Japanese submarine chaser Cha-194
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Cha-194 or No. 194 (Japanese: 第百九十四號驅潜特務艇) 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-194 |
Builder | Miho Shipyard, Shizuoka |
Yard number | 2044 |
Laid down | 31 January 1944 |
Launched | 29 June 1944 |
Completed | 21 August 1944 |
Commissioned | 21 August 1944 |
Decommissioned | 30 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, 1 January 1948 |
Ministry of Transportation | |
Acquired | 1 January 1948 |
Fate | transferred to Japan Maritime Safety Agency, 1 May 1948 |
Japan Maritime Safety Agency | |
Acquired | 1 May 1948 |
Renamed | Patrol Vessel Mizutori (PB-42), 1 August 1949 Patrol Vessel Mizutori (PS-42), 1 July 1950 |
Stricken | 1 April 1953 |
Fate | ran aground and abandoned, August 1952 |
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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