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15 February 1944:
Nagasaki. Laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’
shipyard.
10 May 1944:
Launched and numbered CD-32.
30 June 1944:
Completed and registered in the IJN.
30 July 1944:
Assigned to the General Escort Command’s First Surface
Escort Division.
4 August 1944:
CD-32 departs Moji for Takao with kaibokan ETOROFU,
HIBURI and CD-25 escorting convoy MOTA-22 consisting of KENJO, GASSAN, HAKUSAN,
TEIKO, TERUKUNI, TACHIBANA, NANREI, GENKAI, TEIHOKU, HIOKI, MANSHU, SHIRANESAN,
SHONAN and KOSHIN MARUs and YAMAMIZU MARU No. 2, DAIBOSHI MARU No. 6 and six
unidentified ships. Among other cargo, the convoy carries the IJA's 25th Tank Regiment redeploying from Baotau, North China to Formosa.
6 August 1944:
Off SW Kyushu. At 0411, LtCdr (later Admiral/CINCPACFLT) Bernard A. Clarey’s USS PINTADO (SS-387) torpedoes and sinks SHONAN MARU at 30-53N, 129-45E.
9 August 1944:
At 1310, KOSHIN MARU's cargo suddenly explodes and the ship sinks at 26-10N, 124-15E.
10 August 1944:
Arrives at Kirun (Keelung).
11 August 1944:
Departs Keelung and later that day arrives at Saei (Tsoying) near Takao.
22 August 1944:
At 1410, CD-32 departs Takao for Manila with torpedo boat HATO, kaibokan YASHIRO, CD-8, CD-25 and minesweepers W-38, W-39 escorting convoy TAMA-24 consisting of HIDA, KOTOKU, TEIHOKU, RAKUTO, BATOPAHAT, GENKAI and MANSHU MARUs and tankers TACHIBANA and YAMAMIZU MARU No. 2 and an unidentified ship, probably YUKIKAWA MARU.
25 August 1944:
CD-25 and GENKAI MARU are detached from the convoy and
go to Pasaleng Bay to offload five MTB's from the deck of damaged HAKKO MARU No.
2 sheltering in the bay with destroyer YUNAGI. YUNAGI is detached and joins
TAMA-24.
At 1024, Cdr (later Vice Admiral) Glynn R. Donaho's USS PICUDA (SS-382)
torpedoes and sinks KOTOKU MARU at 18-42N, 120-49E. At 1026, in the same
position, Donaho torpedoes and sinks YUNAGI as the destroyer attempts a
counter-attack. At 1325, LtCdr (later Rear Admiral-Ret) Louis D. McGregor's USS
REDFISH (SS-395) torpedoes and sinks BATOPAHAT MARU at 18-31N, 120-32E.
28 August 1944:
At 2100, arrives at Manila.
5 September 1944:
CD-32 departs Manila for Miri, Borneo with kaibokan CD-8 and CD-25 escorting convoy MAMI-10 consisting of FUKUJU and ZUIYO MARUs and five unidentified merchant ships.
15 September 1944:
At 1500, CD-32 departs Miri for Manila, Philippines with kaibokan CD-8, CD-25 and CD-28 escorting convoy MIMA-11 consisting of fleet oiler KAMOI and TACHIBANA, URAL, YAMAMIZU No. 2, KYOKUHO, SHIKISAN, HOKKI, ZUIYO, TATSUHARU, TENSHIN, SHOEI, OMINE, KYOEI and IMAHARU MARUs (ex-Dutch De KLERK) and SHINSEI MARU No. 1 and KYOEI MARU No. 6. The convoy hugs the coast calling at various small anchorages.
27 September 1944:
At 0807, Cdr (later Rear Admiral) Rueben T.
Whitaker's USS FLASHER (SS-249) torpedoes and sinks URAL MARU at 15-32N,
117-16E. Two hours later, LtCdr Donald G. Baer's LAPON (SS-260) torpedoes and
sinks HOKKI MARU at 15-50N, 117-41E.
28 September 1944:
At 1000, the convoy arrives at Santa Cruz.
