Japanese escort ship CD-63

Career
Name:	CD-63
Builder:	Mitsubishi, Kobe Shipyard[1]
Laid down:	1 July 1944[1]
Launched:	20 September 1944[1]
Completed:	15 October 1944[1]
Commissioned:	15 October 1944[1]
Decommissioned:	Mined in Nanao Bay, 10 August 1945[2]
Struck:	30 September 1945[2]
Fate:	Broken up, 30 April 1948[2]
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 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 × 80 mm (3.1 in) mortar

CD-63 was an C Type class escort ship (Kaibokan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. She was laid down by Mitsubishi at their Kobe Shipyard on 1 July 1944, launched on 20 September 1944, and completed and commissioned on 15 October 1944.^[1] During the war CD-63 was mostly busy on escort duties.^[1]

On 18 June 1945, in Toyama Bay, the submarine USS Bonefish (SS-223) was sunk by the combined efforts of the escort ships Okinawa, CD-63, CD-75, CD-158 and CD-207.^[3]

On 10 August 1945 CD-63 struck a mine in Nanao Bay, and was badly damaged and beached to prevent sinking. Struck from the Navy List on 30 September 1945, she was scrapped by 30 April 1948.^[2]

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