Japanese submarine chaser Cha-14
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Name | Cha-14 |
Builder | Koyanagi Shipyard Co., Ltd., Shizuoka |
Laid down | 2 February 1942 |
Launched | 15 March 1943 |
Completed | 8 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 8 May 1943 |
Stricken | 31 March 1944 |
Homeport | Yokosuka |
Fate | Sunk by aircraft, 30 January 1944 |
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Class and type | No.1-class Submarine chaser |
Displacement | 130 long tons (132 t) standard[1] |
Length | 29.20 m (95 ft 10 in) overall |
Beam | 5.65 m (18 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.0 knots (12.7 mph; 20.4 km/h) |
Range | 1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 10.0 kn (11.5 mph; 18.5 km/h) |
Complement | 32 |
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Cha-14 or No. 14 (Japanese: 第十四號驅潜特務艇) was a No.1-class auxiliary submarine chaser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during World War II.
History
[edit]She was laid down on 2 February 1942 at the Shizuoka shipyard of the Koyanagi Shipyard Co., Ltd. (株式會社小柳造船所) and launched on 15 March 1943.[1][2] She was completed and commissioned on 8 May 1943 and assigned to the Yokosuka Defense Force, Yokosuka Naval District.[2] On 1 June 1943, she was reassigned to 66th Guard Force.[2] On 30 January 1944, Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers and Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters from Task Group 52.8 comprising fleet carriers Enterprise, Yorktown, and Bunker Hill and escort carrier Belleau Wood, sink Cha-14, Cha-19, and Cha-28, northeast of Mili Atoll in the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands.[3][2][4] She was removed from the Navy List on 31 March 1944.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Toda, Gengoro S. (21 September 2019). "驅潜特務艇 (Cha - Stats)". Imperial Japanese Navy - Tokusetsukansen (in Japanese).
- ^ a b c d e Toda, Gengoro S. "第十四號驅潜特務艇の艦歴 (No. 14 submarine chaser - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen (in Japanese).
- ^ Cressman, Robert (15 October 2016). The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. 2016. p. 29. ISBN 9781682471548.
- ^ Lettens, Jan (9 May 2009). "Cha-14 (+1944)". Wrecksite.