Japanese escort ship CD-118

History
Empire of Japan
Name	CD-118
Builder	Kawasaki Shipyard Co., Ltd., Kobe
Laid down	8 June 1944
Launched	20 November 1944
Completed	27 December 1944
Commissioned	27 December 1944
Decommissioned	5 October 1945
Out of service	surrender of Japan, 2 September 1945
Fate	ceded to the Republic of China, 6 July 1947
Republic of China
Acquired	31 July 1947:
Renamed	Chieh 12
Fate	Seized by the People's Republic of China, 23 April 1949
People's Republic of China
Namesake	Changsha
Acquired	1949
Renamed	Changsha 长沙
Stricken	1986
Identification	216
Fate	Sunk as target ship, 1982
General characteristics [1]
Type	Type D escort ship
Displacement	740 long tons (750  t) standard
Length	69.5 m (228 ft)
Beam	8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draught	3.05 m (10 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	1 shaft, geared turbine engines, 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed	17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)
Range	4,500  nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	160
Sensors and 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-118 or No. 118 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

History

She was laid down on 8 June 1944 at the Kobe shipyard of Kawasaki Shipyard Co., Ltd. for the benefit of the Imperial Japanese Navy and launched on 20 November 1944. ^{[2] [3]} On 27 December 1944, she was completed and commissioned. ^{[2] [3]} On 15 August 1945, Japan announced their unconditional surrender and she was turned over to the Allies. ^[2] On 5 October 1945, she was removed from the Navy List. ^{[2] [3]} She was assigned to the Allied Repatriation Service and went on numerous repatriation journeys. ^[2]

On 31 July 1947, she was ceded to the Republic of China as a war reparation and renamed Chieh 12. ^[2]

In 1949, she was seized by forces of the People's Republic of China. ^[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; Whitman, John (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-118: 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.