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CD-192 or No. 192 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II and later the Republic of China Navy.

History

She was laid down on 5 December 1944 at the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the benefit of the Imperial Japanese Navy and launched on 30 January 1945.[2][3] On 28 February 1945, she was completed and commissioned.[2][3] On 15 August 1945, Japan announced their unconditional surrender and she was turned over to the Allies.[2] On 25 October 1945, she was struck from the Navy List.[2][3] She was assigned to the Allied Repatriation Service and went on numerous repatriation journeys.[2]

On 7 July 1947, she was ceded to the Republic of China as a war reparation and renamed Tong An (同安).[2] She was struck from the Naval List in 1960.

References

  1. ^ Chesneau, Roger (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter; Kingsepp, Sander; Casse, Gilbert; Higuchi, Tatsuhiro (2012). "Kakyakusen: IJN Escort CD-192: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Stille, Mark (18 July 2017). Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941-45. Bloomsbury Press. pp. 41–45. ISBN 9781472818164.

Bibliography

  • Dodson, Aidan & Cant, Serena (2020). Spoils of War: The Fate of Enemy Fleets after Two World Wars. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-4198-1.
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