| Japanese submarine chaser Cha-28 (1943) | |
|---|---|
| Career (Empire of Japan) |  |
| Name: | Cha-28 |
| Builder: | Saga Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Shinminato |
| Laid down: | 5 April 1942 |
| Launched: | 30 March 1943 |
| Completed: | 26 April 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 26 April 1943 |
| Struck: | 31 March 1944 |
| Homeport: | Maizuru |
| Fate: | sunk by aircraft, 30 January 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 |
| Armament: |
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Cha-28 or No. 28 (Japanese: 第二十八號驅潜特務艇) was a No.1-class auxiliary submarine chaser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during World War II.
History[]
She was laid down on 25 April 1942 at the Shinminato shipyard of the Saga Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (株式會社佐賀造船鐵工所) and launched on 30 March 1943.[1][3][4] She was completed and commissioned on 26 April 1943 and assigned to the Maizuru Town Guard, Maizuru Naval District.[3] On 30 January 1944, Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers and Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters from Task Group 52.8 comprising fleet carriers Enterprise, Yorktown, Bunker Hill, and escort carrier Belleau Wood, sink Cha-28, Cha-14, and Cha-19, northeast of Mili Atoll in the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands.[3][5][6] She was removed from the Navy List on 31 March 1944.[3]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Toda, Gengoro S. (21 September 2019). "驅潜特務艇 (Cha - Stats)" (in ja). http://www.tokusetsukansen.jpn.org/J/TT03/TT03_tbl.htm.
- ↑ "1-GO auxiliary submarine chasers (1943 - 1945)". http://www.navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_sc_aux.htm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Toda, Gengoro S.. "第二十八號驅潜特務艇の艦歴 (No. 28 submarine chaser - Ship History)" (in ja). http://www.tokusetsukansen.jpn.org/J/TT03/TT03_028.htm.
- ↑ "1-GO auxiliary submarine chasers (1943 - 1945)". http://www.navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_sc_aux.htm.
- ↑ Cressman, Robert. The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. 2016. pp. 29. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Official_Chronology_of_the_U_S_Navy/K6D1DAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Cha-28.
- ↑ Lettens, Jan (May 9, 2009). "Cha-28 (+1944)". https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136588.
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