Japanese escort ship No.51

History
Japan
Name	CD-51
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Laid down	1 May 1944
Launched	20 August 1944
Completed	21 September 1944
Commissioned	21 September 1944
Stricken	10 March 1945
Fate	Sunk by air attack on 12 January 1945
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)
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-51 was a C Type class escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.

History

CD-51 was laid down by the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at their Kobe Shipyard on 1 May 1944, launched on 20 August 1944, and completed and commissioned on 21 September 1944.^[1] During the war CD-51 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 / 14.250°N 109.167°E / 14.250; 109.167), CD-51 was attacked and sunk by planes from the aircraft carriers USS Essex, USS Ticonderoga, USS Langley and USS San Jacinto which were part of Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman's Task Group 38.3 that had entered the South China Sea to raid Japanese shipping.^[1]^[2] 159 of her crew were killed.^[1]

CD-51 was struck from the Navy List on 10 March 1945.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2012). "IJN Escort CD-51: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
^ Cressman, Robert J. (2006) [1999]. "Chapter VII: 1945". The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Retrieved 19 January 2012.

Additional sources

"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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[combinedfleet-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2012). "IJN Escort CD-51: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

[2] Cressman, Robert J. (2006) [1999]. "Chapter VII: 1945". The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Retrieved 19 January 2012.

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History

Japan
Name	CD-51
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries^[1]
Laid down	1 May 1944^[1]
Launched	20 August 1944^[1]
Completed	21 September 1944^[1]
Commissioned	21 September 1944^[1]
Stricken	10 March 1945^[1]
Fate	Sunk by air attack on 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)
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