Japanese escort ship CD-202 explained

CD-202 or No. 202 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

History

She was laid down on 16 February 1945 at the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the benefit of the Imperial Japanese Navy and launched on 2 April 1945.[1] [2] On 7 July 1945, she was completed and commissioned.[1] [2] On 15 August 1945, Japan announced their unconditional surrender and CD-202 traveled to Sasebo where on 17 August 1945, a steam pipe exploded killing one man.[1] On 30 November 1945, she was struck from the Navy List.[1] She was scrapped in 1947.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-202: Tabular Record of Movement. Bob . Hackett . Kingsepp . Sander . Peter . Cundall . Tatsuhiro . Higuchi . combinedfleet.com . 2012 . 30 March 2020.
  2. Book: Stille, Mark . Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941-45. 41–45 . Bloomsbury Press. July 18, 2017. 9781472818164.