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Escorts

 

Torpedo Boats    Suriatei    水雷艇

 

Chidori 千鳥     リドチ 

Class: Tomodzuru

Civilian Call Sign: JWAP

Ordered: 1931

Builder: Maizuru Kaigun Kosho

Laid Down: 13.10.31

Launched: 01.04.33

Completed: 20.11.33

TBDiv 21/Sasebo Naval District 20.11.33-31.01.34

TBDiv 21/Sasebo Guard 31.01.34-01.05.37

TBDiv 21/DesRon 3/3 Fleet 01.05.37-30.01.38

TBDiv 21/         30.01.38-01.07.38

TBDiv 21/Sentai 11 01.07.38-

TBDiv 21/Base Force 2/3 Fleet 20.05.41-10.03.42

Base Force 23/2 Southern Exp Fleet 10.03.42-10.04.42

Base Force 23/2 Southern Exp Fleet/SWAF 10.04.42-05.05.42

Osaka Guard District 05.05.42-01.04.43

Yokosuka Naval District 01.04.43-25.11.43

3 Maritime Escort/Yokosuka Naval District 25.11.43-24.12.44

Fate: sunk 22.12.44 at 1225hrs by USS Tilefish (SS-307) 90 miles WSW of Yokosuka, Japan

Position: 34-30N 138-02E     

Dead:

Saved: 0

Removed from Navy List 10.02.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Yamada Yusuke (48) 山田勇助

25.05.33-15.11.34

LtCdr Tanaka Masao (50) 田中正雄

15.11.34-15.06.35 

Lt Akazawa Shizuo (49) 赤沢次寿雄

15.06.35-15.06.36

Lt Hayashi Koichi (51) 林 幸市

15.06.36-01.12.36

LtCdr Aiko Fumio (51) 愛甲文雄

01.12.36-30.03.37

LtCdr Tsutumi Kyozo (50) 堤 恭三

30.03.37-28.07.37

LtCdr Matsumoto Hideshi (52) 松元秀志

28.07.37-01.12.37

LtCdr Tsutumi Kyozo (50) 堤 恭三

01.12.37-30.01.38 

LtCdr Kuboki Hideo (51) 久保木 英雄

30.01.38-25.08.38

LtCdr Sakamoto Tsuneo (52) 坂元常男

25.08.38-15.12.38

LtCdr Inaba Michimune (51) 稲葉通宗

15.12.38-20.03.39 

Lt Kimotsuke Masaki (56) 肝付正明

20.03.39-15.10.39

Lt Hashimoto Masao (56) 橋本正雄

15.10.39-01.04.40 

Lt Nakao Kotaro (57) 中尾小太郎

01.04.40-15.10.40

Lt Ikeda Shunsaku (54) 池田周作

15.10.40-10.09.41

Lt Mori Shinichi (59) 森 新一

10.09.41-10.07.42

Lt Nakamura Tomoo (60) 中村苫夫

10.07.42-01.02.43

Lt Kuwahara Tetsuo (62) 桑原哲郎

01.02.43-15.05.43

Resv Lt Matsumura Soichiro松村総一郎

15.05.43-26.05.44

*Resv LtCdr Nakamura Sadahiko中村貞彦

26.05.44-22.12.44

Officer for Gunnery 掌砲長

 

*S.D.Ens

              -22.12.44

Officer of Torpedo  掌水雷長

 

*S.D.Ens

              -22.12.44

Officer for Navigation

 

 *Resv Lt Masumoto Tomao 桝元武雄

              -22.12.44

Division Officer

 

*Resv Lt(jg) Nakayama Hiroshi 中山寛

              -22.12.44

Chief Engineer機械長

 

*Resv Lt(jg) Sakamoto Fusaomi 嵜本総臣

              -22.12.44

Officer for Medical

 

*Ens Tabara Takahiko 田原隆彦

               -22.12.44

Officer for Supply

 

*Lt(jg) Kubo Takashi 久保孝

               -22.12.44

 

 

Hato      鴿          トハ 

Dove

Class: Otori

Civilian Call Sign: JVLP

Ordered: 1934

Builder: Ishikawajima Zosensho, Tokyo

Laid Down: 28.05.36

Launched: 25.01.37

Completed: 07.08.37

TBDiv 11/2 Fleet 07.08.37-01.12.37

TBDiv 11/Kure Naval Dist 01.12.37-25.05.38

TBDiv 11/China Area Fleet 25.05.38-25.07.41

5 Fleet/Combined Fleet 11.41-15.01.42

Kure Naval District 15.01.42-10.04.44

1 Surface Escort/General Escort 10.04.44-16.10.44

Fate: sunk 16.10.44 at 2010hrs by US aircraft 130 miles ESE of Hong Kong

Position: 21-54N 116-30E     

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長 

 

LtCdr Otara Naoji (51) 太田良直治

10.04.37-15.12.38

LtCdr Sugawara Rokorou (51) 菅原六郎

15.12.38-15.01.40

Lt Kamo Kiyoshi (52) 加茂喜代之

15.01.40-15.10.40

Lt Michiki Shozo (57) 道木正三

15.10.40-10.09.41 

Lt Okamura Yukio (59) 岡村幸雄

10.09.41-15.04.42  

Lt Onishi Yoshiharu (61) 大西快治

15.04.42-15.05.43

Resv Lt Kojima Shuichi小島琇一

15.05.43-16.10.44

Officer for Gunnery掌砲長

 

*S.D.Ens Nomura Shogoro 野村尚五郎

              -16.10.44

Officer for Torpedo掌水雷長

 

unknown

 

Officer for Navigation

 

Resv Lt Kubo Takeo 久保武夫

              -16.10.44

Division Officer

 

Resv Lt(jg) Yamada Haruto 山田治人

              -16.10.44

Chief Engineer 機械長

 

*S.D.Lt Machida Minoru 町田実

              -16.10.44

Officer for Medical

 

Lt(jg) Miyazaki Bin 宮崎敏

              -16.10.44

Officer for Supply

 

Ens Kobayashi Shintaro 小林新太郎

              -16.10.44

 

 

Hatsukari            初雁     リカツハ

Class: Tomodzuru

Civilian Call Sign: JWDP

Ordered: 1931

Builder: Fujinagata Zosensho, Osaka

Laid Down: 06.04.33

Launched: 19.12.33

Completed: 15.07.34

TBDiv 21/Sasebo Naval District 15.07.34-01.05.37

TBDiv 21/DesRon 3/3 Fleet 01.05.37-30.01.38

TBDiv 21/Reserve 01.12.37-

TBDiv 21/Sentai 11 01.07.38-15.12.38

TBDiv 21/Reserve 15.12.38-15.11.39

TBDiv 21/Sentai 12/5 Fleet 15.11.39-20.05.41

TBDiv 21/Base Force 2/3 Fleet 15.11.41-10.03.42

Base Force 23/2 Southern Exp Fleet 10.03.42-10.04.42

Base Force 23/2 Southern Exp Fleet/SWAF 10.04.42-20.01.43

2 China Exp Fleet/China Area Fleet 20.01.43-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List:

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Yanagawa Masao (48) 柳川正男

11.01.34-18.07.35 

LtCdr Kumabe Tsutae (50) 隈部 伝

18.07.35-01.12.36  

LtCdr Sugitani Nagahide (51) 杉谷永秀

15.12.36-20.05.38

LtCdr Minami Rokuemon (51) 南 六右衛門

20.05.38-15.12.38  

S.D.LtCdr Inoue Isoji (SD 2) 井上磯次

15.12.38-05.10.39 

Lt Taoka Kiyoshi (55) 田岡 清

05.10.39-01.03.40

Lt Yamana Hiroo (55) 山名寛雄

01.03.40-15.10.40

Lt Morioka Masao (56) 森岡昌雄

15.10.40-20.08.41

Lt Nakao Kusuo (57) 中尾九州男

20.08.41-05.10.42     

LtCdr Kasuga Hitoshi (59) 春日 均       

05.10.42-20.09.43

Resv LtCdr Ota Yoshio太田義夫

20.09.43- 

Resv Lt Kanabara Seiji金原政治

15.07.45-09.45

 

 

Hayabusa                     サブヤハ

Peregrine Falcon

Class: Otori

Civilian Call Sign: JWGP

Ordered: 1934

Builder: Yokohama Docks

Laid Down: 19.12.34

Launched: 28.10.35

Completed: 07.12.36

TBDiv 11   31.07.37-07.08.37

TBDiv 11/2 Fleet 07.08.37-01.12.37

TBDiv 11/Kure Naval Dist 01.12.37-25.05.38

TBDiv 11/China Area Fleet 25.05.38-25.07.41

TBDiv 11/Hainan Guard District 25.07.41-10.02.42

Hainan Guard District 10.02.42-10.04.42

1 Surface Escort/SW Area Fleet 10.04.42-01.10.43

3 Southern Exp Fleet SW Area Fleet 01.10.43-10.12.44

Fate: 24.09.44 by US aircraft 110 miles SSE of Manila, Luzon, Philippines

Position:

Dead:

Saved: 0

Removed from Navy List 10.12.44   

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Miyauchi Shinichi (51) 宮内新一

22.07.36-01.12.37

LtCdr Ishii Ko (50) 石井 汞

01.12.37-29.09.38

LtCdr Iuchi Shiro (55) 井内四郎

26.09.38-15.12.38

LtCdr Arai Yasuo (53) 荒井靖夫

15.12.38-15.11.39

Lt Magoshi Masahiro (57) 馬越正博

15.11.39-24.04.40

LtCdr Hirasata Yasumi (57) 平佐田 休

24.04.40-10.09.41

LtCdr Tomita Toshihiko (59) 富田敏彦

10.09.41-10.10.42

Lt Sakawa Masazo (62) 酒匂雅三

10.10.42-05.03.43 

Resv Lt Hamazaki Chotaro  浜崎長太郎

05.03.43-10.03.44

*Lt Okubo Nakaji (65) 大久保仲次

10.03.44-21.09.44

Officer for Gunnery掌砲長

 

*S.D.Ens Ito Yojiro 伊藤与次郎

               -21.09.44

Officer for Torpedo掌水雷長

 

Officer for Navigation

 

*S.D.Lt(jg) Hayashi Shigeo 林茂雄

               -21.09.44

Division Officer

 

*S.D.Lt(jg) Sato Yujiro 佐藤雄二郎

               -21.09.44

Chief Engineer 機械長

 

*S.D.Ens Kitazawa Takumi 北沢巧

               -21.09.44

Officer for Medical

 

*Lt(jg) Wada Yutaka 和田豊

               -21.09.44

Officer for Supply

 

*Lt(jg) Kaemura Jiro 川村次郎

               -21.09.44

 

 

Hiyodori                       リドヨヒ

Brown Eared Bulbul

Class: Otori

Civilian Call Sign: JWFP

Ordered: 20.12.361934

Builder:  Ishikawajima Zosensho, Tokyo

Laid Down:

Launched: 25.10.35

Completed: 20.12.36

TBdiv 1 20.12.36-10.04.41

2 China Exp Fleet 10.04.41-15.10.41

Sentai 15/2 China Exp Fleet/China Area Fleet 15.10.41.41-10.04.42

2 China Exp Fleet/China Area Fleet 10.04.42-01.04.43

2 Maritime Escort/4 Fleet 01.04.43-15.11.43

2 Maritime Escort/General Escort 15.11.43-18.07.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 18.07.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-10.01.45

