Japanese escort ship CD-204

History
Empire of Japan
Name	CD-204
Owner	Imperial Japanese Navy
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Laid down	27 February 1945
Launched	14 April 1945
Completed	11 July 1945
Commissioned	11 July 1945
Out of service	surrender of Japan, 2 September 1945
Stricken	20 November 1945
Homeport	Sasebo
Fate	Scrapped, 31 January 1948
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-204 or No. 204 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She was the last of her class.

History

She was laid down on 27 February 1945 at the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the benefit of the Imperial Japanese Navy and launched on 14 April 1945.^[2]^[3]^[4] On 11 July 1945, she was completed and commissioned^[2]^[3] in the Sasebo Naval District with captain Zenji Tanaka (田中　善次) as her commanding officer.^[4] On 17 July 1945, she was damaged in an accident in Senzaki harbor and then traveled to Maizuru for repairs.^[2] The war ended before repairs commenced.^[2] On 20 November 1945, she was struck from the Naval List and scrapped on 31 January 1948.^[2]

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 Hackett, Bob; Sander, Kingsepp; Cundall, Peter; Tatsuhiro, Higuchi (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-204: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b Stille, Mark (18 July 2017). Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941-45. Bloomsbury Press. pp. 41–45. ISBN 9781472818164.
^ ^a ^b Toda, Gengoro S. "第二百四號海防艦の艦歴 (No. 204 Kaibokan - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 October 2021.

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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-204-2] Hackett, Bob; Sander, Kingsepp; Cundall, Peter; Tatsuhiro, Higuchi (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-204: 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.

[TodaCD204-4] Toda, Gengoro S. "第二百四號海防艦の艦歴 (No. 204 Kaibokan - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 October 2021.

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