Japanese submarine chaser Cha-2

Cha-2 or No. 2 (Japanese: 第二號驅潜特務艇) was a No.1-class auxiliary submarine chaser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during World War II.

History
Empire of Japan
Name: Cha-2
Builder: Shanxi Shipbuilding Iron Works Company, Ltd.
Laid down: 7 February 1942
Launched: 5 August 1942
Completed: 15 March 1943
Commissioned: 15 March 1943
Struck: 3 May 1947
Homeport: Yokosuka
Fate: sunk by gunfire, 6 October 1944
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:
  • 1 × intermediate diesel
  • shingle shaft, 400 bhp
Speed: 11.0 knots (12.7 mph; 20.4 km/h)
Range: 1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 10.0 kn (11.5 mph; 18.5 km/h)
Complement: 32
Armament:
  • 1 × 7.7 mm machine gun[2]
  • 22 × depth charges
  • 1 × dunking hydrophone
  • 1 × simple sonar
  • From mid 1943, the 7.7 mm machine gun was replaced with a 13.2mm machine gun

History

She was laid down on 7 February 1942 by the Shanxi Shipbuilding Iron Works Co., Ltd. and launched on 5 August 1942.[3] She was completed on 15 March 1943 at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal and assigned to the Yokosuka Defense Force, Yokosuka Naval District, where she served in waters around Japan as an escort and sub chaser.[3] On 1 June 1943, she was reassigned to the Southwest Area Fleet.[3]

On 6 October 1944 she was attacked and sunk by gunfire from the British submarine Tally Ho west of Penang at 04°20′N 098°24′E.[3][4] She was removed from the Navy List on 3 May 1947.[3]

References
  1. Toda, Gengoro S. (21 September 2019). "驅潜特務艇 (Cha - Stats)". Imperial Japanese Navy - Tokusetsukansen (in Japanese).
  2. "1-GO auxiliary submarine chasers (1943 - 1945)". navypedia.org. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. Toda, Gengoro S. "第二號驅潜特務艇の艦歴 (No. 2 submarine chaser - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen (in Japanese).
  4. "HMS Tally-Ho (P 317)". uboat.net. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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