Fate: sunk 17.11.44 by USS Gunnel (SS-253) 140 miles ENE Cape Tourane, Indochina

Position: 16-56N 110-30E    

Dead: 119

Saved: 1

Removed from Navy List 10.01.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長 

 

LtCdr Ashida Buichi (50) 芦田部一

20.12.36-30.07.38

LtCdr Ikezawa Masayuki (52) 池沢政幸

30.07.38-15.12.38

LtCdr Maekawa Kazue (52) 前川万衛

15.12.38-15.10.40

LtCdr Takeuchi Hitoshi (58) 竹内仁司

15.10.40-05.09.41

Lt Yamazaki Nitaro (58) 山崎仁太郎

05.09.41-25.07.42

Resv Lt Kadono Tetsuo角野鉄男

25.07.42-15.05.43

*Resv Lt Kotani Masaharu小谷正春

15.05.43-17.11.44

Officer for Gunnery 掌砲長

 

*S.D.Ens Okazaki Gentaro

              -17.11.44

Officer for Torpedo 掌水雷長

 

*S.D.Ens Otake Masataka 大竹正隆

              -17.11.44

Officer for Navigation

 

*Resv Lt Ono Tsuneo 小野経雄

              -17.11.44

Division Officer

 

*Resv Lt(jg) Furusawa Kazuo 古沢和夫

              -17.11.44

Chief Engineer機械長

 

*S.D Lt(jg) Sudo Chuji 須藤忠二

              -17.11.44

Officer for Medical

 

Officer for Supply

 

*Lt(jg) Matsuyama Tsunehiko 松山恒彦

               -17.11.44

 

 

Kari                  リカ

Wild Goose

Class: Otori

Civilian Call Sign: JVJP

Ordered: 1934

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Yokohama

Laid Down:

Launched: 20.01.37

Completed: 30.09.37

TBDiv 11/2 Fleet 07.08.37-01.12.37

TBDiv 11/Kure Naval Dist 01.12.37-25.05.38

TBDiv 11/China Area Fleet 25.05.38-25.07.41

TBDiv 11/3 China Exp Fleet/China Area Fleet 25.07.41-15.02.42

Base Force 12/1 Southern Exp Fleet 15.02.42-10.04.42

Base Force 12/1 Southern Exp Fleet/SWAF 10.04.42-05.02.45

Base Force 12/1 Southern/10th Area Fleet 05.02.45-09.45

Fate: sunk 16.07.45 by USS Baya (SS-318) 220 miles WSW of Makassar, Celebes

Position: 05-48S 115-53E     

Dead: 147

Saved: 39

Removed from Navy List 30.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Hirose Hiroshi (51) 広瀬 弘

01.04.37-15.11.37

LtCdr Uesugi Yoshio (50) 上杉義男

15.11.37-15.12.38

LtCdr Yamaguchi Tatsuya (52) 山口達也

15.12.38-15.11.39

LtCdr Iritono Atsuo (55) 入戸野焉生

15.11.39-05.12.39

Lt Sugihara Yoshiro (57) 杉原与四郎

05.12.39-01.04.40 

Lt Murakami Tadami (57) 村上忠臣

01.04.40-15.10.40

Lt Yoshida Kengo (58) 吉田謙吾

15.10.40-15.09.41 

LtCdr Fukuyama Tsuyoshi (58) 福山 強

15.09.41-20.09.42

Lt Mori Sakae (63) 森  栄

20.09.42-15.05.43

*Resv Lt Yakota Shige横田志茂

15.05.43-16.07.45

Officer for Gunnery 掌砲長

 

S.D.Ens Miura Hobune 三浦補舩

              -16.07.45

Officer for Torpedo掌水雷長

 

*S.D.Ens Kawaguchi Shozaemon 川口庄三郎

          -16.07.45

Officer for Navigation

 

*Resv Lt Araki Taizo 荒木大象

              -16.07.45

Division Officer

 

*Resv Lt(jg) Asami Saburo 浅海三郎

              -16.07.45

Chief Engineer

 

Officer for Medical

 

Officer for Supply

 

 

 

Kasasagi                        ギササカ

Magpie

Class: Otori

Civilian Call Sign: JWHP

Ordered: 1934

Builder: Osaka Iron Works, Sakurajima 

Laid Down:

Launched: 28.10.35

Completed: 15.01.37

TBDiv 1 15.01.37-01.10.41

Sentai 15/2 China Exp Fleet/China Area Fleet 15.10.41-10.04.42

2 China Exp Fleet/China Area Fleet 10.04.42-01.06.43

Base Force 24/2 Southern Exp Fleet/SWAF 01.06.43-30.11.43

Base Force 24/4 Southern Exp Fleet/SWAF 30.11.43-20.05.44

Base Force 24/2 Southern Exp Fleet/SWAF 20.05.44-27.09.44

Fate: sunk 27.09.43 at 0018hrs by USS Bluefish (SS-222) 25 miles south of Flores, Indonesia

Position: 05-00S 121-57E      

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 01.12.43

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Arimoto Terumichi (50) 有本輝美智

08.10.36-28.09.37

Lt Arima Takayasu (52) 有馬高泰

28.09.37-01.08.38

LtCdr Tanaka Makio (52) 田中万喜夫

01.08.38-15.12.38

Lt Nakagawa Minoru (55) 中川 実

15.12.38-01.07.39

Cdr Kawano Yasuda (47) 河野 康

01.07.39-15.11.39

Lt Nakagawa Minoru (55) 中川 実

15.11.39-24.04.40

Lt Makino Akira (51) 牧野 担

24.04.40-27.09.40

LtCdr Higashi Hideo (52) 東日出夫

27.09.40-15.10.40

Lt Iuchi Gisaburo (58) 丼内儀三郎

15.10.40-20.08.41  

Lt Inuzuka Ietaka (58) 犬塚家孝

20.08.41-10.07.42  

Lt Hashiguchi Momoji (62) 橋口百治

10.07.42-15.05.43

*Resv Lt Toyama Sakae 外山 

15.05.43-27.09.43

Officer for Gunnery 掌砲長

 

*S.D.Ens Togashi Yukichi 富樫祐吉

              -27.09.43

Officer for Torpedo 掌水雷長

 

*S.D.Ens Baba Takao 馬場孝男

              -27.09.43

Officer for Navigation

 

Unknown, Fate is unknown

 

Chief Engineer機械長

 

*Lt Hirabayashi Minao 平林美直

              -27.09.43

Officer for Medical

 

Lt Tomosaka Ukitada 彦坂興忠

              -27.09.43

Officer for Supply

 

Ens Sugimatsu Teijiro 杉松貞次郎

              -27.09.43

 

 

Kiji                   ジキ 

Pheasent

Class: Otori

Civilian Call Sign: JVIP

Ordered: 1934

Builder: Tama Zosensho

Laid Down:

Launched: 26.01.37

Completed: 31.07.37

TBDiv 11   31.07.37-07.08.37

TBDiv 11/2 Fleet 07.08.37-01.12.37

TBDiv 11/Kure Naval Dist 01.12.37-25.05.38

TBDiv 11/China Area Fleet 25.05.38-25.07.41

TBDiv 11/3 China Exp Fleet/China Area Fleet 25.07.41-15.02.42

3 China Exp Fleet/China Area Fleet 15.02.42-10.04.42

Tsingtao Base Force/China Area Fleet 10.04.42-20.01.43

Base Force 24/2 Southern Exp Fleet/SWAF 20.01.43-30.11.43

Base Force 24/4 Southern Exp Fleet/SWAF 30.11.43-20.05.44

Base Force 24/2 Southern Exp Fleet/SWAF 20.05.44-20.06.44

Base Force 26/4 Southern Exp Fleet/SWAF 20.06.44-10.03.45

Base Force 26/10th Area Fleet 10.03.45-29.05.45

Base Force 25/10th Area Fleet 29.05.45-05.07.45

Fate: surrendered, to USSR

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Nakasugi Seiji (50) 中杉清治

01.06.37-01.12.37

LtCdr Soma Masahira (50) 相馬正平

01.12.37-18.05.38

LtCdr Sakuma Eisuke (50) 作間英邇

18.05.38-15.12.38

LtCdr Tanaka Tadamasa (51) 田中忠政

15.12.38-01.12.39

Lt Nishimura Masao (54) 西村正夫

01.12.39-15.11.40

Lt Wakasugi Jiichi (56) 若杉次一

15.11.40-10.09.41

Lt Ishido Isamu (60) 石戸 勇

10.09.41-25.06.42

Lt Namiki Hideo (59) 並木秀夫

25.06.42-15.05.43

Resv Lt Hakomori Jun箱守

15.05.43-10.07.45

Resv Lt Tajima Taro田島太郎

10.07.45-20.02.46

Resv LtCdr Hikichi Yoshio挽地義雄 

20.02.46-31.03.46

Lt Obori Taketoshi (69) 大堀 正

31.03.46-08.10.46

Lt Sakamoto Doni (67) 坂本道二

08.10.46-05.09.47

LtCdr Takeda Toshio (64) 高田敏夫

05.09.47-

 

 

Manadzuru        真鶴     ルヅナマ

Class: Tomodzuru

Civilian Call Sign: JWBP

Ordered: 1931

Builder: Fuinagata Zosensho, Osaka

Laid Down: 22.12.31

Launched: 11.07.33

Completed: 31.01.34

TBDiv 21/Sasebo Naval District 31.01.34-28.07.37

TBDiv 21/ DesRon 3/3 Fleet 01.05.37-30.01.38

TBDiv 21/Reserve 01.12.37-

TBDiv 21/Sentai 11 01.07.38-15.12.38

TBDiv 21/Reserve 15.12.38-15.11.39

TBDiv 21/Sentai 12/5 Fleet 15.11.39-20.05.41

TBDiv 21/Base Force 2/3 Fleet 20.09.41-10.03.42

Base Force 23/2 Southern Exp Fleet 10.03.42-10.04.42

Base Force 23/2 Southern Exp Fleet/SWAF 10.04.42-05.05.42

Osaka Guard District 05.05.42-01.04.43

Yokosuka Naval District 01.04.43-05.09.43

1 Maritime Escort/SW Area Fleet 05.09.43-15.11.43

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 15.11.43-10.04.44

4 Maritime Escort/Sasebo Naval District 10.04.44-01.03.45

Fate: sunk 01.03.45 by US aircraft off Naha, Okinawa

Position: 26-17N 127-35E     

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 30.05.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Lt Shinohara Hiroshi (48) 篠原 弘

30.09.33-15.11.34

Lt Takamoto Shutaro (50) 塚本守太郎

15.11.34-21.10.35

LtCdr Iwahashi Tooru (51) 岩橋 透

21.10.35-19.09.36

Lt Hayashi Koichi (51) 林 幸市

19.09.36-01.12.36

LtCdr Tsutumi Kyozo (50) 堤 恭三

01.12.36-26.03.38

LtCdr Ogata Tomoe (50) 緒方友兄

26.03.38-15.12.38

LtCdr Inaba Michimune (51) 稲葉通宗

15.12.38-20.03.39

Lt Kimotsuke Masaki (56) 肝付正明

20.03.39-15.10.40

Lt Hirata Masaaki (58) 平田正明

15.10.40-20.09.41

Lt Aono Shigeo (59) 青野重郎

20.09.41-10.07.42

Resv Lt Takane Kinji高根嘉根次

10.07.42-15.05.43

Resv Lt Hanyu Hidekazu羽生秀一

15.05.43-01.03.45

Officer for Navigation

 

