Japanese submarine chaser Cha-13
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Name | Cha-13 |
Builder | Fukuoka Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Fukuoka |
Laid down | 30 January 1942 |
Launched | 28 February 1943 |
Completed | 12 March 1943 |
Commissioned | 12 March 1943 |
Stricken | 30 April 1944 |
Homeport | Sasebo |
Fate | sunk by aircraft, 30 April 1943 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | No.1-class Submarine chaser |
Displacement | 130 long tons (132 t) standard[1] |
Length | 29.20 m (95 ft 10 in) overall |
Beam | 5.65 m (18 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.0 knots (12.7 mph; 20.4 km/h) |
Range | 1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 10.0 kn (11.5 mph; 18.5 km/h) |
Complement | 32 |
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Cha-13 or No. 13 (Japanese: 第十三號驅潜特務艇) was a No.1-class auxiliary submarine chaser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during World War II.
History[]
She was laid down on 30 January 1942 at the Fukuoka shipyard of the Fukuoka Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and launched on 28 February 1943.[3] She was completed on 12 March 1943 and assigned to the Sasebo Defense Force, Sasebo Naval District.[3] On 1 June 1943, she was reassigned to support Army operations in the South Pacific and order to proceed to Rabaul.[3]
On 1 November 1943 she was attacked and sunk by aircraft from Task Force 38 east of Shortland Island at 07°00′S 155°30′E / 7.000°S 155.500°ECoordinates: 07°00′S 155°30′E / 7.000°S 155.500°E.[3][4] She was removed from the Navy List on 30 April 1944.[3]
References[]
- ^ Toda, Gengoro S. (21 September 2019). "驅潜特務艇 (Cha - Stats)". Imperial Japanese Navy - Tokusetsukansen (in Japanese).
- ^ "1-GO auxiliary submarine chasers (1943 - 1945)". navypedia.org. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Toda, Gengoro S. "第十二號驅潜特務艇の艦歴 (No. 13 submarine chaser - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen (in Japanese).
- ^ Lettens, Jan (3 February 2011). "Cha-13 (+1943)". Wrecksite.
- 1943 ships
- Maritime incidents in November 1943
- World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean
- No.1-class auxiliary submarine chasers
- Auxiliary ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy