Japanese escort ship CD-104

History
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
History
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
Sensors & processing systems	Type 22-Go radar Type 93 sonar Type 3 hydrophone
Armament	As built : 2 × 120 mm (4.7 in)/45 cal DP guns 6 × Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) AA machine guns (2×3) 12 × Type 3 depth charge throwers 1 × depth charge chute 120 × depth charges 1 × 81 mm (3.2 in) mortar

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.

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]

References

1. Chesneau, Roger (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. pp. 206–207. ISBN   0-85177-146-7.
2. Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-104: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
3. Stille, Mark (18 July 2017). Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941-45. Bloomsbury Press. pp. 41–45. ISBN   9781472818164.

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.