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(Subchaser No. 46 by Takeshi Yuki scanned from "Color Paintings of
Japanese Warships")
IJN Subchaser CH-14:
Tabular Record of Movement
© 2005-2007 Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall
6 June 1940:
Okajima. Laid down at Tama Shipbuilding's yard.
29 November 1940:
Launched and numbered CH-14.
31 March 1941:
Completed and registered in the Yokosuka Naval District.
8 December 1941:
Takao, Formosa. Assigned to Rear Admiral (later Vice Admiral) Kubo Kuji's (former CO of KAGA) 1st Base Force of Vice Admiral Ibo Takahashi's Third Fleet. Attached to the Philippines Seizure Force in Cdr Nakamura's SubChasDiv 2 with CH-13 and CH-15 .
24 December 1941:
With the Lamon Bay, Philippines invasion force.
23 January 1942:
With the Balikpapan, Borneo invasion force.
6 February 1942: The Invasion of Makassar, Celebes:
SubChasDiv 2’s CH-13, CH-14 and CH-15 depart Staring Bay with the Makassar Occupation Force consisting of six troop transports carrying Captain (later Vice Admiral) Mori Kunizo’s Sasebo Combined Special Naval Landing Force (SNLF) escorted by light cruiser NAGARA, DesDiv 8’s ASASHIO, MICHISHIO, ARASHIO and OSHIO, DesDiv 15’s HAYASHIO, KUROSHIO, OYASHIO and NATSUSHIO, DesDiv 21’s WAKABA, NATSUSHIN and NENOHI and MineSweepDiv 21’s W-7 and W-8.
10 March 1942:
Assigned to Vice Admiral Takahashi's Southwest Area Fleet's newly formed Second Southern Expeditionary Fleet in Special Base Force 21. CH-14 escorts convoys to Batavia, Java.
15 May 1942:
Reassigned to the Yokosuka Guard Unit. Escorts convoys to Shimoda and Nagaura.
20 July 1942:
Reassigned to SubChasDiv 5 in Vice Admiral Hosagaya Boshiro's (former CO of MUTSU) Fifth Fleet based at Ominato, Northern Honshu.
August 1942:
Arrives at Kiska, Aleutians.
10 October 1942:
Trout Lagoon, Kiska. CH-14 is damaged in a raid by USAAF Consolidated B-24 "Liberator" and Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" heavy bombers accompanied by Lockheed P-38 "Lightning" fighters.
20 November 1942:
Reassigned to the Yokosuka Guard Unit for the second time. Based at Toba. Escorts convoys.
May 1943:
Reassigned to the Fifth Fleet for the second time. Escorts convoys to the Kuriles.
June 1943:
Returns to the Yokosuka Guard Unit. Escorts convoys to Chichi Jima and Saipan.
5 August 1943:
Arrives at Saipan in a convoy consisting of EIKO MARU No. 2, TSUNESHIMA, KENRYU and SANTO MARUs escorted by CH-46 and gunboat EDO MARU that is detached at Saipan.
24 November 1943:
Arrives at Saipan in a convoy from Yokosuka consisting of DAITOA MARU escorted by CH-14 and auxiliary minesweeper TOSHI MARU No. 8.
March 1944:
Owase. Escorts convoys in the Kumano Nada and Mie prefecture area.
20 May 1944:
Reassigned to the 3rd Surface Escort Division at Yokosuka.
5 April 1945:
Reassigned to the 4th Special Attack Squadron at Yokosuka.
28 July 1945:
Owase. Attacked by aircraft from Vice Admiral (later Admiral) John S. McCain's (former CO of RANGER, CV-4) Task Force 38 and beached in shallow water at 34-05E, 136-15E. Stranded there until war's end.
30 November 1945:
Removed from the Navy List.
1945:
Scrapped.
Author's Notes:
[1] No data were found by the authors detailing CH-14's movements during Nov '43-Mar '44 and May '44-Apr '45. Readers with access to such data are requested to post the information on the Discussion and Questions board or at j-aircraft.org's IJN Ship Message Board
-Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall.
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