Japanese submarine chaser Cha-203
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Cha-203 or No. 203 (Japanese: 第二百十四號驅潜特務艇) was a No.1-class auxiliary submarine chaser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during World War II and with Japan during the post-war period.
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Imperial Japanese Navy | |
Name | Cha-203 |
Builder | Murakami Shipyard, Ishinomaki |
Yard number | 2053 |
Laid down | 26 November 1943 |
Launched | 15 June 1944 |
Completed | 14 October 1944 |
Commissioned | 14 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | 20 November 1945 |
Fate | mobilized by the Allied occupation forces, 1 December 1945 |
Allied Occupation Force | |
Acquired | 1 December 1945 |
Decommissioned | 1 August 1947 |
Fate | transferred to Ministry of Transportation, 28 August 1947 |
Ministry of Transportation | |
Acquired | 28 August 1947 |
Fate | transferred to Japan Maritime Safety Agency, 1 May 1948 |
Japan Maritime Safety Agency | |
Acquired | 28 August 1947 |
Renamed | Patrol Vessel Hiyodori (PB-22), 20 August 1948 Patrol Vessel Hiyodori (PS-22), 21 July 1950 Minesweeper Hiyodori (MS-84), 1 December 1951 |
Fate | transferred to the Coastal Safety Force, 1 August 1952 |
Japan Coastal Safety Force | |
Acquired | 1 August 1952 |
Fate | transferred to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 1 July 1954 |
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force | |
Acquired | 1 July 1954 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1965 |
Renamed | Minesweeper Inshore Hiyodori (MSI-700), 1 September 1957 |
Fate | unknown |
General characteristics | |
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 (20.4 km/h; 12.7 mph) |
Range | 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 10.0 kn (18.5 km/h; 11.5 mph) |
Complement | 32 |
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