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| Tonnage | 438 tons displacement |
| Dimensions |
167'4" by 22'0" by 9'0" 51.00m by 6.71m by 2.74m |
| Maximum speed | 16 knots |
| Armament |
1 3"/40
AA gun 2 13mm/76 machine guns 1 depth charge rack, 2 depth charge throwers (total 36 depth charges) |
| Machinery |
2-shaft diesel (1700 bhp) |
| Modifications |
1944-9: 12x3 25mm/60 AA guns, 2
depth charge throwers, 2
depth charge rails, 36 depth charges, Type 93 sonar and Type 22 radar,
radar detector |
The Ch-13s were
completed in 1940-42 as submarine
chasers. They were based on the Ch-1s
and were used as
fast attack
transports during the early days of the Pacific War. Hull
modifications
made them very seaworthy.
| Ch-13
|
Subchaser
Division 2 |
Torpedoed
1943-4-3 near 142.0E 41.0N by Pickerel |
| Ch-14 |
Subchaser Division 2 | Sunk by aircraft 1945-7-28 at
Owase |
| Ch-15 |
Subchaser Division 2 | |
| Ch-16 |
Subchaser Division 21 | Sunk by aircraft 1944-7-4 at Chichi Jima |
| Ch-17 |
Subchaser Division 21 | Torpedoed
1945-4-28 off Fukushima by Springer |
| Ch-18 |
Subchaser Division 21 | Sunk by aircraft 1944-12-30
off Luzon |
| Ch-19 |
Kure Local
Defense Squadron |
|
| Ch-20 |
Kure Local Defense Squadron | |
| Ch-21 |
Kure Local Defense Squadron | |
| Ch-22 |
1
Naval District |
Sunk by aircraft 1944-2-19
off New Ireland |
| Ch-23 |
1 Naval District | |
| Ch-24 |
Completed
1941-12-20 |
Sunk 1944-2-17 off Truk
by gunfire from Burns |
| Ch-26 | Completed 1941-12-20 | Sunk by aircraft 1945-7-30 off Korea |
| Ch-25 |
Completed 1941-12-29 |
Torpedoed
1942-7-15 off Kiska
by Grunion |
| Ch-27 |
Completed 1942-1-28 |
Torpedoed 1942-7-15 off Kiska by Grunion |
References
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 2009-10-17)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
Materials of
IJN (accessed 2009-10-17)
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