Japanese submarine chaser Cha-196
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Cha-196 or No. 196 (Japanese: 第百九十六號驅潜特務艇) 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-196 |
Builder | Yamanishi Shipbuilding Iron Works, Ishinomaki |
Yard number | 2046 |
Laid down | 6 March 1944 |
Launched | 8 August 1944 |
Completed | 15 October 1944 |
Commissioned | 15 October 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, 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 | 1 May 1948 |
Renamed | Patrol Vessel Wakataka (PB-25), 23 August 1948 Patrol Vessel Wakataka (PS-25), 25 July 1950 Minesweeper Wakataka (MS-83), 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 | Special Service Boat No. 8 (MS-83), 1 April 1956 Special Service Boat No. 8 (ASM-58), 1 September 1957 Special Service Miscellaneous Ship No. 31 (YAS-31), 31 March 1962 |
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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