Resv Ens Maruyama Takashi 丸山喬

              -01.03.45

Division Officer

 

Ens Watanabe Haruo (73) 渡辺晴郎

              -01.03.45

Officer for Medical

 

Lt Matsuo Yoshimi 松尾嘉実

              -01.03.45

Officer for Supply

 

Lt Fujii Shigeru 藤井滋

              -01.03.45

 

 

Otori               リトオ

Japanese Stork

Class: Otori

Civilian Call Sign: JWEP

Ordered: 1934

Builder: Maizuru Kaigun Kosho

Laid Down:

Launched: 25.04.35

Completed: 10.10.36

TBDiv 1/Yokosuka Naval District 10.10.36-15.11.40

TBDiv 11/Hainan Guard District 15.11.40-10.02.42

Hainan Guard District 10.02.42-01.04.43

2 Maritime Escort/4 Fleet 01.04.403.43-15.11.43

2 Maritime Escort/General Escort 15.11.43-18.07.44

Fate: sunk 12.06.44 by US aircraft 180 miles NW of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

Position: 17-31N 144-00E       

Dead:

Saved: 0

Removed from Navy List 18.07.44  

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Lt Tsukamoto Shutaro (50) 塚本守太郎

21.10.35-01.06.37

Lt Sakuma Eisuke (50) 作間英邇

01.06.37-10.05.38

LtCdr Minegawa Nobutoshi (51) 皆川延利

10.05.38-15.12.38

Lt Sakamoto Tsuneo (52) 坂元常男

15.12.38-15.11.39 

Lt Terauchi Saburo (54) 寺内三郎

15.11.39-15.10.40 

Lt Kuwabara Shinbee (57) 桑原新兵衛

15.10.40-10.09.41

Lt Furutani Sadao (57) 古谷卓夫

10.09.41-10.10.42

Lt Ishige Chihuyu (61) 石毛干冬

10.10.42-04.03.43 

Lt Sakawa Masazo (62) 酒匂雅三

04.03.43-15.09.43

*Resv Lt Okabe Isao岡部勇男

15.09.43-12.06.44

Officer for Navigation

 

*Resv Lt Yamada Shigeji 山田繁次

               -12.06.44

Division Officer

 

*Resv Ens Nakayama Hiroshi 中山寛

               -12.06.44

 

 

Sagi                 ギサ

Snowy Heron

Class: Otori

Civilian Call Sign: JWKP

Ordered: 1934

Builder:  Harima Zosensho

Laid Down:

Launched: 30.01.37

Completed: 31.07.37 

TBDiv 1 31.07.37-15.11.40

TBDiv 11 15.11.40-25.07.41

5 Fleet 25.07.41-10.04.42

1 Surface Escort/SW Area Fleet 10.04.42-05.09.43

Kure Naval District 05.09.43-10.04.44

1 Surface Escort/General Escort 10.04.44-08.11.44

1 Escort/General Escort 10.12.44-10.01.45

Fate: sunk 08.11.44 at 0848hrs by Gunnel (SS-253) 60 miles WSW of Cape Bolinao, Luzon, Philippines

Position: 16-09N 118-56E   

Dead:

Saved:  

Removed from Navy List 10.01.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Motokura Masayoshi (51) 本倉正義

10.04.37-23.08.38

LtCdr Sugawara Rokorou (51) 菅原六郎

23.08.38-15.12.38

LtCdr Yamaguchi Tatsuya (52) 山口達也

15.12.38-10.01.39

LtCdr Inoue Isamu (51) 井上 勇

10.01.39-06.03.39

Lt Yanase Yoshio (55) 柳瀬善雄

06.03.39-15.10.40

Lt Matsumoto Shoohei (59) 松本正平

15.10.40-01.04.42

Lt Ikunaga Kunio (60) 生永邦雄

01.04.42-15.12.42

Lt Kawabata Makoto (62) 川畑 誠

15.12.42-01.02.43

Lt Yoshii Toshio (62) 吉井俊雄

01.02.43-18.05.43

Resv Lt Kita Yasaburo北弥三郎

18.05.43-28.08.44

*Resv Lt Nagabuchi Torao永渕虎雄

28.08.44-08.12.44 

Officer for Gunnery 掌砲長:

 

*Resv Ens Niwa Hideo 丹羽英郎

              -08.12.44

Officer for Torpedo  掌水雷長

 

*Resv Ens Onishi Masao 大西政夫

              -08.12.44

Officer for Navigation

 

*Resv Lt Shimada Norio 島田順夫

              -08.12.44

Chief Engineer 機械長

 

*Resv Lt(jg) Ishii Hideo 石井英夫

              -08.12.44

Officer for Medical

 

*Lt Kamiya Ken’ichi神谷謙一

              -08.12.44

Officer for Supply

 

*Ens Osugi Yasuo 大杉保夫

              -08.12.44

 

 

Tomodzuru        友鶴     ルヅモト

Class: Tomodzuru

Civilian Call Sign: JWCP

Ordered: 1931

Builder: Maizuru Kaigun Kosho 

Laid Down: 11.11.32

Launched: 01.10.33

Completed: 24.02.34

TBDiv 21/Sasebo Naval District 24.02.34-28.07.37

TBDiv 21/ DesRon 3/3 Fleet 01.05.37-30.01.38

TBDiv 21/Reserve 01.12.37-

TBDiv 21/Sentai 11 01.07.38-15.12.38

TBDiv 21/Reserve 15.12.38-15.11.39

TBDiv 21/Sentai 12/5 Fleet 15.11.39-20.05.41

TBDiv 21/Base Force 2/3 Fleet 20.09.41-10.03.42

Base Force 23/2 Southern Exp Fleet 10.03.42-10.04.42

Base Force 23/2 Southern Exp Fleet/SWAF 10.04.42-01.06.43

2 China Exp Fleet/China Area Fleet 01.06.43-01.10.43

1 Maritime Escort/SW Area Fleet 01.10.43-15.11.43

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 15.11.43-10.04.44

4 Maritime Escort/Sasebo Naval District 10.04.44-24.03.45

Fate: sunk 24.03.45 by US aircraft 230 miles SE

Position: 28-25N 124-32E

Dead:

Saved: 0

Removed from Navy List 10.04.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長 

 

*Lt Iwase Okuichi (48) 岩瀬奥市

01.10.33-12.03.34

Under repair

12.03.34-25.02.35

Lt Suzuki Yasuatsu (49) 鈴木保厚

25.02.35-01.12.36

Lt Makino Akira (51) 牧野 担

01.12.36-20.06.37

LtCdr Shibuya Tatsuwaka (52) 渋谷龍穉

20.06.37-15.12.37

S.D.LtCdr Ishii Isoji (SD 2) 井上磯次

15.12.38-15.10.39

Lt Ara Teisaburo (56) 荒 悌三郎

05.10.39 -01.04.40

Lt Sugihara Yoshiro (57) 杉原与四郎

01.04.40-10.04.41

LtCdr Suga Akiji (56) 菅 明次

10.04.41-30.06.42

LtCdr Imamura Kiyoshi (61) 今村 清

30.06.42-30.01.43 

Lt Yoshida Muneo (62) 吉田宗雄

30.01.43-15.05.43 

Resv LtCdr Sato Chotaro佐藤 長四郎

15.10.43-24.03.45

Officer for Gunnery 掌砲長

 

*S.D.Ens

             -24.03.45

Officer for Torpedo 掌水雷長

 

*S.D.Ens

             -24.03.45

Officer for Navigation

 

*S.D.Lt Urayama Yasukichi 浦山康吉

              -06.01.43

*Resv Lt Chiba Tamotsu 千葉有

              -24.03.45

Division Officer

 

*Lt(jg) Nishimoto Akio 西本明男

              -24.03.45

Chief Engineer 機械長

 

*S.D.Ens Konno富野富五郎

              -24.03.45

Officer for Medical

 

*Lt(jg) Futuzaki Tomoya 佛崎知也

              -24.03.45

Officer for Supply

 

*Lt Arai Yoichiro 荒井与一郎

               -24.03.45

 

 

Patrol Boats       Shokaitei

 

Patrol Boat 1     1号哨戒艇

Class: Minekaze

Civilian Call Sign: JJAQ

Ordered: 1918

Builder: Maizuru Kaigun Kosho

Laid Down: 05.09.19

Launched: 31.03.20

Completed: 15.11.20 (as Shimakaze)

DesDiv 5/Yokosuka Guard 15.11.20-01.12.22

DesDiv 4/Yokosuka Guard 01.12.22-10.04.23

DesDiv 4/DesRon 2/2 Fleet 10.04.23-01.12.25

DesDiv 4/Ominato Guard 01.12.25-01.12.26

DesDiv 4/Yokosuka Guard 01.12.26-01.04.29

DesDiv 4/CarDiv 1/1 Fleet 01.04.29-01.12.30

DesDiv 4/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.12.30-01.12.31

DesDiv 4/Ominato Guard 01.12.31-15.11.33

DesDiv 4/Yokosuka Guard 15.11.33-01.12.39

Conversion to Patrol Boat

Yokosuka Naval District 01.04.40-20.11.41

PB Div 1/ Base Force 32/3 Fleet 20.11.41-01.05.42

Yokosuka Naval District 01.05.42-10.02.43

Fate: sunk 12.01.43 by USS Guardfish (SS-217) 10 miles SW Tingwon, Bismarcks

Position: 02-51S 149-43E     

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.02.43

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Iwaki Shigeru (33) 岩城茂身

23.08.19-01.12.20

LtCdr Arichi Jugoro (33) 有地十五郎

01.12.20-20.11.22

LtCdr Eguchi Kihachi (33) 江口喜八

20.11.22-01.12.22

Cdr Morita Shigehasu (33) 森田重房

01.12.22-05.08.23

LtCdr Ozawa Jisaburo (37) 小沢治三郎

05.08.23-20.01.25

Cdr Kobayashi Sonosuke (35) 小林宗之助

20.01.25-01.12.25

Cdr Homoto Shigei (36) 穂本繁治

01.12.25-10.08.27

Cdr Nagao Sousuke (36) 長尾惣助

10.08.27-10.12.28

Cdr Fujita Ruitaro (38) 藤田類太郎

10.12.28-05.09.29

LtCdr Shimizu Takio (39) 清水他喜雄

05.09.29-01.12.31

Cdr Nakase Noboru (45) 中瀬 泝

01.12.31-01.12.32

LtCdr Mori Yoshihisa (44) 森 可久

01.12.32-01.11.33

Cdr Ikeda Hisao (38) 池田久雄

01.11.33-15.12.33

Cdr Nishida Masao (44) 西田正雄

15.12.33-15.08.34

LtCdr Shimazui Takemi (47) 島居威美

15.08.34-15.06.36

LtCdr Shiraishi Masayoshi (49) 白石長義

15.06.36-01.12.36

LtCdr Furukawa Bunji (49) 古川文次

01.12.36-28.09.37

LtCdr Arimoto Terumichi (50)

