© 2009-2011 Bob Hackett and Peter Cundall
2 September 1944:
Osaka. Laid down at Naniwa Dock, Ltd. 30 November 1944:
Launched and numbered CD-219.
25 January 1945:
Completed and registered in the IJN.
22 March 1945:
At 0400, CD-219 departs Tomie, Goto Islands for Ishigaki-Jima with kaibokan CD-22, CD-215 and auxiliary minesweepers TOSHI MARU No. 7 and HIMESHIMA MARUs escorting convoy SAI-05 consisting of DORYO, TAKASAKI, SEIGA and
KASHIMA MARUs and NISSHO MARU No. 1.
23 March 1945:
87 miles NNW of Naha, Okinawa. At 1713, LtCdr William J. Germershausen's (USNA '35) USS SPADEFISH (SS-411) torpedoes and sinks DORYO MARU carrying a unit of IJA troops and 28 "Shinyo" explosive motor boats. The kaibokan counter-attack SPADEFISH and drop 52 depth charges, but SPADEFISH evades with only slight damage. 262 Navy passengers, 39 crewmen, 21 guards are KIA. 28 EMBs and some Daihatsu barges are also lost.
15 July 1945:
Hakodate harbor, Hokkaido. Vice Admiral (Admiral, posthumously) John S. McCain’s (USNA '06) Task Force 38’s planes torpedo and sink CD-219 at 41-48N, 140-41E.
15 September 1945:
Removed from the Navy List.
-Bob Hackett and Peter Cundall
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