History[]
She was laid down in 1944 at the Senshu shipyard of Kawasaki Ship Building Company, Ltd. for the benefit of the Imperial Japanese Navy and launched on 8 May 1945.[1][2] Although Japan announced their unconditional surrender on 15 August 1945, work continued on her and she was completed on 7 April 1946.[1][2] 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.[1] She served as target ship EK-38 (ЭК-38) in the Soviet Pacific Ocean Fleet. In June 1949, she was re-designated as a dispatch ship and renamed Arkhara (Архара). In November 1954, she was re-designated a patrol boat and renamed СКР-48 (SKR-48). In February 1955, she was transferred to the Peoples Liberation Army Navy,[citation needed] under the name Chih-17 where she served until 1987.[3]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-142: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. http://www.combinedfleet.com/CD-142_t.htm. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stille, Mark (July 18, 2017). Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941-45. Bloomsbury Press. pp. 41–45. ISBN 9781472818164. https://books.google.com/books?id=TGErDwAAQBAJ&q=cd-142.
- ↑ "Guard Ships: EK-37, EK-38". http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_yaponsky_d.htm.
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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| Ship image= | module= |
| Career (Imperial Japanese Navy) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | CD-142 |
| Builder: | Kawasaki Ship Building Company, Ltd., Senshu |
| Laid down: | 1944 |
| Launched: | 8 May 1945 |
| Sponsored by: | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Completed: | 7 April 1946 |
| Fate: | ceded to the Soviet Union, 28 August 1947 |
| Career (Soviet Navy) |  |
| Name: | EK-38 |
| Acquired: | 28 August 1947 |
| Renamed: |
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| Homeport: | Vladivostok |
| Fate: | transferred to Peoples Liberation Army Navy, February 1955 |