有本輝美智28.09.37-01.12.37

LtCdr Miyauchi Shinichi (51) 宮内新一

01.12.37-15.01.39

LtCdr Arima Tokiyoshi (50) 有馬時吉

15.01.39-10.03.39

Vacant

10.03.39-20.11.41

Resv Lt Azuma Jintsuo東 實夫

20.11.41-12.01.43

Gunnery Officer (Hōjutsuchō) 砲術長

 

Lt Uchida Ichitaro (40) 内田市太郎

17.09.20-30.04.21

Lt Osugi Morikazu (41) 大杉守一

30.04.21-15.06.22

Lt Yaginuma Shichiro (40) 柳沼七郎

15.06.22-01.12.22

Lt Okuda Kikuji (42) 奥田喜久司

01.12.22-01.12.23

Lt Inoue Samaji (44) 井上左馬二

01.12.23-05.02.24

Lt Matsuoka Tomoyuki (42) 松岡知行

05.02.24-15.04.25

Vacant

15.04.25-01.12.25

Lt Fukuoka Tokujiro (48) 福岡徳次郎

01.12.25-01.12.26

Lt(jg) Takasaki Toshihiko (50) 高崎能彦

01.12.26-05.05.27

Vacant

05.05.27-10.06.27 

Lt Kayaba Matsujiro (44) 萱場松次郎

10.06.27-10.12.28

Vacant

10.12.28-

Lt Amaya Yoshishige (47) 天谷嘉重

              -10.08.30

Lt Yoshino Akira (50) 吉野 顕

10.08.30-01.12.31

Lt Tsuji Enji (53) 辻 円次

01.12.31-

Vacant

              -01.11.33

Lt Tomikawa Kenzo (55) 富川憲三

01.11.33-20.02.34

Lt Takahashi Shouichi (54) 高橋勝一

20.02.34-01.11.34

Lt(jg) Izutsu Monshiro (57) 井筒紋四郎

01.11.34-07.10.35

Lt Matsunaga Chikara (56) 松永 力

07.10.35-15.11.35

Vacant

15.11.35-02.04.36

Lt Hidaka Mayu (51) 日高万由

02.04.36-27.06.36

Lt(jg) Okamura Yukio (59) 岡村幸雄

27.06.36-28.12.36

Lt(jg) Itaya Ryuichi (60) 板谷隆一

28.12.36-11.08.37

Vacant

11.08.37-03.09.37

Lt Kanao Ryoichi (56) 金尾滝一

03.09.37-01.12.37

Lt(jg) Otani Takeo (60) 大谷武夫

01.12.37-01.07.38

Lt(jg) Takahashi Tatsuhiko (61) 高橋達彦

01.06.38-15.12.38

Vacant

15.12.38-20.11.41

Unknown

20.11.41-12.01.43

 

 

Lt Higuchi Tsutatsu (38) 樋口通達

17.09.20-01.12.20

Lt Furuse Kurazo (38) 古瀬修三

01.12.20-01.12.21

Vacant

01.12.21-01.12.22

Lt Ito Bennosuke (40) 伊藤辮之助

01.12.22-01.12.23

Lt Monzen Tei (42) 門前 鼎

01.12.23-01.03.24

Vacant

01.03.24-01.12.24

Lt Hiroyoshi Fushimi (45) 伏見宮博義王

01.12.24-20.04.25

Lt Nishida Masao (44) 西田正雄

20.04.25-01.12.25

Lt Amano Shigetaka (47) 天野重隆

01.12.25-01.12.26

Vacant

01.12.26-01.12.27

Lt Nagasawa Hiroshi (49) 長沢 浩

01.12.27-10.12.28

Lt Shiba Katsuo (50) 柴 勝男

10.12.28-30.11.29

Vacant

30.11.29-01.12.30

Lt Tanaka Mitsuo (50) 田中瑞穂

01.12.30-01.09.31

Lt Nakano Masatomo (50) 中野政知

01.09.31-01.12.31

Lt Ishii Hagemi (52) 石井 励

01.12.31-01.12.32

Vacant

01.12.32-25.05.33

Lt Suenaga Naoji (52) 末永直二

25.05.33-25.05.34

Vacant

25.05.34-18.07.34

Lt Ichihara Choji (54) 市原干代次

18.07.34-15.11.35

Lt Taguchi Iwata (56) 田口岩太

15.11.35-01.12.36

Lt Yamana Hiro (55) 山名寛雄

01.12.36-01.12.37

Lt Takeshita Minekichi (58) 竹下峯吉

01.12.37-15.12.38

Vacant

01.12.38-01.04.40

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Vacant

17.09.20-01.12.20

Lt Iwashita Sakan (41) 岩下 鎤

01.12.20-06.10.21

Lt Doi Takashi (42) 土井 高

06.10.21-01.12.21

Vacant

01.12.21-01.12.22

Lt Eguchi Makoto (43) 江口 誠

01.12.22-15.10.23

Lt Asahina Hideo (44) 朝比奈秀雄

15.10.23-01.03.24

Lt(jg) Arimura Fuji (47) 有村不二

01.03.24-01.12.24

Lt Yamagawa Ikuzo (46) 山川幾蔵

01.12.24-15.05.25

Lt Shoji Kiichiro (45) 荘司喜一郎

15.05.25-01.05.27

Vacant

01.05.27-01.12.27

Lt(jg) Mitsui Atsushi (50) 三井淳資

01.12.27-10.12.28

Lt Otomo Bunkichi (50) 大友文吉

10.12.28-15.11.29

Vacant

15.11.29-01.12.30

Lt Mifune Toshiro (52) 三船敏郎

01.12.30-01.12.31

Lt Tanaka Tadamasa (51) 田中忠政

01.12.31-01.12.32

Vacant

01.12.32-25.05.33

Lt Uno Kameo (53) 宇野亀雄

25.05.33-15.11.33

Lt Isaki Mitsu (55) 壱岐 密 

15.11.33-01.11.34

Lt Suga Akiji (56) 菅 明次

01.11.34-04.09.35

Lt Mitsuda Minoru (56) 満田 穣 

04.09.35-07.10.35

Lt(jg) Kuroki Sanemi (58) 黒木実視

07.10.35-04.07.36

Lt(jg) Yamaguchi Kosaburo (59) 山口幸三郎

04.07.36-01.12.36

Lt(jg) Takigawa Kouji (59) 滝川孝司

01.12.36-01.12.37

Lt Yoshimura Kanichi (59) 吉村貫一

01.12.37-15.12.38

Lt Yamagawa Yoshihiko (58) 山川良彦

15.12.38-10.03.39

Vacant

10.03.39-01.04.40

Unknown

01.04.40-12.01.43

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長

 

Lt Suzuki Yoshio (Eng.18) 鈴木義雄

15.08.20-20.03.22

Lt Fujisaki Hiroshi (Eng.19) 藤崎煕

20.03.22-15.04.22

Lt Ueda Giemon (Eng.20) 上田儀右衛門

15.04.22-20.02.23

Lt Kato Ren (Eng.19) 加藤廉

20.02.23-01.12.24

Lt Yamaguchi Bunzo (Eng.26) 山口文蔵

01.12.24-20.04.25

Lt Yamauchi Shojiro (Eng.26) 山内正次郎

20.04.25-01.12.25

Lt Tanaka Yoshikichi (Eng.26) 田中義吉

01.12.25-20.01.26

Lt Matsusue Motohiro (Eng.27) 松末元完

20.01.26-01.12.26

Lt Ikeda Shohei (Eng.26) 池田正平

01.12.26-01.04.27

Vacant

01.04.27-01.12.27

Lt Arimoto Hiroshi (Eng.30) 有本寛

01.12.27-01.12.28

Lt Yakuwa Yasutaro (Eng.30) 八鍬保太郎

10.12.28-10.01.29

Lt Takagi Tameyuki (Eng.31) 高城為行

10.01.29-30.11.29

Lt Uesugi Kozo (Eng.30) 上杉恒蔵

30.11.29-01.12.31

Lt Horiyama Sakae (Eng.32) 堀山栄

01.12.31-01.12.32

Lt Yoshida Hideki (Eng.32) 吉田秀樹

01.12.32-20.05.33

Lt Torii Takeo (Eng.33) 鳥居竹夫

20.05.33-01.11.34

Lt Nakano Shiro (Eng.33) 中野四郎

01.11.34-15.06.36

Lt Koizumi Hiroshi (Eng.32) 小泉弘 

15.06.36-22.07.36

Vacant

22.07.36-02.11.36

Lt Miura Fuminori (Eng.35) 三浦文徳

02.11.36-01.12.37

Lt Tamura Minoru (Eng.39) 田村実

01.12.37-15.12.38

Vacant

15.12.38-10.04.40

Unknown

10.04.40-12.01.43

 

 

Patrol Boat 2     2号哨戒艇

Class: Minekaze

Civilian Call Sign: JJBQ

Ordered: 1918

Builder: Maizuru Kaigun Kosho

Laid Down: 09.01.19

Launched: 26.06.20

Completed: 30.09.21 (as Nadakaze)

DesDiv 5/Yokosuka Guard 30.09.21-01.12.22

DesDiv 4/Yokosuka Guard 01.12.22-10.04.23

DesDiv 4/DesRon 2/2 Fleet 01.12.23

DesDiv 3/DesRon 2/2 Fleet 01.12.23-01.12.23

DesDiv 3/Yokosuka Guard 01.12.23-01.12.25

DesDiv 3/DesRon 2/2Fleet 01.12.25-01.12.26

DesDiv 3/Yokosuka Guard 01.12.26-01.12.30

DesDiv 3/Ominato Guard 01.12.30-01.12.32

DesDiv 3/Yokosuka Guard 01.12.32-01.09.37

DesDiv 3/DesRon 3/3 Fleet 01.09.37-01.12.37

DesDiv 3/DesRon 5/4 Fleet 01.12.37-15.12.38

Conversion to Patrol Boat 15.12.38-10.04.40

Yokosuka Guard Force 01.04.40-20.11.41   

PB Div 1/ Base Force 32/3 Fleet 20.11.41-01.05.42

Yokosuka Naval District 01.05.42-

1 Maritime Escort/SW Area Fleet 01.04.43-15.11.43

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 15.11.43-25.12.43

Base Force 22/2 South Exp/SW Area 25.12.43-02.02.45

Base Force 22/2 South Exp/10th Area Fleet 02.02.45-15.08.45

Fate: sunk 25.07.45 at 1830hrsby HMS Stubborn (P-238) in Lombok Strait

Position: 07-07S 115-40E  

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 15.08.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Eguchi Kihachi (33) 江口喜八

