Japanese escort ship CD-196

History
Imperial Japanese Navy
Name	CD-196
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Laid down	31 December 1944
Launched	26 February 1945
Sponsored by	Imperial Japanese Navy
Completed	31 March 1945
Commissioned	31 March 1945
Out of service	surrender of Japan, 2 September 1945
Stricken	30 November 1945
Fate	ceded to the Soviet Union, 28 August 1947
History
Soviet Navy
Name	EK-33
Acquired	28 August 1947
Renamed	Turgay (1954)
Fate	Scrapped, 11 March 1958
General characteristics
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
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 25 mm (0.98 in) AA machine guns (2×3); 12 × Type 3 depth charge throwers; 1 × depth charge chute; 120 × depth charges; 1 × 81 mm (3.2 in) mortar;

CD-196 or No. 196 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

History

She was laid down on 31 December 1944 at the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the benefit of the Imperial Japanese Navy and launched on 26 February 1945.^[2]^[3] On 31 March 1945, she was completed and commissioned.^[2]^[3] On 22 June 1945, she was damaged by two torpedoes fired by the USS Piranha at 39°31′N 142°39′E / 39.517°N 142.650°E / 39.517; 142.650 which destroyed her rudder and killed two crewman.^[2] On 23 June 1945, she arrived at Yamada Bay where she underwent repair.^[2] On 15 August 1945, Japan announced their unconditional surrender and she was surrendered to Allied forces.^[2] On 30 November 1945, she was struck from the Navy List.^[2]^[3]

On 1 December 1945, 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 patrol boat EK-33 (ЭК-33) in the Soviet Pacific Ocean Fleet. In 1954, she was re-designated as a dispatch ship and renamed Turgay (Тургай). On 11 March 1958, she was decommissioned and scrapped soon after.

References

^ Chesneau, Roger (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter; Kingsepp, Sander; Casse, Gilbert; Higuchi, Tatsuhiro (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-196: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Stille, Mark (18 July 2017). Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941-45. Bloomsbury Press. pp. 41–45. ISBN 9781472818164.

Bibliography

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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[1] Chesneau, Roger (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.

[CFCD-196-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter; Kingsepp, Sander; Casse, Gilbert; Higuchi, Tatsuhiro (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-196: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[Stille-3] Stille, Mark (18 July 2017). Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941-45. Bloomsbury Press. pp. 41–45. ISBN 9781472818164.

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