Japanese escort ship No.35
| History | |
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| Name | CD-35 |
| Builder | Nippon Kokan K. K. |
| Laid down | 5 May 1944[1] |
| Launched | 3 September 1944[1] |
| Completed | 11 October 1944[1] |
| Commissioned | 11 October 1944[1] |
| Stricken | 10 March 1945[1] |
| Fate | Sunk by air attack 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) |
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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-35 was a C Type class escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.
History
CD-35 was laid down by Nippon Kokan K. K. at their Tsurumi Shipyard on 5 May 1944, launched on 3 September 1944, and completed and commissioned on 11 October 1944.[1] During the war CD-35 was mostly busy on escort duties.[1]
On 12 January 1945, off Cape Paderan in the South China Sea (11°10′N 108°55′E / 11.167°N 108.917°E), CD-35 was attacked and sunk after receiving three direct bomb hits by aircraft from the USS Lexington (CV-16), USS Hancock (CV-19) and USS Hornet (CV-12) which were then part of Vice Admiral John S. McCain, Sr.'s Task Force 38 that had entered the South China Sea to raid Japanese shipping.[1][2] 69 crewman were killed.[1]
CD-35 was struck from the Navy List on 10 March 1945.[1]
References
Additional sources
- "Escort Vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy special issue". Ships of the World (in Japanese). Vol. 45. Kaijinsha. February 1996.
- Model Art Extra No.340, Drawings of Imperial Japanese Naval Vessels Part-1 (in Japanese). Model Art Co. Ltd. October 1989.
- The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.49, Japanese submarine chasers and patrol boats (in Japanese). Ushio Shobō. March 1981.
