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| Tonnage |
291 tons standard |
| Dimensions |
184'5" by 18'4" by 7'4" 56.21m by 5.59m by 2.24m |
| Maximum speed | 20 knots |
| Armament |
2 40mm
AA guns 36 depth charges |
| Machinery |
2-shaft diesel (2600 bhp) |
| Modifications |
1944-1945: 3 25mm/60 AA guns and Type 13 radar
added |
The Ch-7s were completed in 1939 as submarine chasers. They were very similar to the Ch-1s and were used as fast attack transports during the early days of the Pacific War. The class is named after the first unit completed.
| Ch-4
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Subchaser
Division 21 |
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| Ch-5 |
Subchaser Division 21 | |
| Ch-6 |
Beached after air attack 1944-3-30 at Palau |
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| Ch-7 |
Subchaser
Division 11 |
Sunk by aircraft 945-4-11 in
the Nicobar Islands |
| Ch-8 |
Sunk 1945-3-4 off Penang
by gunfire from Trenchant
and Terrapin |
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| Ch-9 |
Subchaser Division 11 | |
| Ch-10 |
Subchaser
Division 31 |
Grounded 1944-5-2 at Palau |
| Ch-11 |
Sunk by aircraft 1943-11-6
off Buka |
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| Ch-12 |
Subchaser Division 31 | Lost to unknown cause 1944-8 at Palau |
References
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 208-2-1)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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