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Japanese escort ship No17 in 1944.jpg
No.17 on 10 April 1944 at Tokyo Bay
Career Naval Ensign of Japan
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]
Struck: 10 March 1945[1]
Fate: Torpedoed 12 January 1945[1]
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)
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-17 was a C Type class escort ship (Kaibokan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.

    History

    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 / 10.333; 107.833Coordinates: 10°20′N 107°50′E / 10.333°N 107.833°E / 10.333; 107.833), 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.[1][2] She received three torpedo hits and sank at 0952.[1] 159 crewman including 12 officers were killed.[1]

    CD-17 was struck from the Navy List on 10 March 1945.[1]

    References

    1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2012). "IJN Escort CD-17: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. http://www.combinedfleet.com/CD-17_t.htm. Retrieved 9 August 2019. 
    2. "Chapter VII: 1945". The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. 2006. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1945.html. Retrieved 19 January 2012. 

    Additional sources

    • "Escort Vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy special issue" (in Japanese). Kaijinsha. February 1996. 
    • (in Japanese) Model Art Extra No.340, Drawings of Imperial Japanese Naval Vessels Part-1. Model Art Co. Ltd.. October 1989. 
    • (in Japanese) The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.49, Japanese submarine chasers and patrol boats. Ushio Shobō. March 1981. 


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