CD-76 or No. 76 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
| History | |
|---|---|
 Imperial Japanese Navy | |
| Name | CD-76 |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd, Nagasaki |
| Laid down | 1 November 1944 |
| Launched | 18 November 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Completed | 23 December 1944 |
| Commissioned | 23 December 1944 |
| Fate | ceded to the Soviet Union,28 August 1947 |
| History | |
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| Name | EK-44 |
| Acquired | 28 August 1947 |
| Commissioned | 25 September 1947 |
| Renamed | TsL-45 (1948) СКР-49 (1954) |
| Homeport | Vladivostok |
| Fate | transferred to Peoples Liberation Army Navy, 25 June 195 |
| History | |
 People's Liberation Army Navy | |
| Acquired | 25 June 1955 |
| Fate | unknown |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Type D escort ship |
| Displacement | 740 long tons (752 t) standard |
| Length | 69.5 m (228 ft) |
| Beam | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 3.05 m (10 ft) |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft, geared turbine engines, 2,500 hp (1,864 kW) |
| Speed | 17.5 knots (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h) |
| Complement | 160 |
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History
editShe was laid down on 1 August 1944 at the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd for the benefit of the Imperial Japanese Navy.[2][3][4] She was launched on 18 November 1944 and completed and commissioned on 23 December 1944.[2][3] After completing her training at Saiki under Captain Masamitsu Tsugu (澁谷政光),[4] she departed for Kure and then arrived at Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū on 24 February 1945.[2] She served as an escort along with the Ukuru-class escort ship Habushi, CD-112, and submarine chaser CH-17 for convoy MOTA-39 consisting of 5 transports (including Masashima Maru and Akishima Maru) which assembled at nearby Mutsure Island.[2][4] Departing on 26 February 1945, the convoy hugged the Chinese coast sheltering in various harbors before arriving safely at Keelung on 9 March 1945 (Masashima Maru and Akishima Maru left the convoy on 8 March 1945 for Amoy).[2][4] On 13 March 1945, she departed from Kirun for Moji in convoy TAMO-48 with fellow escort ships Habushi and CD-112 arriving on 23 March 1945.[2][4] For the remainder of the war, she conducted patrols, escort, and replenishment duty near the Tsushima Islands between Chinkai and Iki Island.[2][4]
On 1 December 1945, she served as one of 269 Japanese ships that served as a minesweeper under the Allied forces after the war.[2] On 28 August 1947, she was one of 34 vessels ceded to Soviet Union as a war reparation.[2] On 25 September 1947, she was commissioned into the Soviet Pacific Ocean Fleet.[5] She arrived at Vladivostok in October 1947[2] and was designated as guard ship EK-44 (ЭК-44).[6] In 1948, she was re-designated as target ship TsL-45.[5] In November 1954, she was re-designated as patrol boat СКР-49 (SKR-49).[5] On 25 June 1955, she was transferred to the Peoples Liberation Army Navy.[5] Her ultimate fate is unknown.
References
edit- ^ Chesneau, Roger (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter; Casse, Gilbert (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-76: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ a b Stille, Mark (18 July 2017). Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941-45. Bloomsbury Press. pp. 41–45. ISBN 9781472818164.
- ^ a b c d e f Toda, Gengoro S. "第七十六號海防艦の艦歴 (No. 76 Kaibokan - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d Dodson, Aidan; Cant, Serena (30 March 2020). Spoils of War: The Fate of Enemy Fleets after the Two World Wars. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781526741998.
Bibliography
edit- 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.
External links
edit- "EK-44 guard ships (1944 - 1946 / 1947)". navypedia.org. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021.