History
Imperial Japanese Navy
NameCha-219
BuilderYamanishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. Takamatsu
Laid down25 June 1944
Launched1944
Completed9 November 1944
Commissioned9 November 1944
Decommissioned1 December 1945
HomeportYokosuka
Fatereleased to the Ministry of Transportation, 8 August 1947
History
Japan Maritime Safety Agency
Acquired1 May 1948
RenamedShirasagi (PB-14), 20 August 1948
Shirasagi (MS-85), 20 August 1951
Fatetransferred to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 1 July 1954
History
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Acquired1 July 1954
Decommissioned31 March 1962
RenamedShirasagi (MS-85)
Fateunknown
General characteristics
Class and typeNo.1-class Submarine chaser
Displacement130 long tons (132 t) standard[1]
Length29.20 m (95 ft 10 in) overall
Beam5.65 m (18 ft 6 in)
Draught1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 1 × intermediate diesel
  • shingle shaft, 400 bhp
Speed11.0 knots (12.7 mph; 20.4 km/h)
Range1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 10.0 kn (11.5 mph; 18.5 km/h)
Complement32
Armament
  • 1 × 13.2mm machine gun
  • 22 × depth charges
  • 1 × dunking hydrophone
  • 1 × simple sonar

Cha-219 or No. 219 (Japanese: 第二百十九號驅潜特務艇) 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 18 January 1944 at the Takamatsu shipyard of Yamanishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (株式會社山西造船鐵工所) and launched later in the year.[1][2] She was completed and commissioned on 9 November 1944,[2] fitted with armaments at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, and assigned to the Yokosuka Defense Unit, Yokosuka Naval District.[2] She mostly conducted patrol and escort duties out of the port of Uraga, Kanagawa.[2] On 5 June 1945, she was assigned to the Ise Defense Force.[2] Cha-219 survived the war.[2]

On 1 December 1945, she was demobilized and enrolled as a minesweeper by the occupation forces.[2] On 8 August 1947, she was released to the Ministry of Transportation.[2] On 1 May 1948, she was assigned to the Japan Maritime Safety Agency, a sub-agency of the Ministry of Transportation, and designated on 20 August 1948 as patrol boat 14 (PB-14) with the name Shirasagi (しらさぎ).[2] On 20 August 1951, she was re-designated as minesweeper Shirasagi (MS-85).[2] On 1 July 1954, she was transferred to the newly created Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and designated as Shirasagi (MS-85) and later as special agent boat YAS-08.[2] She was delisted on 31 March 1962.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Toda, Gengoro S. (21 September 2019). "驅潜特務艇 (Cha - Stats)". Imperial Japanese Navy - Tokusetsukansen (in Japanese).
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Toda, Gengoro S. "第二百十九號驅潜特務艇の艦歴 (No. 219 submarine chaser - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen (in Japanese).
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.