Japanese submarine chaser Cha-13
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Cha-13 or No. 13 (Japanese: 第十三號驅潜特務艇) was a No.1-class auxiliary submarine chaser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during World War II.
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Name | Cha-13 |
Builder | Fukuoka Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Fukuoka |
Laid down | 30 January 1942 |
Launched | 28 February 1943 |
Completed | 12 March 1943 |
Commissioned | 12 March 1943 |
Stricken | 30 April 1944 |
Homeport | Sasebo |
Fate | Sunk by aircraft, 30 April 1943 |
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Class and 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 |
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