No.13-class submarine chaser


The No.13 class submarine chaser were a class of submarine chasers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, serving during and after World War II; there were three sub classes, however the IJN's official document calls all of them the No.13 class.

Background

  • In 1938 the Soviet Union strengthened its Pacific Ocean Fleet, increasing the number of submarines it possessed; the No.13 class was designed to counter this potential threat to Japanese shipping.

Ships in classes

''No.13'' class

Ship #ShipBuilderCompletedFate
180Japanese submarine chaser ch-13
the same shall apply hereinafter		Tsurumi Iron Works15 July 1940Sunk by USS Pickerel at southeast of Noda, 3 April 1943.
181No.14Tama Shipyards31 March 1941Sunk by aircraft at Owase, 28 July 1945.
182No.15Ōsaka Iron Works31 March 1941Decommissioned on 30 November 1945. Scrapped 1948.
183No.16Nihon Kōkan5 April 1941Sunk by aircraft at Chichi-jima, 4 July 1944.
184No.17Tōkyō Ishikawajima Shipyard31 July 1941Sunk by USS Springer at Gotō Islands, 28 April 1945.
185No.18Nihon Kōkan31 July 1941Sunk by aircraft at west of Manila, 30 December 1944.
186No.19Harima Zōsen20 September 1941Sunk at Sasebo after the war.
187No.20Tama Shipyards20 August 1941Scrapped 1948.
188No.21Ōsaka Iron Works20 August 1941Decommissioned on 5 October 1945. Surrendered to United Kingdom on 7 October 1947, later scrapped.
189No.22Mitsubishi Heavy Industries12 October 1941Sunk by aircraft at Steven Channel on 19 February 1944.
190No.23Harima Zōsen15 November 1941Decommissioned on 25 October 1945. Scrapped 1948.
191No.24Ōsaka Iron Works20 December 1941Sunk by USS Burns at west of Truk, 17 February 1944.
192No.25Mitsubishi Heavy Industries29 December 1941Sunk by USS Grunion at Kiska, 15 July 1942.
193No.26Nihon Kōkan20 December 1941Sunk by aircraft off Jinhae, 30 July 1945.
194No.27Tōkyō Ishikawajima Shipyard18 January 1942Sunk by USS Grunion at Kiska, 15 July 1942.

''No.28'' class

  • Project number K8B. 31 vessels were built in 1941-44 under the Maru Rin Programme and the Maru Kyū Programme. They abolished a slant of stern for mass production.
Ship #ShipBuilderCompletedFate
221No.28Nihon Kōkan15 May 1942Sunk by aircraft at Balintang Channel, 1 February 1945.
222No.29Harima Zōsen30 April 1942Sunk by aircraft off Truk, 18 February 1944.
223No.30Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding13 May 1942Sunk by USS Barbero off Kuching, 24 December 1944.
224No.31Tōkyō Ishikawajima Shipyard15 June 1942Sunk by aircraft at southeast of French Indochina, 12 January 1945.
225No.32Nihon Kōkan19 August 1942Sunk by aircraft at Coron Bay, 24 September 1944.
226No.33Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding15 August 1942Sunk by aircraft at Cam Ranh Bay, 21 March 1945.
227No.34Harima Zōsen31 August 1942Sunk by, HMS Vigilant and HMS Rapid at east of Little Andaman, 26 March 1945.
228No.35Hakodate Dock28 February 1943Sunk by aircraft at Mekong, 23 February 1945.
229No.36Tōkyō Ishikawajima Shipyard15 October 1942Sunk by aircraft at Subic Bay, 19 November 1944.
230No.37Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding31 October 1942Sunk by aircraft at Amami Ōshima, 22 May 1945.
231No.38Nihon Kōkan10 December 1942Decommissioned on 25 October 1945. Surrendered to Soviet Union on 3 October 1947.
232No.39Harima Zōsen31 October 1942Sunk by aircraft at Kavieng, 16 February 1944.
440No.40Hitachi Zōsen31 March 1942Sunk by aircraft off Kavieng, 19 February 1944.
441No.41Kawanami Kōgyō31 January 1943Scuttled by Royal Navy, 11 July 1946. Decommissioned on 10 August 1946.
442No.42Hitachi Zōsen31 January 1943Sunk by aircraft at Onagawa, 9 August 1945.
443No.43Niigata Iron Works7 April 1943Sunk by aircraft at Cam Ranh Bay, 12 January 1945.
444No.44Kawanami Kōgyō15 May 1943Decommissioned on 15 September 1945. Scrapped 1948.
445No.45Hakodate Dock15 October 1943Sunk by aircraft at Cebu, 29 November 1944.
446No.46Hitachi Zōsen30 September 1943Sunk by aircraft at Masbate, 25 November 1944.
447No.47Kawanami Kōgyō12 August 1943Decommissioned on 15 September 1945. Surrendered to United States on 1 October 1947 at Qingdao. Sunk as target at, 7 October 1947.
448No.48Niigata Iron Works31 July 1943Sunk by naval bombardment at Kamaishi, 14 July 1945.
449No.49Hakodate Dock31 January 1944Decommissioned on 5 October 1945. Surrendered to Republic of China on 3 October 1947, and renamed Haihong. Renamed Yalong in January 1951. Renamed Qujiang in 1954. Decommissioned on 1 October 1956.
450No.50Hitachi Zōsen30 November 1943Sunk by aircraft at Chichi-jima, 20 July 1944.
451No.51Kawanami Kōgyō8 November 1943Decommissioned on 15 September 1945. Scrapped on 1 August 1948.
452No.52Naniwa Dock30 November 1943Scrapped 1948.
453No.53Naniwa Dock20 March 1944Sunk by and at Ormoc Bay, 28 November 1944.
454No.54Niigata Iron Works12 November 1943Sunk by USS Pollack at Bonin Islands, 25 March 1944.
455No.55Hakodate Dock31 May 1944Sunk by aircraft at Cebu Strait, 13 September 1944.
456No.56Naniwa Dock26 July 1944Decommissioned 1947.
457No.57Hakodate Dock28 October 1944Sunk by HMS Tartar and HMS Eskimo at north of Sabang, 12 June 1945.
458No.58Niigata Iron Works26 January 1944Sunk by aircraft at Amami Ōshima, 22 May 1945.
459No.59Cancelled in 1943.

''No.60'' class

  • Project number K8C. 3 vessels were built in 1943-44 under the Kai-Maru 5 Programme. They were changed inner hull design from the No.28 class. Therefore, there is not a difference of appearances.
Ship #ShipBuilderCompletedFate
5341No.60Niigata Iron Works28 March 1944Decommissioned on 5 October 1945. Scrapped 1948.
5342No.61Niigata Iron Works8 May 1944Sunk by aircraft at south of Taiwan, 9 January 1945.
5343No.62Cancelled in 1943.
5344No.63Niigata Iron Works30 June 1944Sunk by HMS Virago and HMS Volage at east of Little Andaman, 26 March 1945.
5345 – 5370No.64 to No.89Cancelled in 1943.