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.
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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 |
Stricken | 31 March 1944 |
Homeport | Maizuru |
Fate | Sunk by aircraft, 30 January 1944 |
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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) |
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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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History
editShe 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][2] She was completed and commissioned on 26 April 1943 and assigned to the Maizuru Town Guard, Maizuru Naval District.[2] 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][2][4] She was removed from the Navy List on 31 March 1944.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Toda, Gengoro S. (21 September 2019). "驅潜特務艇 (Cha - Stats)". Imperial Japanese Navy - Tokusetsukansen (in Japanese).
- ^ a b c d Toda, Gengoro S. "第二十八號驅潜特務艇の艦歴 (No. 28 submarine chaser - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen (in Japanese).
- ^ Cressman, Robert (15 October 2016). The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. 2016. p. 29. ISBN 9781682471548.
- ^ Lettens, Jan (9 May 2009). "Cha-28 (+1944)". Wrecksite.