Japanese escort ship CD-142

CD-142 in PLAN service c. 1958
History
Imperial Japanese Navy
Name	CD-142
Builder	Kawasaki Ship Building Company, Ltd., Senshu
Laid down	1944
Launched	8 May 1945
Sponsored by	Imperial Japanese Navy
Completed	7 April 1946
Fate	ceded to the Soviet Union, 28 August 1947
History
Soviet Navy
Name	EK-38
Acquired	28 August 1947
Renamed	Arkhara (1949) СКР-48 (1954)
Homeport	Vladivostok
Fate	transferred to Peoples Liberation Army Navy, February 1955
History
People's Liberation Army Navy
Acquired	February 1955
Decommissioned	1987
Renamed	Chih-17
Fate	unknown
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-142 or No. 142 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

History

She was laid down in 1944 at the Senshu shipyard of Kawasaki Ship Building Company, Ltd. for the benefit of the Imperial Japanese Navy and launched on 8 May 1945. ^{[2] [3]} Although Japan announced their unconditional surrender on 15 August 1945, work continued on her and she was completed on 7 April 1946. ^{[2] [3]} She was assigned to the Allied Repatriation Service and completed a number of repatriation trips before being ceded to the Soviet Union as a war reparation on 28 August 1947. ^[2]

She served as target ship EK-38 (ЭК-38) in the Soviet Pacific Ocean Fleet. In June 1949, she was re-designated as a dispatch ship and renamed Arkhara (Архара). In November 1954, she was re-designated a patrol boat and renamed СКР-48 (SKR-48). In February 1955, she was transferred to the Peoples Liberation Army Navy,^{[ citation needed ]} under the name Chih-17 where she served until 1987. ^[4]

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-142: 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.
4. "Guard Ships: EK-37, EK-38". russianships.info.

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.