Japanese escort ship No.17
 No.17 on 10 April 1944 at Tokyo Bay | |
| History | |
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| Name | CD-17 |
| Builder | Nippon Kokan K. K. |
| Laid down | 15 December 1943[1] |
| Launched | 26 February 1944[1] |
| Completed | 13 April 1944[1] |
| Commissioned | 13 April 1944[1] |
| Stricken | 10 March 1945[1] |
| Fate | Torpedoed 12 January 1945[1] |
| 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) |
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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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CD-17 was a C Type class escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.
History
[edit]CD-17 was laid down by Nippon Kokan K. K. at their Tsurumi Shipyard on 15 December 1943, launched on 26 February 1944, and completed and commissioned on 13 April 1944.[1] During the war CD-17 was mostly busy on escort duties.[1]
On 12 January 1945, off Cape St. Jacques in the South China Sea (10°20′N 107°50′E / 10.333°N 107.833°E), CD-17 was attacked by aircraft from the USS Lexington (CV-16), USS Hancock (CV-19) and USS Hornet (CV-12) which were part of Vice Admiral John S. McCain, Sr.'s Task Force 38 that had entered the South China Sea to raid Japanese shipping.[1][2] She received three torpedo hits and sank at 0952.[1] 159 crewman including 12 officers were killed.[1] CD-19 and Chiburi were also sunk.[1]
CD-17 was struck from the Navy List on 10 March 1945.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter Cundall; Whitman, John; Casse, Gilbert (2012). "IJN Escort CD-17: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Chapter VII: 1945". The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
Additional sources
[edit]- "Escort Vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy special issue". Ships of the World (in Japanese). Vol. 45. Kaijinsha. February 1996.
- Model Art Extra No.340, Drawings of Imperial Japanese Naval Vessels Part-1 (in Japanese). Model Art Co. Ltd. October 1989.
- The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.49, Japanese submarine chasers and patrol boats (in Japanese). Ushio Shobō. March 1981.
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