Japanese escort shipNo.23

History
Empire of Japan
Name	CD-23
Builder	Nihonkai Dock Company
Laid down	10 February 1944
Launched	20 May 1944
Completed	15 September 1944
Commissioned	15 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 5 in)
Beam	8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
Draught	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	Geared diesel engines 1,900 hp (1,417 kW) 2 shafts
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	6,500nmi(12,000 km; 7,500 mi) 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)/45calDP guns 6 × Type 96Type 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-23was aC Typeescort ship (Kaibōkan) of theImperial Japanese Navyduring theSecond World War.

History

CD-23was laid down by the Nihonkai Dock Company on 10 February 1944, launched on 20 May 1944, and completed and commissioned on 15 September 1944.During the warCD-23was mostly busy on escort duties.

On 12 January 1945, while on convoy duty north ofQui Nhon(14°15′N109°10′E),CD-23was attacked and sunk by planes from the aircraft carriersUSSEssex,USSTiconderoga,USSLangleyandUSSSan Jacintowhich were part of Rear AdmiralFrederick C. Sherman's Task Group 38.3 that hadentered the South China Sea to raid Japanese shipping.155 of her crew were killed.

CD-23was struck from the Navy List on 10 March 1945.

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.