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(Subchaser No. 46 by Takeshi Yuki scanned from "Color
Paintings of Japanese Warships")
IJN Subchaser CH-45:
Tabular Record of Movement
© 2008-2009 Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall
1942:
Innoshima. Laid down at the Hitachi Zosen K. K. shipyard.
1943:
Launched and numbered CH-45.
15 October 1943:
Completed and registered in the IJN in the Yokosuka
Naval District. Attached to the Yokosuka Guard Unit. Conducts patrols in the Kumano Nada.
3 December 1943:
Reassigned to the Southern Expeditionary Fleet at
Manila. Escorts small, local convoys in the Zamboanga and Davao, Philippines areas.
28 December 1943:
CH-45 departs Manila for to Halmahera, Moluccas with CH-36 escorting convoy H-11.
27 January 1944:
CH-45 departs Zamboanga for Davao escorting fleet oiler SHIOYA.
28 January 1944:
Arrives at Davao, Philippines.
15 May 1944:
CH-45, CH-47, minelayer YAEYAMA and minesweeper W-48 depart Manila for Halmahera Island escorting convoy H-26 consisting of ETAJIMA, KENWA, TEMPEI, AKAGISAN, DAIJUN, TAIYU, TOUN and SHIRAHAMA MARUs and SHINSEI MARU No. 1.
22 May 1944:
Off Davao. At about 0100, LtCdr Brooks J. Harral's USS RAY (SS-271) makes a radar-assisted night attack on the surface on the convoy. In a series of attacks, Harral torpedoes and sinks TEMPEI MARU at 05-16S, 127-42E.
23 May 1944:
At about 0500, RAY makes a radar-assisted surface attack
and torpedoes DAIJUN MARU. She sinks at 02-42N, 128-08E. The remainder of convoy
H-26 arrives at Kau Bay, Halmahera late that day.
July 1944:
CH-45 escorts convoys to and from the Manila area.
27 November 1944: Operation “TA No. 6”:
CH-45, CH-53 and patrol boat
PB-105 (ex-ARAYAT) depart Manila for Ormoc Bay escorting a convoy consisting of SHINSHO and SHINETSU MARU. [1]
28 November 1944:
Arrives off Ormoc and begins unloading. Around midnight, American PT boats No. 127 and No. 331 attack the convoy, torpedo and sink patrol boat PB-105 and CH-53.
29 November 1944:
Near Ormoc Bay. Fifth Air Force B-25s and 16 P-47 “Thunderbolt” fighter-bombers of Major Bill Dunham’s 460th Fighter Squadron attack cargo ship SHINSHO MARU. The planes set her afire. She does not sink, but is beached on the western coast of Leyte.
E of Cebu. P-47 pilot Captain William. O. Carter and his wingman attack CH-45. Carter skip-bombs CH-45 at the waterline and breaks the subchaser in half. His wingman scores a hit on CH-45’s stern and she sinks at 10-25N,
124-00E. The next day, N of Cebu, planes attack and sink SHINETSU MARU.
10 January 1945:
Removed from the Navy List.
Authors’ Notes:
[1] Patrol boat PB-105 was an ex-Philippine Islands' customs cruiser.
-Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall.
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