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| Name | CD-13 |
| Builder | Nippon Kokan K. K. |
| Laid down | 18 December 1943[1] |
| Launched | 9 February 1944[1] |
| Completed | 3 April 1944[1] |
| Commissioned | 3 April 1944[1] |
| Stricken | 15 September 1945[1] |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by USS Torsk, 14 August 1945[1] |
| 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) |
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| 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 |
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CD-13 was a Type C escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.
History
CD-13 was laid down by Nippon Kokan K. K. at their Tsurumi Shipyard on 18 December 1943, launched on 9 February 1944, and completed and commissioned on 3 April 1944.[1] She was assigned to the Kure Guard Force, Yokosuka Naval District under Reserve Lieutenant Kondo Genichi.[1] During the war CD-13 was mostly busy on escort duties.[1][2]
On 26 June 1945, she was attached to the 4th escort unit, Maizuru Guard Force, Maizuru Naval District.[1] On 14 August 1945, she arrived in pursuit of the American submarine USS Torsk which had just sunk her fellow Type C escort ship CD-47 off Maizuru in the Sea of Japan at 35°42′N 134°36′E / 35.700°N 134.600°E.[1] Torsk spotted her on sonar and fired two Mark 27 torpedoes from a depth of 400 feet (120 m).[1][3] At 1225, she received a single torpedo hit to the stern and at 1235, the order to abandon ship was given.[1] She sank at 1255 at 35°41′N 134°35′E / 35.683°N 134.583°E.[1] 28 crewman were killed.[1]
CD-13 was struck from the Navy List on 15 September 1945.[1] She was the last Japanese ship sunk in action during World War II (ships would continue to be lost to mines).[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter; Kingsepp, Sander; Casse, Gilbert; van der Wal, Berend (2012). "IJN Escort CD-13: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ Toda, Gengoro S. "第十三號海防艦の艦歴 (Coastal Defense Ship 13 - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy - Kaibokan (海防艦) (in Japanese).
- ^ "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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