Japanese escort ship CD-47
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CD-47 was a C Type class escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.
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| Name | CD-47 |
| Builder | Nippon Kokan K.K., Tsurumi, Yokohama |
| Laid down | 15 July 1944 |
| Launched | 29 September 1944 |
| Completed | 2 November 1944 |
| Commissioned | 2 November 1944 |
| Stricken | 15 November 1945 |
| Fate | Sunk by submarine USS Torsk, 14 August 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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) |
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| 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 |
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History
She was laid down by Nippon Kokan K.K. (日本鋼管株式會社) at their Tsurumi, Yokohama shipyard on 15 July 1944, launched on 29 September 1944, and completed and commissioned on 2 November 1944.[1][2] She was attached to the Yokosuka Defense Force, Yokosuka Naval District under Lieutenant Commander Fukuji Chiba.[1][2] During the war CD-47 was mostly busy on escort duties mainly to the Ogasawara Islands and the Kurile Islands.[1]
Convoy-Chi
On 26 May 1945, she departed Paramushiro for Otaru, Hokkaido in convoy-Chi consisting of cargo/transport ships Kuretake Maru, Kasugasan Maru, Tenryo Maru, and supply ship Shirasaki, with Shimushu-class escort ships Shimushu and Hachijo, fellow Type C escort ship CD-205, and Type D escort ship CD-112.[3] Hachijo was lost in the fog around 50°00′N 146°00′E and CD-205 left the convoy to search for her.[3] On 29 May 1945 at 2055, the U.S. submarine USS Sterlet fired two spreads of three torpedoes hitting two of the freighters. Tenryo Maru quickly sank at 46°46′N 144°16′E killing 773 out of 947 men of the 23rd Air Defense Battalion, 26 gunners, and 83 sailors.[4] Sterlet also severely damaged Kuretake Maru which sank the following day with a death toll of 272 soldiers and six sailors.[4][5][6][7]
Fate
On 15 July 1945, off Otaru, she was damaged along with CD-55 and Etorofu-class escort ship Kasado by U.S. Navy planes from Task Force 38.[1]
On 14 August 1945, while escorting a freighter, she was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Torsk off Tottori in the Sea of Japan (at 35°41′N 134°38′E).[8] On 15 November 1945, she was struck from the Navy List.[1]