escort CD-75: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. "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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