Japanese escort ship CD-207

History
Japan
Name	CD-207
Builder	Naniwa Dock Co., Ltd., Osaka
Laid down	17 May 1944
Launched	22 August 1944
Completed	15 October 1944
Commissioned	25 November 1944
Decommissioned	1 December 1945
Fate	Ceded to the USA, 4 July 1947; sunk as target, 13 August 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Type C escort ship
Displacement	745 long tons (757 t) (standard)
Length	67.5 m (221 ft)
Beam	8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
Draught	2.9 m (10 ft)
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) 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-207 was a C Type class escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.

History

She was laid down by the Naniwa Dock Company at Osaka on 17 May 1944, launched on 22 August 1944, completed on 15 October 1944, and commissioned on 25 November 1944.^[1]

During the war CD-207 was mostly busy on escort duties.^[1] On 18 June 1945, in Toyama Bay, the submarine USS Bonefish (SS-223) was sunk by the combined efforts of the escort ships Okinawa, CD-207, CD-158, CD-75, and CD-63.^[2]

After the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945, CD-207 was demilitarized (stripped of all her offensive weapons) and under Allied direction served as a transport ship repatriating Japanese troops and civilians from 1 December 1945 until the end of 1946. On 4 July 1947 she was ceded to the US as a war reparation and sunk as a target on 13 August 1947 at 35-20N, 122-41E.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2012). "IJN Escort CD-207: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
^ "Chapter VII: 1945". The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2012.

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[combinedfleet-1] Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2012). "IJN Escort CD-207: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 20 January 2012.

[2] "Chapter VII: 1945". The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2012.

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