CD-142 or No. 142 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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History edit
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 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 edit
- ^ Chesneau, Roger (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- ^ a b c Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-142: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ a b Stille, Mark (18 July 2017). Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941-45. Bloomsbury Press. pp. 41–45. ISBN 9781472818164.
- ^ "Guard Ships: EK-37, EK-38". russianships.info.
Bibliography edit
- 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.
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