1 October 1944:
At 0700, convoy MIMA-11 departs Santa Cruz. At 1100,
LtCdr William C. Thompson's USS CABRILLA (SS-288) torpedoes and sinks ZUIYO MARU
at 16-07N, 119-43E. At 1155, Thompson torpedoes and sinks KYOKUHO MARU at
16-11N, 119-44E.
2 October 1944:
Arrives at North San Feranando.
6 October 1944:
At 0618, CD-32 departs N San Fernando as part of
escort of combined MATA-28 and MIMA-11 convoys consisting of KOHOKU, HOKUREI,
BUNZAN, SHOEI, HOKUSEN, TERUKUNI, HISHIGATA and OMINE MARUs and SHINYO MARU No.
8 with oilers KAMOI and TACHIBANA MARU and YAMAMIZU MARU No. 2 escorted by
kaibokan CD-8, CD-25, minesweeper W-20 and subchasers CH-28, CH-30, CH-33 and
CH-41.
At about 0800, LtCdr Henry C. Stevenson's USS ASPRO (SS-309) attacks the
convoy. Stevenson fires three torpedoes by periscope at a tanker and claims one
hit, but actually achieves no results. At 1530, LtCdr William C. Thompson's USS
CABRILLA (SS-288) torpedoes HOKUREI MARU and YAMAMIZU MARU No. 2. YAMAMIZU MARU
No. 2 sinks. HOKUREI MARU is badly damaged and beached off Vigan. At 1830, the
convoy retires to Lapoc Bay, Philippines.
7 October 1944:
At 0030, the rest of convoy departs for Yulin, Hainan Island, except for TERUKUNI and OMINE MARUs and SHINYO MARU No. 8. At 0600, TACHIBANA MARU and KAMOI accompanied by kaibokan CD-8 and probably CH-28 are detached.
18 October 1944:
Off Samah, Hainan Island. CD-32 is refuelled by oiler NICHIEI MARU. CD-32 and kaibokan CD-25 join the escort of convoy HI-76 consisting of oilers KUROSHIO, TENEI, TARAKAN and TOHO (1944) MARUs and cargo ship TEIHOKU MARU (ex-French PERSEE) escorted by escort carrier
SHINYO and kaibokans DAITO, KANJU, KURAHASHI, CD-28 and torpedo boat HIYODORI.
20 October 1944:
KURAHASHI and CD-25 are detached to escort oiler NICHIEI MARU to Coron Bay.
22 October 1944:
At 1200, arrives Mako. CD-32, KUROSHIO and TOHO MARUs are detached.
6 November 1944:
At 0657, CD-32 and kaibokan KURAHASHI receive orders to proceed to Miri, Borneo and escort oiler HAKKO MARU to Brunei where HAKKO MARU will unload a cargo of oil in drums for the 2nd Fleet.
18 November 1944:
At 0645, CD-32 departs Singapore for Manila with
kaibokans KURAHASHI, CD-31, and subchaser CH-56 escorting convoy SHIMA-05
consisting of MANILA and TASMANIA MARUs, SHINSEI MARU No. 5 and tanker AYANAMI
MARU.
24 November 1944:
The convoy arrives at Miri, Borneo and departs at
1710.
25 November 1944:
At 0535, LtCdr John R. Madison's USS MINGO (SS-261)
torpedoes MANILA MARU and gets three hits. Loaded with ammunition and gasoline,
MANILA MARU explodes and sinks in four minutes at 05-42N, 113-15E. The escorts
do not counter-attack.
29 November 1944:
The remainder of SHIMA-05 arrives at Manila
10 December 1944:
Reassigned to the General Escort Command’s First
Escort Fleet.
December 1944:
CD-32 departs Manila for Moji escorting a convoy of
unidentified ships.
19 December 1944:
CD-32 departs Yulin, Hainan Island to join the escort of convoy HI-32 enroute from Singapore to Moji.
21 December 1944:
CD-32 joins the escort of convoy HI-82 consisting of tankers OTOWASAN, OMUROSAN, ARITA, PALEMBANG and HASHIDATE MARUs escorted by destroyer USHIO, kaibokan ETOROFU, SHONAN, KUME, CD-9 and CD-19.
