History
Imperial Japanese Navy
NameCha-2
BuilderShanxi Shipbuilding Iron Works Company, Ltd.
Laid down7 February 1942
Launched5 August 1942
Completed15 March 1943
Commissioned15 March 1943
Stricken3 May 1947
HomeportYokosuka
FateSunk by gunfire from HMS Tally-Ho, 6 October 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeNo.1-class Submarine chaser
Displacement130 long tons (132 t) standard[1]
Length29.20 m (95 ft 10 in) overall
Beam5.65 m (18 ft 6 in)
Draught1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 1 × intermediate diesel
  • shingle shaft, 400 bhp
Speed11.0 knots (12.7 mph; 20.4 km/h)
Range1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 10.0 kn (11.5 mph; 18.5 km/h)
Complement32
Armament
  • 1 × 7.7 mm machine gun
  • 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

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

She was laid down on 7 February 1942 at the Ishinomaki shipyard of Shanxi Shipbuilding Iron Works Co., Ltd. (山西造船鉄工所) and launched on 5 August 1942.[2] She was fitted with armaments at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, completed and commissioned on 15 March 1943, and assigned to the Yokosuka Defense Force, Yokosuka Naval District, where she served in waters around Japan as an escort and sub chaser.[2] On 1 June 1943, she was reassigned to the Southwest Area Fleet.[2]

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 / 4.333°N 98.400°E / 4.333; 98.400.[2][3] She was removed from the Navy List on 3 May 1947.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Toda, Gengoro S. (21 September 2019). "驅潜特務艇 (Cha - Stats)". Imperial Japanese Navy - Tokusetsukansen (in Japanese).
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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).
  3. ↑ "HMS Tally-Ho (P 317)". uboat.net. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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