Japanese escort ship No.19

History
Name	CD-19
Builder	Nippon Kokan K. K.
Laid down	15 December 1943
Launched	28 February 1944
Completed	28 April 1944
Commissioned	28 April 1944
Stricken	10 March 1945
Fate	Sunk by air attack 12 January 1945
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-19 was a C Type class escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.

History

She was laid down by Nippon Kokan K. K. at their Tsurumi Shipyard on 15 December 1943, launched on 28 February 1944, and completed and commissioned on 28 April 1944. During the war CD-19 was mostly busy on escort duties.

On 12 January 1945, off Cape St. Jacques in the South China Sea (10°20′N 107°50′E), CD-19 was attacked and sunk by aircraft from the USS Lexington (CV-16), USS Hancock (CV-19) and USS Hornet (CV-12) which were then part of Vice Admiral John S. McCain, Sr.'s Task Force 38 that had entered the South China Sea to raid Japanese shipping. Casualties were unknown.

CD-19 was struck from the Navy List on 10 March 1945.

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.