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(Subchaser No. 46 by Takeshi Yuki scanned from "Color Paintings of
Japanese Warships")
IJN Subchaser CH-48:
Tabular Record of Movement
© 2005-2009 Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall
Revision 1
1942:
Niigata. Laid down at the Niigata Engineering Co., Ltd. factory.
1943:
Launched and numbered CH-48.
31 July 1943:
Completed and registered in the Yokosuka Naval District. Atached to the Yokosuka Guard Force. Conducts patrols at the mouth of Tokyo Bay.
22 March 1944:
Tokyo Bay. CH-48 departs Kisarazu for Saipan and Palau with light cruiser YUBARI, DesDiv 5's HATAKAZE, DesDiv 6's IKAZUCHI and DesDiv 32's TAMANAMI, torpedo boat OTORI, kaibokan NOMI and HIRADO and subchasers, CH-51 and CH-54 escorting troop reinforcement convoy Higashi-Matsu No. 3 consisting of supply ship HAYASAKI and KOJUN, MEIRYU, TATSUURA, KENAN, TOMITSU, CHOHAKUSAN and NANYO MARUs and HOSHI MARU No. 11 and NISSEI MARU No. 1.
25 March 1944:
The convoy is attacked by LtCdr (later Rear Admiral-Ret) Bafford E. Lewellen's old USS POLLACK (SS-180). Lewellen torpedoes and sinks subchaser CH-54 and claims damage to several transports.
30 March 1944:
Arrives at Saipan
3 April 1944:
At 0001, CH-48 departs Saipan with destroyer UZUKI and four unidentified warships escorting convoy Higashi Matsu No. 3 (return voyage) consisting of TATSUTAGAWA MARU, MEIRYU, SEIRYU MARUs and an unidentified ship.
10 April 1944:
Arrives at Yokosuka.
17 May 1944:
At 0616, CH-48 departs Tateyama, Japan with destroyer HATAKAZE, kaibokan CD-16, MIKURA and MIYAKI, mineweeper W-20, minelayer SARUSHIMA and auxiliary netlayer KOA MARU No. 2 escorting convoy No. 3515 consisting of HAKUSAN, NIPPONKAI, TOYO, KINSHU, HINKO, REIKAI, EIKO, NATSUKAWA, SHOKAI, AKISHIMA and CHIYO MARUs and UNYO MARU No. 8.
23 May 1944:
At about 0900, W-20 is detached from the convoy.
25 May 1944:
At 0708, the convoy arrives safely at Saipan.
29 May 1944:
CH-48 departs Saipan with kaibokan MIKURA, auxiliary submarine chaser URUPPU MARU and auxiliary patrol boat SHOHO MARU escorting a convoy consisting of NIPPONKAI, TOHO and KINSHU MARU.
4 June 1944:
Arrives at Palau.
June 1944:
Arrives at Yokosuka. Reassigned to the General escort Command’s First Surface Escort Division.
30 June 1944:
At 1000, CH-48 departs Cebu with kaibokan CD-6, CD-16 and CD-19 and subchasers CH-12 and CH-35 escorting convoy SEPA-01/SEDA-01 consisting of TAMA, OYO and AZUCHISAN MARUs.
1 July 1944:
TAMA MARU separates with CD-6, CD-16, CH-12 and CH-35 and heads for Palau. OYO and AZUCHISAN MARUs and CD-19 head for Davao.
4 July 1944:
At 0230, a friendly aircraft crash lands in the sea. CH-35 is detached to rescue its crew and falls behind. At 0352, LtCdr Carl Tiedeman's USS GUAVINA (SS-362), in the second of two attacks, torpedoes and
sinks TAMA MARU at 07-50N 133-40E.
5 July 1944:
The escorts arrive at Palau alone.
16 July 1944:
CH-48 departs Manila with kaibokan CD-10, auxiliary netlayer KISHIN MARU and auxiliary subchaser SHONAN MARU No. 8 and an unidentified warship escorting convoy MATA-25 consisting of seven unidentified merchant ships.
28 July 1944:
Arrives at Takao.
31 July 1944:
CH-48 departs Takao with destroyer SHIOKAZE, kaibokan CD-10 and minelayer YURIJIMA escorting convoy TAMO-22 consisting of seven unidentified merchant ships.
1 August 1944:
Arrives at Keelung.
4 August 1944:
Departs Keelung.
8 August 1944:
Arrives at Moji.
August 1944:
Attached to the Yokosuka Guard Force. Escorts convoys to Onagawa Bay, Miyagi Prefecture, N Honshu.
14 July 1945:
Off Kamaishi Bay, Honshu. Sunk by Vice Admiral (later Admiral) John S. McCain's Task Force 38 carrier-based aircraft at 39-20N, 141-58E.
15 September 1945:
Removed from the Navy List.
-Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp and Peter Cundall.
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