22 December 1944:
25 miles E of Quang Ngai, Indo-China. At 0550, OMUROSAN, OTOWASAN and ARITA MARUs are torpedoed by LtCdr George W. Grider's USS FLASHER (SS-249). All three tankers burst into flames. At 0550, after being hit amidships by two torpedoes, OMUROSAN MARU sinks at 15-02N, 109-08E. OTOWASAN and ARITA MARUs also sink.
23 December 1944:
PALEMBANG and HASHIDATE MARUs escorted by CD-32 arrive at Yulin.
24 December 1944:
CD-32 is detached from convoy HI-82 after receiving orders to proceed to the Dangerous Ground area and investigate the wreck of USS DARTER (SS-227) abandoned there on 24 October when she grounded on Bombay Shoal. CD-32’s crew members search DARTER’s interior and recover some items including the submarine’s log.
Later that day, CD-32 and CD-9 joins convoy SATA-04 at Batangan Bay, Indochina consisting of YAMAMURA, DAITO, OJIKASAN, DAIRETSU and DAIAI MARUs and an unidentified ship escorted by CD-4, CD-16 and CD-46.
30 December 1944:
The convoy is about to enter Takao. but news of a possible air raid causes the convoy to be rerouted to Keelung.
31 December 1944:
Arrives at Keelung.
2 January 1945:
At 0100, departs Keelung. The convoy is now renamed
TAMO-34, but is otherwise unchanged except for additional escorts; torpedo boat
KIRI, subchaser CH-37 and minesweeper W-17.
4 January 1945:
The convoy suffers an air attack. Some men are injured
on OJIKASAN MARU and the ship suffers minor damage from strafing.
8 January 1945:
At 2250, anchors Fukuoka Bay.
9 January 1945:
At 0900, departs Fukuoka Bay and at 1200 arrives Moji.
24 January 1945:
CD-32 departs Moji for Singapore with kaibokans CD-8
and CD-52 escorting convoy HI-89 consisting of NICHINAN MARU, and TATEKAWA MARU
No. 2 and fleet oiler HARIO.
25 January 1945:
At 0100, the convoy anchors in Gako Bay, southern
Korea.
26 January 1945:
At 0700, the convoy departs Gako Bay.
28 January 1945:
At 0800, arrives at Nayo, China coast and departs at
midnight.
30 January 1945:
At about 0050, the convoy is attacked by a large
bomber, but it does no damage to the convoy. During the evening the convoy
arrives at Hunghai Bay (NE of Hong Kong).
31 January 1945:
At 0300, departs Hunghai Bay.
1 February 1945:
At 1900, the convoy arrives at Yulin, Hainan Island,
2 February 1945:
At 1700, departs Yulin.
7 February 1945:
At 2000, HARIO develops engine trouble. HARIO and
CD-8 are detached.
8 February 1945:
At 1530, the convoy arrives at Singapore. HARIO and
CD-8 arrive about that time or somewhat later.
15 February 1945:
At 0100, CD-32 departs Singapore for Moji, Japan
with kaibokan CD-8 and CD-52 escorting convoy HI-90 consisting of EIYO and
NICHINAN MARUs.
19 February 1945:
At 2200, the convoy anchors at Ca Na, southern
Indo-China.
20 February 1945:
At 0800, departs Ca Na. At 0902, LtCdr Ralph H.
Lockwood's USS GUAVINA (SS-362) torpedoes EIYO MARU. Three torpedoes hit the
starboard side in the vicinity of her engine room. She floods and starts to sink
by the stern. At about 0930, fires break out forward as crude oil loosed into
the sea catches on fire. At 1300, EIYO MARU sinks engulfed in flames at 11-55N,
109-20E, 12 miles NE of Cape Paderan light house. GUAVINA endues a
counter-attack of ninety-eight depth-charges and incurs some damage.
NICHINAN MARU, carrying 7000 tons of aviation gasoline, quickly turns
about and heads back to the Ca Na anchorage. A short while later, she sets out
again. At 1324, torpedo tracks are seen coming at her from starboard and she
evades them. The submarine, LtCdr William H. Hazzard's USS BLENNY (SS-324) had
fired six torpedoes without getting any hits. CD-32, CD-8 and CD-52
counter-attack and drop forty-one depth-charges that cause some damage to
BLENNY. At 1920, the convoy anchors in Van Phong Bay, Indochina.
