Japanese submarine chaser Cha-14
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Name | Cha-14 |
Builder | Koyanagi Shipyard Co., Ltd., Shizuoka |
Laid down | 2 February 1942 |
Launched | 15 March 1943 |
Completed | 8 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 8 May 1943 |
Stricken | 31 March 1944 |
Homeport | Yokosuka |
Fate | Sunk by aircraft, 30 January 1944 |
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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 (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 |
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Cha-14 or No. 14 (Japanese:
History[edit]
She was laid down on 2 February 1942 at the Shizuoka shipyard of the Koyanagi Shipyard Co., Ltd. (
References[edit]
- ^ a b Toda, Gengoro S. (21 September 2019). "
驅 潜 特務 艇 (Cha - Stats)". Imperial Japanese Navy - Tokusetsukansen (in Japanese). - ^ a b c d e Toda, Gengoro S. "
第 十 四號驅潜特務艇の艦 歴 (No. 14 submarine chaser - Ship History)". Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen (in Japanese). - ^ Cressman, Robert (15 October 2016). The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. 2016. p. 29. ISBN 9781682471548.
- ^ Lettens, Jan (9 May 2009). "Cha-14 (+1944)". Wrecksite.