Japanese escort ship CD-192

History
Empire of Japan
Name	CD-192
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Laid down	5 December 1944
Launched	30 January 1945
Sponsored by	Imperial Japanese Navy
Completed	28 February 1945
Commissioned	28 February 1945
Out of service	surrender of Japan, 2 September 1945
Stricken	25 October 1945
Fate	ceded to the Republic of China, 7 July 1947
History
Republic of China Navy
Acquired	7 July 1947
Renamed	Tong An
Stricken	1960
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-192 or No. 192 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 5 December 1944 at the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the benefit of the Imperial Japanese Navy and launched on 30 January 1945. ^{[2] [3]} On 28 February 1945, 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 25 October 1945, she was struck from the Navy List. ^{[2] [3]} She was assigned to the Allied Repatriation Service and went on numerous repatriation journeys. ^[2]

On 7 July 1947, she was ceded to the Republic of China as a war reparation and renamed Tong An (同安). ^[2] She was struck from the Naval List in 1960.

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; Kingsepp, Sander; Casse, Gilbert; Higuchi, Tatsuhiro (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-192: 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.