21 February 1945:
At 0950, departs Van Phong Bay. At 1900, arrives at
Quinhon Bay.
22 February 1945:
At 0715, departs Quinhon Bay.
23 February 1945:
Gulf of Tonkin. At about 1950. there is a B-24
"Liberator" heavy-bomber raid, but no damage is incurred. At 2340, the convoy
arrives at a Hainan Island anchorage.
24 February 1945:
At 2330, the convoy arrives at a deep anchorage at
Hainan Island.
25 February 1945:
At 0730, departs Hainan.
28 February 1945:
At 0900, the convoy arrived at the Shushan Island
anchorage,
1 March 1945:
At 2100, departs Shushan Island.
3 March 1945:
At 1734, arrives at Kyosai Island.
4 March 1945:
At 0400, departs Kyosai Island and arrives safely at
Moji at 1430.
24 March 1945:
At 0100, CD-32 departs Chinkai, South Korea for the
Bonin Islands with kaibokan CD-8 and CD-52 escorting convoy SHIMO-01 consisting
of TATSUWA, YUKIKAWA and UMEGAWA MARUs.
25 March 1945:
At 1550, arrives at Moji.
27 March 1945:
At 0500, arrives at Ani-Jima, Bonin Islands.
3 April 1945:
Task Force 58 planes damage CD-32 at 31-51N, 124-47E.
14 April 1945: Operation "AS-3" - Anti-submarine sweeps in the Tsushima
Strait and Yellow Sea:
Off Chusan Archipelago. Magnetic Anomaly Detector
(MAD) equipped Aichi E13A1 "Jake” and Kyushu Q1W1 "Lorna” patrol planes from
the Chusan Detachment of the 951st NAG detect an Allied submarine and attack it
with depth-charges. CD-32 and kaibokans OKINAWA and CD-8 are dispatched to the
area and conduct several attacks between 1530 and 1558. OKINAWA makes a sonar
contact with the damaged submarine and chases it for the next two hours until
the contact is lost. A widening oil slick is sighted. It is possible that Cdr
J.F. Walling's USS SNOOK (SS-279) is lost in these attacks. [1]
25 April 1945:
At 1430, CD-32 departs Shishiyosan, E of Shanghai, for
Moji with kaibokan CD-8 and CD-52 escorting convoy SHIMO-01 consisting of KINSEN
and KIYOKAWA MARUs.
E 28 April 1945:
Tsushima Strait. CD-34 joins the escort of convoy
SHIMO-02.
29 April 1945:
At 0720, CD-32 is detached from the convoy. At 1430,
the convoy arrives at Moji.
5 October 1945:
Removed from the Navy List.
1 December 1945:
Officially assigned to the Allied Repatriation
Service. [2]
17 October 1945:
Departs Sasebo.
19 October 1945:
Arrives at Ishigaki Shima. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
20 October 1945:
Departs Ishigaki Shima.
23 October 1945:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers.
3 November 1945:
Departs Sasebo.
6 November 1945:
Arrives at Ishigaki Shima. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
7 November 1945:
Departs Ishigaki Shima.
10 November 1945:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers.
20 November 1945:
Undergoes repair at Ishikawajima's yard.
19 December 1945:
Repairs are completed.
26 December 1945:
Departs Uraga.
30 December 1945:
Arrives at Miyako Shima. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
3 January 1946:
Departs Miyako Shima.
5 January 1946:
Arrives at Ishigaki Shima. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
6 January 1946:
Departs Ishigaki Shima.
9 January 1946:
Arrives at Kagoshima. Disembarks troops and passengers.
16 January 1946:
Departs Hakata.
18 January 1946:
Arrives at Pusan. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
19 January 1946:
Departs Pusan.
21 January 1946:
Arrives at Shanghai. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later that day.
24 January 1946:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers.
27 January 1946:
Departs Hakata.
28 January 1946:
Arrives at Pusan. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later that day.
30 January 1946:
Arrives at Shanghai. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later that day.
2 February 1946:
Arrives at Sasebo. Disembarks troops and passengers.
4 February 1946:
Undergoes repair at Nagasaki.
10 April 1946:
Repairs are completed.
