Japanese escort ship CD-47
CD-47 was a C Type class escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.
History
She was laid down by Nippon Kokan K.K. at their Tsurumi, Yokohama shipyard on 15 July 1944, launched on 29 September 1944, and completed and commissioned on 2 November 1944. She was attached to the Yokosuka Defense Force, Yokosuka Naval District under Lieutenant Commander Fukuji Chiba. During the war CD-47 was mostly busy on escort duties mainly to the Ogasawara Islands and the Kurile Islands.Convoy-Chi
On 26 May 1945, she departed Paramushiro for Otaru, Hokkaido in convoy-Chi consisting of cargo/transport ships Kuretake Maru, Kasugasan Maru, Tenryo Maru, and supply ship Shirasaki, with s and, fellow Type C escort ship CD-205, and Type D escort ship CD-112. Hachijo was lost in the fog around and CD-205 left the convoy to search for her. On 29 May 1945 at 2055, the U.S. submarine fired two spreads of three torpedoes hitting two of the freighters. Tenryo Maru quickly sank at killing 773 out of 947 men of the 23rd Air Defense Battalion, 26 gunners, and 83 sailors. Sterlet also severely damaged Kuretake Maru which sank the following day with a death toll of 272 soldiers and six sailors.Fate
On 15 July 1945, off Otaru, she was damaged along with CD-55 and Kasado by U.S. Navy planes from Task Force 38.On 14 August 1945, while escorting a freighter, she was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine off Tottori in the Sea of Japan. On 15 November 1945, she was struck from the Navy List.