Japanese escort ship No.23

History
Empire of Japan
Name	CD-23
Builder	Nihonkai Dock Company[1]
Laid down	10 February 1944[1]
Launched	20 May 1944[1]
Completed	15 September 1944[1]
Commissioned	15 September 1944[1]
Stricken	10 March 1945[1]
Fate	Sunk by air attack on 12 January 1945[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Type C escort ship
Displacement	745 long tons (757 t) (standard)
Length	67.5 m (221 ft 5 in)
Beam	8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
Draught	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	Geared diesel engines 1,900 hp (1,417 kW) 2 shafts
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	136
Sensors and 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 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 From 1944 : as above, plus 1 × 81 mm (3.2 in) mortar

CD-23 was a C Type 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; 109.167Coordinates: 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 aircraft carriers USS Essex, USS Ticonderoga, USS Langley and USS San Jacinto 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[]

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.