11 April 1946:
Departs Nagasaki.
13 April 1946:
Arrives at Shanghai. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
18 April 1946:
Departs Shanghai.
21 April 1946:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers.
22 April 1946:
Departs Hakata.
23 April 1946:
Arrives at Pusan. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later that day.
24 April 1946:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers and departs later that day.
25 April 1946:
Arrives at Pusan. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later that day.
26 April 1946:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers.
29 April 1946:
Departs Hakata.
1 May 1946:
Arrives at Korojima near Tsientsin. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
13 May 1946:
Departs Korojima.
16 May 1946:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers.
22 May 1946:
Departs Hakata.
25 May 1946:
Arrives at Korojima. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
26 May 1946:
Departs Korojima.
29 May 1946:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers.
3 June 1946:
Departs Hakata.
5 June 1946:
Arrives at Korojima. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later that day.
10 June 1946:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers.
21 June 1946:
Undergoes repairs at Sasebo.
30 June 1946:
Repairs are completed.
1 July 1946:
Departs Sasebo.
4 July 1946:
Arrives at Korojima. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
5 July 1946:
Departs Korojima.
8 July 1946:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers.
13 July 1946:
Departs Hakata.
16 July 1946:
Arrives at Korojima. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
17 July 1946:
Departs Korojima.
20 July 1946:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers.
25 July 1946:
Undergoes repairs at Wakamatsu.
8 August 1946:
Repairs are completed.
29 September 1946:
Departs Sasebo.
1 October 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
3 October 1946:
Departs Okinawa.
5 October 1946:
Arrives at Sasebo. Disembarks troops and passengers.
10 October 1946:
Departs Sasebo.
12 October 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
13 October 1946:
Departs Okinawa.
15 October 1946:
Arrives at Sasebo. Disembarks troops and passengers.
17 October 1946:
Departs Hakata.
19 October 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later that day.
22 October 1946:
Arrives at Sasebo. Disembarks troops and passengers.
30 October 1946:
Departs Sasebo.
1 November 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa and departs later that day.
3 November 1946:
Arrives at Sasebo. Disembarks troops and passengers.
13 November 1946:
Departs Sasebo.
15 November 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
16 November 1946:
Departs Okinawa.
18 November 1946:
Arrives at Sasebo. Disembarks troops and passengers.
23 November 1946:
Departs Sasebo.
25 November 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later that day.
27 November 1946:
Arrives at Sasebo. Disembarks troops and passengers.
8 December 1946:
Departs Sasebo.
9 December 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later that day.
10 December 1946:
Arrives at Sasebo. Disembarks troops and passengers.
16 July 1947:
Ceded to the United Kingdom as a war reparation.
1947-1948:
Scrapped.
Authors' Note:
[1] The cause of the loss of SNOOK, or even its sinking
location, have never been officially determined.
[2] Allied occupation forces were responsible for the return of six million Japanese military personnel and civilians from Japan's defunct far-flung Empire. In addition, there were over a million Korean and about 40,000 Chinese prisoners and conscript laborers and approximately 7,000 Formosans and 15,000 Ryukyu Islanders to be repatriated.
Some Allied and many former IJN warships, from aircraft carriers to kaibokan, were used to facilitate the enormous repatriation effort. Japanese vessels and crews were used to the fullest extent possible to conserve Allied manpower and accelerate demobilization. Each ex-IJN ship first had to be demilitarized; guns removed or, in the case of large warships, barrels severed, ammunition landed, and radar and catapults removed, if fitted. Repatriation of the Chinese on Japanese ships began early in October from Hakata, but U.S. guard detachments had to be placed on many ships to prevent disorder because the Japanese crews could not control the returnees.
Japanese-run repatriation centers were established at Kagoshima, Hario near Sasebo, and Hakata near Fukuoka. Other reception centers were established and operated at Maizuru, Shimonoseki, Sasebo, Senzaki, Kure, Uraga, Yokohama, Moji and Hakodate. Allied line and medical personnel supervised the centers. Incoming Japanese were sprayed with DDT, examined and inoculated for typhus and smallpox, provided with food, and transported to his final destination in Japan.
-Bob Hackett and Peter Cundall
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