Japanese submarine chaser CH-17

CH-17 was a of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

History
CH-17 laid down by Tokyo Ishikawajima Zosen at their Fukagawa shipyard in 1941, launched on 3 May 1941, and completed and commissioned on 31 July 1941. In May 1942, she participated in the Battle of Midway (Operation "MI") where she was assigned to Miyamoto Sadachika's 16th Minesweeper Unit (along with auxiliary minesweepers JAPANESE MINESWEEPER Tama Maru No. 3, JAPANESE MINESWEEPER Tama Maru No. 5, JAPANESE MINESWEEPER Showa Maru No. 7, JAPANESE MINESWEEPER Showa Maru No. 8; submarine chasers JAPANESE SUBMARINE CHASER CH-16, and JAPANESE SUBMARINE CHASER CH-18; cargo ships Meiyo Maru and JAPANESE TRANSPORT SHIP Yamafuku Maru; and auxiliary ammunition ship JAPANESE AMMUNITION SHIP Soya).

On 28 April 1945, CH-17 was attacked and sunk by the submarine USS Springer (SS-414) west of Kyushu off the Gotō Islands (32.41667°N, 128.76667°W) while conducting escort duty. CH-17 was struck from the Navy List on 25 May 1945.