30.09.21-01.12.23

LtCdr Takayama Chuzo (35) 高山忠三

01.12.23-01.12.24

LtCdr Ishido Yuzo (36) 石戸勇三

01.12.24-20.04.25

LtCdr Suzuki Kozo (36) 鈴木幸三

20.04.25-15.10.26

Vacant

15.10.26-01.12.26

LtCdr Shimizu Chokichi (37) 清水長吉

01.12.26-01.03.28

LtCdr Yamashita Fukashi (36) 山下深志

01.03.28-23.07.28

LtCdr Goto Aritomo (38) 五藤存知

23.07.28-15.01.29

LtCdr Sakano Minbu (38) 坂野民部

15.01.29-15.11.29 

LtCdr Ueno Masao (40) 上野正雄

15.11.29-01.12.31

LtCdr Narita Moichi (43) 成田茂一

01.12.31-01.12.32

Cdr Niimi Kazutaka (40) 新美和貴

01.12.32-01.05.33

LtCdr Yamamoto Iwata (46) 山本岩多

01.05.33-15.11.33

LtCdr Takeuchi Torashiro (49) 竹内虎四郎

15.11.35-01.12.36

LtCdr Kumabe Tsutae (50) 隈部 伝

01.12.36-01.12.37

LtCdr Nakasugi Seiji (50) 中杉清治

01.12.37-02.12.38

LtCdr Matsubara Takisaburo (52) 松原滝三郎02.12.38-10.03.39  

 

Vacant

10.03.39-24.04.40

Lt Magoshi Masahiro (57) 馬越正博

24.04.40-15.11.40

Lt Furuya Takao (57) 前田一郎

15.11.40-20.09.41

Resv Lt Chihogi Tokuji千本木 德二

20.09.41-18.01.43

*Resv Lt Kito Takejiro鬼頭 竹次郎

18.01.43-24.07.45

Gunnery Officer (Hōjutsuchō) 砲術長

 

Lt Ito Saburo (41) 伊藤三郎

10.01.21-28.06.21

Lt Nakano Katsuji (40) 中野勝次

28.06.21-20.11.21

Vacant

20.11.21-01.12.22

Lt Hoshina Zenshiro (41) 保科善四郎

01.12.22-01.12.23

Lt Takada Satoshi (44) 高田 俐

01.12.23-25.05.24

Lt Konishi Kaname (44) 小西要人

25.05.24-15.09.25

Vacant

15.04.25-01.12.25

Lt Tooma Ryo (47) 藤間 良

01.12.25-01.12.26

Vacant

01.12.26-01.12.27

Lt Saito Fujiro (49) 斎藤富士郎

01.12.27-30.11.29

Vacant

30.11.29-01.12.30

Lt Eguchi Hozumi (51) 江口穂積

01.12.30-15.10.31

Lt Usui Toshio (51) 臼井淑郎

15.10.31-01.04.32

Lt Shigekawa Toshiaki (52) 重川俊明

01.04.32-01.12.32

Lt Miyashita Akira (52) 宮下 売 

01.12.32-01.11.33

Vacant

01.11.33-15.11.33

Lt(jg) Ono Kanjiro (56) 小野寛治郎

15.11.33-01.11.34

Vacant

01.11.34-15.11.34

Lt Sano Shigeshi (52) 佐野重士

01.11.34-20.04.36

Lt Matsubayashi Motonari (50) 松林元哉

20.04.36-01.12.36

Lt(jg) Suzuki Yoshimi (60) 鈴木敬弥

01.12.36-01.12.37

Lt Nakamura Tomoo (59) 中村虎彦

01.12.37-10.03.39

Vacant

10.03.39-10.04.40

Unknown

10.01.40-25.07.45

Torpedo Officer (Suiraichō) 水雷長

 

Lt Fujita Ruitaro (38) 藤田類太郎

10.01.21-01.11.21

Lt Yashima Motonori (39) 八島元徳

10.11.21-01.02.23

Lt Tanaka Yasuro (42) 田中保郎

01.02.23-15.10.23

Vacant

15.10.23-01.12.24

Lt Inoue Noboru (43) 井上 騰

01.12.24-01.06.25

Lt Tachibana Masao (45) 橘 正雄

01.06.25-10.01.27

Lt Ogawa Nobuki (46) 小川莚喜

10.01.27-10.12.28

Lt Miyazaki Toshio (48) 宮崎俊男

10.12.28-10.06.29

Lt Oshima Ichitaro (50) 大島一太郎

10.06.29-30.11.29

Lt Yoshii Shizuo (51) 吉丼静雄

30.11.29-01.11.30

Vacant

01.11.30-01.12.30

Lt Kawase Koru (50) 川瀬 薫

01.12.30-01.12.31

Lt Arima Tokiyoshi (50) 有馬時吉

01.12.31-01.12.32

Vacant

01.12.32-25.05.23

Lt Sakamoto Tsuneo (52) 坂元常男

25.05.33-01.06.34

Vacant

01.06.34-18.07.34

Lt Ono Shiro (54) 小野四郎

18.07.34-15.11.35

Lt Kamiyama Masao (51) 神山昌雄

15.11.35-01.12.36

Lt Tsunomachi Yohei (56) 角町与平

01.12.36-21.06.37

Vacant

21.06.37-12.08.37

Lt Mifune Toshiro (52) 三船敏郎

12.08.37-01.12.37

Lt Yoshida Kengo (58) 吉田謙吾

01.12.37-15.12.38

Vacant

15.12.38-01.04.40

Torpedo tubes removed 01.04.40

 

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Lt Oka Tsuneo (41) 岡 恒夫

10.01.21-01.02.22

Vacant

01.02.22-08.02.22

Lt Yamazaki Sadanao (42) 山崎貞直

08.02.22-15.04.22

Lt(jg) Nomoto Tameki (44) 野元為輝

15.04.22-01.12.22

Lt Aruga Takeo (42) 有賀武夫

01.12.22-15.10.23

Vacant

15.10.23-01.12.23

Lt(jg) Kaseda Akihiko (47) 加世田哲彦

01.12.23-01.04.24

Lt(jg) Sato Jisaburo (48) 佐藤治三郎

01.04.24-01.12.24

Lt Kuranaga Kouki (46) 倉永恒記

01.12.24-01.12.25

Lt Sawa Isao (46) 沢 勇夫

01.12.25-01.12.26

Lt Katayama Kenji (46) 片山謙治

01.12.26-01.04.27

Vacant

01.04.27-10.11.27

Lt(jg) Tomono Rinji (50) 友野林治

10.11.27-10.12.28

Lt Usui Toshio (51) 臼井淑郎

10.12.28-20.03.29

Lt Sanada Yuji (50) 真田雄二

20.03.29-15.11.29

Vacant

15.11.29-01.12.30

Lt Kondo Yasuhira (51) 近藤保平

01.12.30-01.12.31

Lt Koyano Hitoshi (49) 古谷野 均 

01.12.31-01.12.32

Vacant

01.12.32-01.11.33

Lt(jg) Uchida Nobuo (55) 内田信雄

01.11.33-01.11.34

Lt(jg) Otsuka Shozo (57) 大塚昌三

01.11.34-07.10.35

Lt(jg) Yamazaki Nitaro (58) 山崎仁太郎

07.10.35-01.12.36

Lt(jg) Toyosaka Sanae (59) 豊坂早苗

01.12.36-03.07.37

Vacant

03.07.37-22.08.37

Lt Ito Kinnosuke (57) 伊東謹之助

22.08.37-01.12.37

Lt(jg) Tsuda Takenori (60) 津田威徳

01.12.37-10.10.38

Lt Namiki Hideo (59) 並木秀夫

10.10.38-06.03.39

Vacant

06.03.39-01.04.40

Unknown

01.04.40-25.07.45

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長 

 

Lt Hoshino Takeo (Eng.20) 星野武雄

20.01.21-01.12.21

LtCdr Hayashi Yoichi (Eng.18) 林与市

01.12.21-01.12.22

Lt Yamada Michihiro (Eng.20) 山田道弘

01.12.22-01.12.23

Lt Arai Kozo (Eng.21) 新井幸三

01.12.23-18.01.24

Lt Abiko Yoshifumi (Eng.21) 我孫子良文

18.01.24-01.07.24

Lt Matsumura Sekitoku (Eng.24)

01.07.24-27.11.24

Lt Tanaka Yoshikichi (Eng.26) 田中義吉

27.11.24-01.12.25

LtCdr Fujisaki Hiroshi (Eng.19) 藤崎煕

01.12.25-15.10.26

LtCdr Ogawa Takeo (Eng.20) 小川多気雄

15.10.26-01.07.27

LtCdr Murakoshi Tadaaki (Eng.20) 村越忠章

01.07.27-10.09.28

LtCdr Inami Shunji (Eng.20)

10.09.28-01.12.28

Lt Kobayashi Shozo (Eng.30) 小林省三

01.12.28-01.11.29

Vacant

01.11.29-30.11.29

Lt Ohara Shuzaburo (Eng.31) 大原脩三郎

30.11.29-01.11.30

Lt Nakamura Kunimori (Eng.31) 中村国盛

01.11.30-16.06.32

Lt Azuma Toshio

16.06.32-01.11.33

Lt Suzuki Shin’ichiro (Eng.32) 鈴木晋一郎

01.11.33-01.11.34

Lt Otsuki Shouichiro (Eng.32) 大槻正一郎

01.11.34-15.11.35

Vacant

15.11.35-20.11.35

S.D.Lt Kikuchi Shigeo

20.11.35-01.12.36

S.D.Lt Okubo Ryosuke

01.12.36-01.12.37

Vacant

01.12.37-01.04.40

Unknown

01.04.40-25.07.45

 

 

Patrol Boat 31                  31号哨戒艇

Class: Momi

Civilian Call Sign: JJCQ

Ordered: 1917

Builder: Kawasaki Jyuko, Kobe

Laid Down: 24.05.19

Launched: 13.10.20

Completed: 10.12.20 (as Kiku)

DesDiv 14/DesRon 2/2 Fleet 10.12.20-01.12.21

DesDiv 14/Kure Guard 01.12.21-01.12.23

DesDiv 14/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.12.23-01.12.24

DesDiv 14/Kure Guard 01.12.24-01.12.25

DesDiv 14/Mako Guard 01.12.25-01.12.28

DesDiv 14/Kure Guard 01.12.28-01.12.30

DesDiv 14/Maizuru Guard 01.12.30-10.12.39

Conversion 1940-

Renamed 01.04.40

Saeki Defense Sqd 15.11.40-15.10.41

PB Div 1/ Base Force 32/3 Fleet 20.11.41-01.05.42

Fate: sunk 30.03.44 by US aircraft at Palau, Caroline Islands

Position: 07-30N 134-30E

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.05.44

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長 

 

LtCdr Yoshida Kensuke (33) 吉田健介

14.10.20-01.12.21

LtCdr Shibuya Shoji (34) 渋谷荘司

01.12.21-01.05.22

LtCdr Yamada Sadao (36) 山田定男

01.05.22-01.12.24

LtCdr Suzukida Kozo (37) 鈴木田幸造

01.12.24-07.12.25

LtCdr Nozue Shinjiro (38) 野末信次郎

07.12.25-01.11.26 

LtCdr Nishimura Shoji (39) 西村祥治

01.11.26-01.11.27

LtCdr Ito Ko (Akira) (39) 伊藤 皎

01.11.27-10.12.28

LtCdr Ikeda Hisao (38) 池田久雄

10.12.28-29.09.29

Cdr Sakai Suminobu (37) 境 澄信 

29.09.29-30.11.29

LtCdr Nakagawa Ko (42) 中川 浩

30.11.29-01.11.30

LtCdr Shimizu Toshio (46) 清水利夫

01.11.30-24.10.31

LtCdr Tachibana Yuji (45) 橘 雄次

24.10.31-15.11.32

LtCdr Sugino Shuichi (46) 杉野修一

15.11.32-15.11.33

LtCdr Shichiji Tsueno (49) 七字恒雄

15.11.33-01.06.34

LtCdr Maekawa Shinchiro (50) 前川新一郎

01.06.34-15.11.34

LtCdr Suzuki Masaki (48) 鈴木正明

15.11.34-01.12.36

LtCdr Matsubara Takisaburo (52) 松原滝三郎

01.12.36-01.08.38

LtCdr Yoshida Shoichi (52) 吉田正一

01.08.38-01.12.38

LtCdr Kudo Shunsaku (51) 工藤俊作

01.12.38-20.01.39

Vacant

 

