Japanese escort ship CD-202

History
Empire of Japan
Name	CD-202
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Laid down	16 February 1945
Launched	2 April 1945
Sponsored by	Imperial Japanese Navy
Completed	7 July 1945
Commissioned	7 July 1945
Out of service	surrender of Japan, 2 September 1945
Stricken	20 November 1945
Fate	Scrapped, 1947
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-202 or No. 202 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

History

She was laid down on 16 February 1945 at the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the benefit of the Imperial Japanese Navy and launched on 2 April 1945. ^{[2] [3]} On 7 July 1945, she was completed and commissioned. ^{[2] [3]} On 15 August 1945, Japan announced their unconditional surrender and CD-202 traveled to Sasebo where on 17 August 1945, a steam pipe exploded killing one man. ^[2] On 30 November 1945, she was struck from the Navy List. ^[2] She was scrapped in 1947. ^[3]

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; Sander, Kingsepp; Cundall, Peter; Higuchi, Tatsuhiro (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-202: 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.