Japanese escort ship No.17

History
No.17 on 10 April 1944 at Tokyo Bay

Name	CD-17
Builder	Nippon Kokan K. K.
Laid down	15 December 1943^[1]
Launched	26 February 1944^[1]
Completed	13 April 1944^[1]
Commissioned	13 April 1944^[1]
Stricken	10 March 1945^[1]
Fate	Torpedoed 12 January 1945^[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Type C escort ship
Displacement	745 long tons (757 t) (standard)
Length	67.5 m (221 ft)
Beam	8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
Draught	2.9 m (10 ft)
Propulsion	Geared diesel engines 1,900 hp (1,417 kW) 2 shafts
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	136
Sensors and processing systems	Type 22-Go radar Type 93 sonar Type 3 hydrophone
Armament	As built : 2 × 120 mm (4.7 in)/45 cal DP guns 6 × Type 96 Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) AA machine guns (2×3) 12 × Type 3 depth charge throwers 1 × depth charge chute 120 × depth charges From 1944 : as above, plus 1 × 81 mm (3.2 in) mortar

CD-17 was a C Type class escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.

History

CD-17 was laid down by Nippon Kokan K. K. at their Tsurumi Shipyard on 15 December 1943, launched on 26 February 1944, and completed and commissioned on 13 April 1944.^[1] During the war CD-17 was mostly busy on escort duties.^[1]

On 12 January 1945, off Cape St. Jacques in the South China Sea (10°20′N 107°50′E / 10.333°N 107.833°E / 10.333; 107.833), CD-17 was attacked by aircraft from the USS Lexington (CV-16), USS Hancock (CV-19) and USS Hornet (CV-12) which were part of Vice Admiral John S. McCain, Sr.'s Task Force 38 that had entered the South China Sea to raid Japanese shipping.^[1]^[2] She received three torpedo hits and sank at 0952.^[1] 159 crewman including 12 officers were killed.^[1] CD-19 and Chiburi were also sunk.^[1]

CD-17 was struck from the Navy List on 10 March 1945.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter Cundall; Whitman, John; Casse, Gilbert (2012). "IJN Escort CD-17: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
^ "Chapter VII: 1945". The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2012.

Additional sources

"Escort Vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy special issue". Ships of the World (in Japanese). Vol. 45. Kaijinsha. February 1996.
Model Art Extra No.340, Drawings of Imperial Japanese Naval Vessels Part-1 (in Japanese). Model Art Co. Ltd. October 1989.
The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.49, Japanese submarine chasers and patrol boats (in Japanese). Ushio Shobō. March 1981.

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in January 1945

Shipwrecks

2 Jan: Yu 1
4 Jan: USS Ommaney Bay, Lewis L. Dyche
5 Jan: Ha-71, Ha-82, Kanko Maru, Momi, Isaac Shelby, Shunsen Maru, Yu 3
6 Jan: USS Long, S-4
7 Jan: USS Hovey, USS Palmer
9 Jan: Cha-216, Kuroshio Maru, U-679, U-1020
11 Jan: Hakuyo Maru, T-76 Kotall
12 Jan: CD-17, CD-19, CD-23, CD-35, CD-43, CD-51, Ikutagawa Maru, Kashii, Lamotte-Picquet, Louhi, M-1, Otowa Maru, PB-103, USS Swordfish, T.140, W-101
14 Jan: I-362
15 Jan: Claus Rickmers, Hatakaze, Tsuga, USS YP-73
16 Jan: Deyatelny, Donau, U-248
17 Jan: U-2515, U-2523, U-2530
19 Jan: HMS Porpoise
21 Jan: U-1199
22 Jan: Saga
23 Jan: I-48
24 Jan: Empire Rupert, USS Extractor, Shigure
26 Jan: HMS Manners, U-1051
27 Jan: U-1172
28 Jan: Sanuki Maru
29 Jan: USS Serpens, U-763
30 Jan: USS Pontiac, Wilhelm Gustloff
31 Jan: Berlin III, USS PC-1129, U-2520
Unknown date: Christian Radich, U-382, U-480, U-650, U-1020