Resv Lt Hirose Shinjiro

15.10.40-01.05.41

Resv Lt Ichihashi Tsutomu 市橋 勉

01.05.41-

Resv Lt Murakami Tomoki村上友喜

10.09.41-30.03.44

 

 

Patrol Boat 32   32号哨戒艇

Class: Momi

Civilian Call Sign: JJDQ (Aioi) JZEA (PB-32)

Ordered: 1917

Builder: Kawasaki Jyuko, Kobe

Laid Down: 01.04.20

Launched: 09.11.20

Completed: 20.12.20 (as Aioi)

DesDiv 14/DesRon 2/2 Fleet 20.12.20-01.12.21

DesDiv 14/Kure Guard 01.12.21-01.12.23

DesDiv 14/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.12.23-01.12.24

DesDiv 14/Kure Guard 01.12.24-01.12.25

DesDiv 14/Mako Guard 01.12.25-01.12.28

DesDiv 14/Kure Guard 01.12.28-01.12.30

DesDiv 14/Maizuru Guard 01.12.30-10.12.39

Conversion 1940-

Renamed 01.04.40

Saeki Defense Sqd 15.11.40-15.10.41

PB Div 1/ Base Force 32/3 Fleet 20.11.41-23.12.41

Fate: grounded 23.12.41 at 0245hrs at Wake Island

Position: 19-17N 166-37E     

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 15.01.42

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Chiya Sadae (34) 干谷定衛

20.11.20-01.12.21

LtCdr Saito Naohiko (34) 斎藤直彦

01.12.21-20.07.22

LtCdr Fujimori Seiichiro (37) 藤森清一郎

20.07.22-19.08.22

LtCdr Shiga Chuichi (37) 志賀忠一

19.08.22-01.05.23

LtCdr Hiraoka Tadashi (38) 平岡 貞

01.05.23-15.10.23

LtCdr Koga Shichisaburo (36) 古賀七三郎

15.10.23-01.11.24

LtCdr Iwahara Morie (36) 岩原盛恵

01.11.24-06.01.25

LtCdr Suzuki Kozo (36) 鈴木幸三

06.01.25-20.04.25

LtCdr Sugimoto Uichi (38) 杉本宇市

20.04.25-15.10.26

LtCdr Sugimoto Michio (41) 杉本道雄

15.10.26-01.11.27

LtCdr Itagaki Sakan (39) 板垣成紀

01.11.27-10.12.28

Cdr Fukuhara Ichiro (37) 福原一郎

10.12.28-30.11.29

Reserve

30.11.29-01.11.30

LtCdr Maruyasu Kaneto (47) 丸安金兎

01.11.30-25.01.32

LtCdr Sakano Yasaburo (46) 坂野弥三郎

25.01.32-01.11.33

LtCdr Setoyama Yasuhide (45) 瀬戸山安秀

01.12.32-01.11.33

LtCdr Takeuchi Torashiro (49) 竹内虎四郎

01.11.33-15.11.34

LtCdr Suzuki Masaki (48) 鈴木正明

15.11.34-31.10.35

LtCdr Koga Yasuji (50) 古賀弥周次

31.10.35-08.01.38

LtCdr Matsubara Takisaburo (52) 松原滝三郎

08.01.38-01.08.38

LtCdrYoshida Shoichi (52) 吉田正一

01.08.38-01.12.38

LtCdr Kudo Shunsaku (51) 工藤俊作

01.12.38-20.01.39

LtCdr Shibayama Kazuo (52) 柴山一雄

20.01.39-25.01.40

LtCdr Kudo Shunsaku (51) 工藤俊作

25.01.40-01.04.40

Reserve

01.04.40-

Resv Lt Nishio Masashi 西尾 正

08.12.41-23.12.41

 

 

Patrol Boat 33                  33号哨戒艇

Class: Momi

Civilian Call Sign: JJEQ

Ordered: 1917

Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo

Laid Down: 28.02.20

Launched: 29.10.20

Completed: 20.04.41 (as Hagi)

DesDiv 15/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.06.21-01.12.22

DesDiv 15/Kure Guard 01.12.22-01.12.23

DesDiv 15/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.12.23-01.12.26

DesDiv 15/Kure Guard 01.12.26-01.12.27

DesDiv 15/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.12.27-01.12.30

DesDiv 15/Kure Guard 01.12.30-15.11.35

DesDiv 14/Kure Guard 15.11.35-01.12.30

DesDiv 14/Maizuru Guard 01.12.30-10.12.39

Conversion 1940-

Renamed 01.04.40

Saeki Defense Sqd 15.11.40-20.11.41

PB Div 1/ Base Force 32/3 Fleet 20.11.41-23.12.41

Fate: grounded 23.12.41 at 0245hrs at Wake Island

Position: 19-17N 166-37E

Dead: 7

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 15.01.42

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Nakajima Naokuma (34) 中島直熊

01.09.20-01.12.21

LtCdr Nagai Jitsuyo (33) 長井実養

01.12.21-01.12.22

LtCdr Suzukida Kozo (37) 鈴木田幸造

01.12.22-01.12.23

LtCdr Kawase Shiro (38) 河瀬四郎

01.12.24-20.05.25

LtCdr Yokoyama Shigeru (37) 横山 茂

20.05.25-02.12.25

LtCdr Kurita Takeo (38) 栗田健男

02.12.25-01.12.26

LtCdr Ito Bennosuke (40) 伊藤辮之助

01.12.26-25.02.27

LtCdr Takeda Kiyogo (38) 武田喜代吾

25.05.27-10.08.27

LtCdr Shimizu Takio (39) 清水他喜雄

10.08.27-05.09.29

LtCdr Kimura Masatomi (41) 木村昌福

05.09.29-1511.30

LtCdr Shimazaki Toshio (44) 島崎利雄

15.11.30-01.12.30

LtCdr Hirose Sadatoshi (47) 広瀬貞年 

01.12.30-01.12.32

Lt Iwase Okuichi (48) 岩瀬奥市

01.12.32-01.10.33

LtCdr Orita Tsuneo (49) 折田常雄

01.10.33-25.04.35

LtCdr Tobita Kenjiro (50) 飛田健二郎

25.04.35-01.12.36

LtCdr Iwagami Jiichi (50) 岩上次一

01.12.36-21.02.38

LtCdr Nakaho Isamu (50) 中保 勇 

21.02.38-01.12.38

Lt Asami Rokuro (55) 浅海六郎 

01.12.38-15.11.39

LtCdr Kawahashi Akifumi (54) 川橋秋文

15.11.39-01.04.40

Resv Lt Sujino Juji

21.07.40-23.12.41

 

 

Patrol Boat 34   34号哨戒

Class: Momi

Civilian Call Sign: JJFQ  

Ordered: 1917

Builder: Isikigawajima Zosensho, Tokyo

Laid Down: 03.05.20

Launched: 21.02.21

Completed: 21.05.21 (as Susuki)

DesDiv 15/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.06.21-01.12.22

DesDiv 15/Kure Guard 01.12.22-01.12.23

DesDiv 15/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.12.23-01.12.26

DesDiv 15/Kure Guard 01.12.26-01.12.27

DesDiv 15/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.12.27-01.12.30

DesDiv 15/Kure Guard 01.12.30-01.12.37

DesDiv 15/4 Fleet 01.12.37-20.02.39

Conversion 1940-

Renamed 01.04.40

Saeki Guard Force 01.07.41-20.11.41

PB Div 1/ Base Force 32/3 Fleet 20.11.41-01.05.42

Yokosuka Naval District 01.05.42-

Fate: sunk 03.07.44 by US aircraft at Truk, Caroline Islands    

Position: 07-24N 151-52E

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy list 10.01.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長 

 

LtCdr Ishii Senchi (34) 石井先知

10.02.21-01.07.21

LtCdr Nishikawa Hayami (34) 西川速水

01.07.21-01.12.22

LtCdr Kuga Tokuichi (36) 久我徳一

01.12.22-06.11.23

LtCdr Nagao Sousuke (36) 長尾惣助

06.11.23-01.12.24

LtCdr Hirose Sueto (39) 広瀬末人

01.12.24-20.06.27

LtCdr Miyatake Shigetoshi (39) 宮武重敏

20.06.27-15.11.27

LtCdr Takahashi Ichimatsu (40) 高橋一松

15.11.27-10.12.28

LtCdr Nakagawa Ko (42) 中川 浩

10.12.28-03.10.29

LtCdr Murakami Chonosuke (44) 村上暢之助

03.10.29-02.11.31

Lt Sasaki Hinoe (48) 佐々木丙二

02.11.31-30.05.32

LtCdr Mori Yoshihisa (44) 森 可久

30.05.32-01.12.32

LtCdr Nomaguchi Kanetomo (48) 野間口兼知

01.12.32-15.11.34

LtCdr Tamura Reizo (47) 田村礼三

15.11.34-15.11.35  

LtCdr Ugaki Tamaki (50) 宇垣 環 

15.11.35-26.05.36

LtCdr Aiko Fumio (51) 愛甲文雄

26.05.36-01.12.36

LtCdr Uesugi Yoshio (50) 上杉義男

01.12.36-06.04.37

LtCdr Aiko Fumio (51) 愛甲文雄

06.04.37-25.10.37

LtCdr Yamashita Tatsuki (51) 山下達喜

25.10.37-10.02.39

Vacant

10.02.39-15.11.40

Resv Lt Hanyu Hidekazu 羽生秀一

15.11.40-01.05.41

Vacant

01.05.41-15.05.41

*Resv LtCdr Yamaki Takekichi八巻循吉

15.05.41-03.07.44

 

 

Patrol Boat 35   35号哨戒艇   

Class: Momi

Civilian Call Sign: JJGQ

Ordered: 1918

Builder: Kawasaki Jyuko, Kobe

Laid Down: 16.10.20

Launched: 09.05.21

Completed: 30.06.21 (as Tsuta)

DesDiv 15/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.06.21-01.12.22

DesDiv 15/Kure Guard 01.12.22-01.12.23

DesDiv 15/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.12.23-01.12.26

DesDiv 15/Kure Guard 01.12.26-01.12.27

DesDiv 15/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.12.27-01.12.30

DesDiv 15/Kure Guard 01.12.30-01.12.37

DesDiv 15/4 Fleet 01.12.37-20.02.39

Conversion 1940-

Renamed 01.04.40

PB Div 1/Base Force 32/3 Fleet 20.11.41-01.05.42

Yokosuka Naval District 01.05.42-

Fate: sunk 02.09.43 by US aircraft 20 miles NW Santa Isabel, Solomons

Position: 07-16S 158-03E

Dead: 92

Saved: 52 

Removed from Navy List 10.02.43

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Saito Naohiko (34) 斎藤直彦

30.04.21-10.12.21

LtCdr Okuma Masakichi (37) 大熊政吉

10.12.21-11.12.22

LtCdr Gouda Kiichiro (35) 郷田喜一郎

01.12.22-01.06.23

LtCdr Takeshita Shigeri (35) 竹下志計理

01.06.23-15.10.23

LtCdr Sakura Takeo (37) 佐倉武夫

15.10.23-10.05.24

LtCdr Goto Aritomo (38) 五藤存知

10.05.24-01.12.25

LtCdr Tada Takeo (40) 多田武雄

01.12.25-10.04.26

LtCdr Ofuji Nomichi (39) 大藤正直

20.04.26-01.12.26

LtCdr Miyatake Shigetoshi (39) 宮武重敏

01.12.26-10.12.28 

LtCdr Hayakawa Mikio (44) 早川幹夫

10.12.28-30.11.29 

LtCdr Katsuhara Mitsuyoshi (45) 勝原満好

30.11.29-01.12.30

LtCdr Murakami Chonosuke (44) 村上暢之助

01.12.30-02.11.31

Lt Sasaki Hinoe (48) 佐々木丙二

02.11.31-01.12.31

LtCdr Hamano Motoichi (47) 浜野元一

01.12.31-10.03.32

LtCdr Koyama Takeo (46) 小山猛夫

10.03.32-01.11.33

LtCdr Narutomi Takemitsu (48) 成富有剛

01.11.33-15.11.35

LtCdr Ugaki Tamaki (50) 宇垣 環

15.11.35-26.05.36

LtCdr Aiko Fumio (51) 愛甲文雄

26.05.36-01.12.36

LtCdr Uesugi Yoshio (50) 上杉義男

01.12.36-15.10.37

LtCdr Aoki Kyuji (50) 青木久治

15.10.37-21.02.38

LtCdr Iwagami Jiichi (50) 岩上次一

21.02.38-01.12.38

LtCdr Yamashita Tatsuki (51) 山下達喜

01.12.38-10.02.39

Reserve 

10.02.39-15.10.40

Resv Lt Tsutitori Ei 土取 英

15.10.40-12.09.41

Resv Lt Kumai Zentaro熊井 善太郎

12.09.41-20.09.43

 

 

Patrol Boat 36   36号哨戒艇

Class: Momi

Civilian Call Sign: JJHQ

Ordered: 1917

Builder: Fujinagata Zosensho, Osaka

Laid Down: 06.12.19

Launched: 17.11.20

Completed: 25.05.21 (as Fuji)

DesDiv 15/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.06.21-01.12.22

DesDiv 15/Kure Guard 01.12.22-01.12.23

DesDiv 15/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.12.23-01.12.26

DesDiv 15/Kure Guard 01.12.26-01.12.27

DesDiv 15/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.12.27-01.12.30

DesDiv 15/Kure Guard 01.12.30-01.12.37

DesDiv 15/4 Fleet 01.12.37-20.02.39

Conversion 1940-

Renamed 01.04.40

PB Div 1/Base Force 32/3 Fleet 20.11.41-

1 Maritime Escort/SW Area Fleet 01.04.43-15.11.43

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 15.11.43-25.12.43

Base Force 22/2 South Exp/SW Area 25.12.43-02.02.45

Base Force 22/2 South Exp/10th Area Fleet 02.02.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 10.08.46

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Kamiyama Tadashi (34) 神山 忠

01.03.21-01.12.22

LtCdr Wakagi Ganji (36) 若木元次

01.12.22-01.05.23

LtCdr Samura Yoshio (34) 佐村義男

01.05.23-01.12.23

LtCdr Iwahara Morie (36) 岩原盛恵

01.12.23-20.08.24

LtCdr Fujita Ruitaro (38) 藤田類太郎

20.08.24-01.02.26

LtCdr Takeda Kiyogo (38) 武田喜代吾

01.02.26-10.12.28 

LtCdr Shimazaki Toshio (44) 島崎利雄

10.12.28-01.12.30

Lt Kodota Kengo (47) 門田健吾 

01.12.29-05.10.30

Lt Hirose Sadatoshi (47) 広瀬貞年 

05.10.30-01.12.31

LtCdr Okamoto Yoshisuke (47) 岡本義助

01.12.31-10.03.32

Lt Shinohara Hiroshi (48) 篠原 弘

10.03.32-30.09.33

LtCdr Takahashi Kameshiro (49) 高橋亀四郎

30.09.33-15.11.34

Vacant

15.11.34-15.11.35

Lt Ugaki Tamaki (50) 宇垣 環

15.11.35-26.05.36

Lt Aiko Fumio (51) 愛甲文雄

26.05.36-01.12.36

LtCdr Uesugi Yoshio (50) 上杉義男

01.12.36-06.04.37

LtCdr Aiko Fumio (51) 愛甲文雄

06.04.37-01.12.37

LtCdr Kawasaki Mutsuro (51) 川崎陸郎

01.12.37-15.09.38

LtCdr Narusawa Sennao (52) 成沢千直

15.09.38-01.09.39 

Vacant        

10.02.39-20.11.40

Resv Kanazawa Masanori 神沢政徳

20.11.40-01.09.41

Resv LtCdr Akanuma Teruhiko 赤沼輝彦

01.09.41-15.03.43

Resv Lt Sekida Takaharu 關田敬治

15.03.43-15.02.44

Resv Lt Nakajima Reijo中島靈城

15.02.44-05.10.44

Resv Lt Noritake Shigeru則武 茂

05.10.44-25.12.44

Resv LtCdr Ishii Norikazu石井德和

25.12.44-15.01.45

Resv Lt Tanemura Toshio竹澤 定三

15.01.45-09.45

 

 

Patrol Boat 37   37号哨戒艇

Class: Momi

Civilian Call Sign: JJIQ

Ordered: 1917

Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo

Laid Down: 20.11.20

Launched: 19.05.21

Completed: 23.03.22 (as Hishi)

DesDiv 27/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 23.03.22-15.12.23

DesDiv 27/Sasebo Guard 15.12.23-01.12.25

DesDiv 27/DesRon 1/1Fleet 01.12.25-01.12.30

DesDiv 27/Sasebo Guard 01.12.30-15.12.38

DesDiv 34/Maizuru Guard 15.12.38-15.10.39

Conversion 1940-

Renamed 01.04.40

Base Force 2/3 Fleet 12.41-24.01.42

Fate: sunk by 24.01.42 at 0445hrs by USS Pope (DD-225) off Balikpapan, Borneo

Position: 01-24S 117-02E    

Dead: 35

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 17.04.42

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Imaizumi Yoshiakira (34) 今泉美啓

01.06.21-10.11.22

Vacant

10.11.22-01.12.22

LtCdr Takahashi Chuji (35) 高橋忠治

01.12.22-10.11.23

LtCdr Yamada Umezo (37) 山田梅蔵

01.12.23-01.12.24

Vacant        

01.09.24-01.12.24 

LtCdr Goto Eiji (37) 後藤英次

01.12.24-01.12.25

LtCdr Itagaki Sakan (39) 板垣成紀

01.12.25-01.11.27 

Vacant

01.11.26-15.11.27

LtCdr Kawahara Kinnosuke (39) 河原金之助

15.11.27-01.02.28

LtCdr Shinoda Katsukiyo (44) 渋谷勝清

01.02.28-30.11.29

LtCdr Kobe Yuji (45) 兄部勇次

30.11.29-21.11.30

LtCdr Shigehisa Chikashi (47) 重久親志

21.11.30-01.12.31

LtCdr Matsumoto Yoshi (48) 桝本 要

01.12.31-

Lt Yamashita Shizuo (50) 山下鎮雄

15.11.34-15.11.35

Vacant

15.11.35-10.08.37

LtCdr Ieki Konosuke (52) 家木幸之輔

10.08.37-15.11.37  

LtCdr Ishii Hagemi (52) 石井 励

15.11.37-15.12.38

LtCdr Hagio Tsutomu (52) 萩尾 力

15.12.38-10.02.39

Vacant        

10.02.39-15.05.40

Resv Lt Seto Sueyoshi 瀬戸末吉

15.05.40-15.05.41

Resv Lt Ikeda Torao池田虎雄  

15.05.41-24.01.42

 

 

Patrol Boat 38   38号哨戒艇

Class: Momi

Civilian Call Sign: JJJQ

Ordered: 1917

Builder:  Ishigawajima Zosensho, Osaka

Laid Down: 26.02.21

Launched:  14.03.22

Completed:  19.08.22 (as Yomogi)

DesDiv 28/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.12.22-01.12.23

DesDiv 28/Sasebo Guard 01.12.23-01.12.25

DesDiv 28/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.12.25-26.03.27

DesDiv 28/1 China Fleet 26.03.27-12.03.27

DesDiv 28/Sasebo Guard 12.05.27-17.04.28

DesDiv 28/2 China Fleet 17.04.28-10.12.28

DesDiv 28/Maizuru Guard 10.12.28-26.03.29

DesDiv 28/1 China Fleet 26.03.29-15.11.34

DesDiv 28/DesRon 5/3 Fleet 15.11.34-15.11.35

DesDiv 27/Sasebo Guard 15.11.35-15.12.38

DesDiv 34/Maizuru Guard 15.12.38-15.11.39

Conversion 15.11.39-

Renamed 01.04.40

Sasebo Guard Force 10.02.41-

PB Div 1/ Base Force 32/3 Fleet 20.11.41-10.02.42

1 Maritime Escort 07.08.42-

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 10.04.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet 10.12.44-10.03.45

Fate: sunk 25.11.44 at 0125hrs by USS Atule (SS-403) in Bashi Strait, Luzon, Philippines

Position: 20-14N 121-40E

Dead: 146

Saved: 0

Removed from Navy List 10.03.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Arima Tadashi (36) 有馬 直

20.03.22-01.12.24

LtCdr Ofuji Nomichi (39) 大藤正直

01.12.24-01.05.25

LtCdr Chousa Keikichi (37) 帖佐敬吉

01.05.25-01.12.26

LtCdr Ofuji Nomichi (39) 大藤正直

01.12.26-01.12.27

LtCdr Furuki Momozo (41) 古木百蔵

01.12.27-01.11.29

LtCdr Ijuin Matsuji (43) 伊集院松治

01.11.29-30.11.29 

LtCdr Hiroyoshi Fushimi (45) 伏見宮博義王

30.11.29-01.12.30

LtCdr Matsubara Hiroshi (45) 松原 博

01.12.30-02.11.31

LtCdr Amano Shigetaka (47) 天野重隆

02.11.31-17.05.33 

Lt Yamada Tetsuo (49) 山田鉄夫

17.05.33-01.07.34

Lt Tashiro Itaru (50) 田代 格

01.07.34-01.06.35

Lt Fujita Hiroshi (50) 藤田 浩

01.06.35-15.11.35

Vacant 

15.11.35-29.07.37

LtCdr Ieki Konosuke (52) 家木幸之輔

29.07.37-1511.37 

LtCdr Hagio Tsutomu (52) 萩尾 力

15.11.37-15.05.38

Resv Lt Tane Sumio種子壽美男

15.05.38-10.02.39

Vacant

10.02.39-15.05.41 

Resv Lt Tane Sumio種子壽美夫

15.05.41-20.06.43

*Resv Lt Takada Matao高田又男

20.06.43-25.11.44

 

