History
Imperial Japanese Navy
NameCha-222
BuilderFukushima Shipbuilding Iron Works, Matsue
Laid down28 April 1944
Launched1 November 1944
Completed19 November 1944
Commissioned19 November 1944
Decommissioned30 November 1945
HomeportSaiki, Ōita
Fatereleased to the Ministry of Transportation, 1 January 1948
Japan Maritime Safety Agency
Acquired5 May 1948
RenamedMinesweeper No. 222 (MS-03), 20 August 1948
Hatsutaka (MS-03), 1 December 1951
Fatetransferred to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 1 September 1954
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Acquired1 September 1954
Decommissioned31 March 1962
RenamedHatsutaka (MSI-696), 1 September 1957
Fateunknown
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 (300 kW)
Speed11.0 knots (20.4 km/h; 12.7 mph)
Range1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 10.0 kn (18.5 km/h; 11.5 mph)
Complement32
Armament
  • 1 × 13.2 mm machine gun
  • 22 × depth charges
  • 1 × dunking hydrophone
  • 1 × simple sonar

Cha-222 or No. 222 (Japanese: 第二百二十二號驅潜特務艇) 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 28 April 1944 at the Matsue shipyard of Fukushima Shipbuilding Iron Works (福島造船鉄工所) and launched on 1 November 1944.[1][2] She was completed and commissioned on 19 November 1944,[2] fitted with armaments at the Kure Naval Arsenal, and assigned to the Saiki Defense Unit, Kure Defense Force, Kure Naval District.[2] In December 1944, Captain Tashiro Doi was appointed as commanding officer and on 24 March 1945, she was put under the control of the Imperial Japanese Army serving at Shimonoseki for minesweeping duty.[2] On 7 April 1945, she was assigned to the 1st Special Minesweeping Division.[2] On 11 April 1945, she towed Cha-215 and Cha-230 to Yoshimi, Saitama after they had been disabled by mines.[2] On 12 June 1945, she was released from Army control and reassigned to the Kure Defense Force again operating out of Saiki.[2] Cha-222 survived the war and was decommissioned on 30 November 1945.[2][3]

On 1 December 1945, she was demobilized and enrolled as a minesweeper by the occupation forces.[2] On 1 January 1948, she was released to the Ministry of Transportation.[2] On 5 May 1948, she was assigned to the Japan Maritime Safety Agency, a sub-agency of the Ministry of Transportation, and designated on 20 August 1948 as Minesweeper No. 222 (MS-03).[2] On 1 December 1951 she was assigned the name Hatsutaka (はつたか) (MS-03).[2] She served as part of the Special Minesweeping Corps (jp:日本特別掃海隊) during the Korean War, first with the 2nd Mine Warfare Force (along with MS-06, MS-14, MS-17, PS-02, PS-04, PS-08) and later the 5th Mine Warfare Force (along with MS-21, MS-06, MS-08, PS-58) under Captain Ryohei Oga (jp:大賀良平).[4] On 1 September 1954, she was transferred to the newly created Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and re-designated on 1 September 1957 as Hatsutaka (MSI-696).[2] She was delisted on 31 March 1962.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 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 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Toda, Gengoro S. "第二百二十二號驅潜特務艇の艦歴 (No. 222 submarine chaser - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen (in Japanese).
  3. Japanese Naval Vessels at the End of the War (PDF). 25 April 1947. pp. 113–115.
  4. "朝鮮動乱特別掃海史 (Korean War Special Minesweeping History)" (PDF). Ministry of Defense (Japan) (in Japanese).
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