Japanese submarine chaser Cha-2
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Name | Cha-2 |
Builder | Shanxi Shipbuilding Iron Works Company, Ltd. |
Laid down | 7 February 1942 |
Launched | 5 August 1942 |
Completed | 15 March 1943 |
Commissioned | 15 March 1943 |
Stricken | 3 May 1947 |
Homeport | Yokosuka |
Fate | sunk by gunfire, 6 October 1944 |
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-2 or No. 2 (Japanese: 第二號驅潜特務艇) 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 7 February 1942 at the Ishinomaki shipyard of Shanxi Shipbuilding Iron Works Co., Ltd. (山西造船鉄工所) and launched on 5 August 1942.[3] She was fitted with armaments at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal,[2] completed and commissioned on 15 March 1943, and assigned to the Yokosuka Defense Force, Yokosuka Naval District, where she served in waters around Japan as an escort and sub chaser.[3] On 1 June 1943, she was reassigned to the Southwest Area Fleet.[3]
On 6 October 1944 she was attacked and sunk by gunfire from the British submarine Tally Ho west of Penang at 04°20′N 098°24′E / 4.333°N 98.400°ECoordinates: 04°20′N 098°24′E / 4.333°N 98.400°E.[3][4] She was removed from the Navy List on 3 May 1947.[3]
References[]
- ^ Toda, Gengoro S. (21 September 2019). "驅潜特務艇 (Cha - Stats)". Imperial Japanese Navy - Tokusetsukansen (in Japanese).
- ^ a b c d e Toda, Gengoro S. "第二號驅潜特務艇の艦歴 (No. 2 submarine chaser - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen (in Japanese).
- ^ "HMS Tally-Ho (P 317)". uboat.net. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- 1942 ships
- Maritime incidents in October 1944
- World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean
- Ships sunk by British submarines
- No.1-class auxiliary submarine chasers
- Auxiliary ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy