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| Career |  |
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| Name: | CD-23 |
| Builder: | Nihonkai Dock Company[1] |
| Laid down: | 10 February 1944[1] |
| Launched: | 20 May 1944[1] |
| Completed: | 15 September 1944[1] |
| Commissioned: | 15 September 1944[1] |
| Struck: | 10 March 1945[1] |
| Fate: | Sunk by air attack on 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) |
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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-23 was a C Type class escort ship (Kaibokan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.
History
CD-23 was laid down by the Nihonkai Dock Company on 10 February 1944, launched on 20 May 1944, and completed and commissioned on 15 September 1944.[1] During the war CD-23 was mostly busy on escort duties.[1]
On 12 January 1945, while on convoy duty north of Qui Nhon (14°15′N 109°10′E / 14.25°N 109.167°ECoordinates: 14°15′N 109°10′E / 14.25°N 109.167°E), CD-23 was attacked and sunk by planes from the USS Essex (CV-9), USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), USS Langley (CVL-27) and USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) which were part of Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman's Task Group 38.3.[1][2] 155 of her crew were killed.[1]
CD-23 was struck from the Navy List on 10 March 1945.[1]
References
- ↑ 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-23: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. http://www.combinedfleet.com/CD-23_t.htm. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ↑ "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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