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Japanese escort ship No.23

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Coordinates: 14°15′N 109°10′E / 14.250°N 109.167°E / 14.250; 109.167
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History
NameCD-23
BuilderNihonkai Dock Company[1]
Laid down10 February 1944[1]
Launched20 May 1944[1]
Completed15 September 1944[1]
Commissioned15 September 1944[1]
Stricken10 March 1945[1]
FateSunk by air attack on 12 January 1945[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeType C escort ship
Displacement745 long tons (757 t) (standard)
Length67.5 m (221 ft)
Beam8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
Draught2.9 m (10 ft)
Propulsion
  • Geared diesel engines
  • 1,900 hp (1,417 kW)
  • 2 shafts
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement136
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Type 22-Go radar
  • Type 93 sonar
  • Type 3 hydrophone
Armament

CD-23 was a C Type class escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.

History

CD-23 was laid down by the Nihonkai Dock Company on 10 February 1944, launched on 20 May 1944, and completed and commissioned on 15 September 1944.[1] During the war CD-23 was mostly busy on escort duties.[1]

On 12 January 1945, while on convoy duty north of Qui Nhon (14°15′N 109°10′E / 14.250°N 109.167°E / 14.250; 109.167), CD-23 was attacked and sunk by planes from the USS Essex (CV-9), USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), USS Langley (CVL-27) and USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) which were part of Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman's Task Group 38.3 that had entered the South China Sea to raid Japanese shipping.[1][2] 155 of her crew were killed.[1]

CD-23 was struck from the Navy List on 10 March 1945.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2012). "IJN Escort CD-23: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Chapter VII: 1945". The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2012.

Additional sources

  • "Escort Vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy special issue". Ships of the World (in Japanese). Vol. 45. Kaijinsha. February 1996.
  • Model Art Extra No.340, Drawings of Imperial Japanese Naval Vessels Part-1 (in Japanese). Model Art Co. Ltd. October 1989.
  • The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.49, Japanese submarine chasers and patrol boats (in Japanese). Ushio Shobō. March 1981.


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