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CD-51 was a C Type class escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.
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Name | CD-51 |
Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries[1] |
Laid down | 1 May 1944[1] |
Launched | 20 August 1944[1] |
Completed | 21 September 1944[1] |
Commissioned | 21 September 1944[1] |
Stricken | 10 March 1945[1] |
Fate | Sunk by air attack on 12 January 1945[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type C escort ship |
Displacement | 745 long tons (757 t) (standard) |
Length | 67.5 m (221 ft) |
Beam | 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 2.9 m (10 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 136 |
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CD-51 was laid down by the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at their Kobe Shipyard on 1 May 1944, launched on 20 August 1944, and completed and commissioned on 21 September 1944.[1] During the war CD-51 was mostly busy on escort duties.[1]
On 12 January 1945, while on convoy duty north of Qui Nhon (14°15′N 109°10′E), CD-51 was attacked and sunk by planes from the aircraft carriers USS Essex, USS Ticonderoga, USS Langley and USS San Jacinto which were part of Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman's Task Group 38.3 that had entered the South China Sea to raid Japanese shipping.[1][2] 159 of her crew were killed.[1]
CD-51 was struck from the Navy List on 10 March 1945.[1]
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