 

Patrol Boat 39   39号哨戒艇

Class: Momi

Civilian Call Sign: JJLQ

Ordered: 1917

Builder: Fujinagata Zosenho, Oaka

Laid Down: 20.12.20

Launched: 15.03.22

Completed: 31.07.22 (as Tade)

DesDiv 28/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.12.22-01.12.23

DesDiv 28/Sasebo Guard 01.12.23-01.12.25

DesDiv 28/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.12.25-26.03.27

DesDiv 28/1 China Fleet 26.03.27-12.03.27

DesDiv 28/Sasebo Guard 12.05.27-17.04.28

DesDiv 28/2 China Fleet 17.04.28-10.12.28

DesDiv 28/Maizuru Guard 10.12.28-26.03.29

DesDiv 28/1 China Fleet 26.03.29-15.11.34

DesDiv 28/DesRon 5/3 Fleet 15.11.34-15.11.35

DesDiv 27/Sasebo Guard 15.11.35-15.12.38

DesDiv 34/Maizuru Guard 15.12.38-15.11.39

Conversion 15.11.39-01.04.40

Renamed 01.04.40

PB Div 1/ Base Force 32/3 Fleet 20.11.41-

1 Maritime Escort/SW Area Fleet 01.04.43-01.07.43

Fate: sunk 23.04.43 by USS Seawolf (SS-197) off Yonaguni Island, Ryukyu Islands

Position: 23-48N 122-42E  

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 01.07.43

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長 

 

LtCdr Wada Seizo (34) 和田省三

15.05.22-01.12.22

LtCdr Ishido Yuzo (36) 石戸勇三

01.12.22-01.05.23

LtCdr Ikeda Shichiro (38) 池田七郎

01.05.23-15.01.25

Vacant        

15.01.25-05.15.25

LtCdr Takeishi Hideto (38) 武石秀登

15.05.25-01.12.25

LtCdr Furuse Kurazo (38) 古瀬修三

01.12.25-01.12.26

LtCdr Kobayashi Kengo (42) 小林謙五

01.12.26-14.05.27

LtCdr Hatakeyama Koichiro (39) 畠山耕一郎

14.05.27-01.12.27

LtCdr Kumabe Isamu (42) 隈部 勇 

01.12.27-20.02.29

LtCdr Hirai Taiji (43) 平井泰次

20.02.29-01.12.30

LtCdr Sugiura Kaju (46) 杉浦嘉十

01.12.30-01.12.31

LtCdr Shoji Kiichiro (43) 荘司喜一郎

01.12.31-15.11.32  

LtCdr Machida Misao (46) 町田 操

15.11.32-15.11.33

LtCdr Arimoto Terumichi (50) 有本輝美智

15.11.33-

Vacant        

15.11.35-29.07.39

LtCdr Ieki Konosuke (52) 家木幸之輔

01.08.37- 01.12.38

LtCdr Hamanaka Shuichi (51) 浜中修一

01.12.38-24.06.39 

Vacant        

20.02.39-20.11.41

Resv Lt Kono Tadashi河野 正

20.11.41-23.04.43

 

 

Patrol Boat 46   46号哨戒艇

Class:  Wakatake

Civilian Call Sign: JJMQ

Ordered: 

Builder: Ishikawajima

Laid Down: 15.05.22

Launched: 14.04.23  

Completed:  21.05.24 (as Yugao)

DesDiv 16/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 21.05.24-01.12.25

DesDiv 16/Kure Guard 01.12.25-01.12.26

DesDiv 16/China Exp Fleet 01.12.26-01.12.27

DesDiv 16/DesRon 1/1 Fleet 01.12.27-01.12.30

DesDiv 16/China Exp Fleet 01.12.30-01.12.31

DesDiv 14/Maizuru Guard 01.12.31-10.12.39

Conversion 01.02.40

Renamed 

Kure Naval District 12.41-20.05.44

3 Maritime Escort/Yokosuka ND 20.05.44-10.01.45

Fate: sunk 10.11.44 at 0939hrs by USS Greenling (SS-213) SW of Cape Iro, Japan

Position: 34-40N 138-34E     

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.01.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Maruyama Yoshio (36) 丸山良雄

20.03.24-10.11.24

Lt Tokutomi Tadao (40) 徳富太多雄 

10.11.24-01.12.25

LtCdr Nakahara Tatsuhei (38) 中原達平

  01.12.25-01.11.26

LtCdr Hiratsuka Shiro (40) 平塚四郎

01.12.26-01.12.27

LtCdr Aruga Kosaku (45) 有賀幸作

01.11.29-01.12.30

LtCdr Amaya Yoshishige (47) 天谷嘉重

01.12.30-15.10.31

LtCdr Ishihata Shiro (46) 石畑四郎

15.10.31-01.12.32

LtCdr Nishikawa Kazuo (48) 西川一男

01.12.32-15.01.34

LtCdr Isohisa Kenma (48) 磯久研磨

15.01.34-15.11.34

LtCdr Suzuki Masaki (48) 鈴木正明

15.11.34-15.11.35

Lt Yasunami Masatoshi (50) 安並正俊

31.10.35-21.07.36

LtCdr Oishi Shininchi (49) 大石新一

21.07.36-01.12.36

Vacant

01.12.36-

Resv Lt Matsushima Minoru 松島 稔

   20.09.41-22.11.41

Resv Lt(jg) Kishimoto Shinichi 岸本信一

22.11.41-24.12.41

Resv Lt Yokota Tokujiro横田 德次郎

24.12.41-05.01.42

Resv Lt Kishimoto Shinichi岸本信一

05.01.42-10.42

Resv Lt Kito Takejiro 鬼頭 竹次郎

10.42-15.11.42

Resv Lt Sato Zentaro 佐藤 善太郎

15.11.42-02.43

Lt Taniura Hideo (65) 谷浦英雄

02.43-15.02.43

Resv Lt Yamazaki Minoru山崎 實

15.02.43-15.03.43

Resv Lt Ibuki Norishige雪吹周重

16.03.43-20.10.44

*Resv Lt Ninomiya Jinsaku二宮仁作

20.10.44-10.11.44

 

 

Patrol Boat 101                101号哨戒艇

Class: Simoon (S Class)

Ordered: 1917

Builder: Hawthorne Leslie

Laid Down: 17.01.18

Launched: 05.03.20

Completed: 01.04.22 HMS Thracian (D.86)

China Station           -25.12.41

Scuttled, 25.12.41

Commissioned 25.11.42

Yokosuka Naval District 01.10.42-09.45

Fate: surrendered atYokosuka. Scrapped 1946

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Henry Graham Dudley de Chair RN

14.08.38-12.11.40

Cdr (ret.) Arthur Luard Pears RN

12.11.40-25.12.41

Resv LtCdr Sugimoto Yasumasa杉本安政

06.01.43-01.11.43

Resv LtCdr Fukuchi Akiji福地秋二

01.11.43-23.06.44

 

 

Patrol Boat 102 102号哨戒艇  

Class: Clemson

Ordered:

Builder: Wm Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia

Laid Down: 19.09.19

Launched: 04.03.20

Completed: 15.09.20

USS Stewart (DD-224)

DesDiv 58/Asiatic Fleet 1922-01.03.42

Scuttled at Surabaya

Commissioned 15.06.43

2 South Exp/SW Area Fleet 15.06.43-02.02.45

2 South Exp/10th Area Fleet 02.02.45-30.04.45

Kure Naval District 30.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered at Saeki. Sunk as target off San Francisco 24.05.46

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Lt Scott Grisell Lamb  

15.09.20-09.12.21

Cdr Halsey Powell (1904)

09.12.21-11.05.22

LtCdr Howard Blaine Mecleary

11.05.22-20.07.22

LtCdr Norman Van der Veer

20.07.22-1923

LtCdr Herndon Kelly

1923-25.06.24

LtCdr Charles Lewis Best

25.06.24-1926

LtCdr Carleton Fanton Bryant (1914)   

1926 -

LtCdr Ryland Dillard Tisdale (1915)

30.09.28-31.10.29

Cdr Laurance Sprague Stewart

31.10.29-1930

LtCdr Samuel Power Jenkins (1915)

17.05.30-

LtCdr Carlton Fenton Bryant (1914)

25.06.32-

LtCdr John Boyd Mallard

09.05.34-29.08.37

LtCdr Ralph Orson Myers

29.08.37-06.05.39

LtCdr Donald Sidley Evans

06.05.39-18.05.40

LtCdr Harold Page Smith (1924)

18.05.40-02.03.42

Vacant

02.03.42-15.06.43

Resv Lt Mizutani Tamotsu水谷 保

15.06.43-07.45

Resv Lt Takeshita Yoshimasa 竹下義政

30.06.45-09.45

LtCdr Harold Huntington Ellison

29.10.45-17.04.46

Lt(jg) George T. Burns  

17.04.46-23.05.46

 

 

Patrol Boat 103 103号哨戒艇  

Class: Lapwing

Ordered:

Builder: Standard Shipbuilding, New York

Laid Down: 22.08.17

Launched: 20.03.18

Completed: 01.12.18

USS Finch (AM-9)

Mine Div 8/Asiatic Fleet  1922-01.04.42

Sunk, 11.04.42

Commissioned 01.04.43

3 South Exp Fleet/SW Area Fleet 01.04.43-12.01.45

Fate: sunk 12.01.45 at 1515hrs by US aircraft off Cape Fadaran

Position: 11-10N 108-39E

Dead: 23

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.03.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Lt John Conrad Lindberg

01.12.18-30.10.18

Lt Karl Rundquist

30.10.18-01.05.19

Lt(jg) Gustav Adolf Curt Leutritz

01.05.19-

Lt John Russell McMeekin

22.03.21-20.07.21

Lt(jg) William Hartenstein

20.07.21-13.09.22

LtCdr Benjamin Perlman

13.09.22-13.10.23

Lt Laurence Frye Safford

13.10.23-01.05.24

LtCdr Philip Williamson Yeatman

01.05.24-

LtCdr Alan Withers Ashrook

04.10.27-15.12.28

Lt John Walton Rogers

15.12.28-21.05.29

Lt Harry Arthur Rochester

01.05.29-

LtCdr Walter Lucian Taylor

28.08.30-1932

Lt Joseph Francis Dahlgren

03.06.33-

LtCdr Hyman George Rickover (1918)

13.04.35-

Lt Joyce Allen Ralph

14.08.37-1938

Lt Benjamin May

18.09.38-09.07.39

Lt Thurlow Weed Davison

09.07.39-11.04.42

Resv Lt Imazato Shichiro 今里七郎

01.04.43-12.01.45

 

 

Patrol Boat 104                104号哨戒艇

Builder: Mij. Fijenoord, Rotterdam

Laid Down: 

Launched: 19.10.29

Completed:

HMNhS Valk

Sunk: 08.03.42

Salvaged: 4.43

Commissioned: 01.09.43

Base Force 21/2 South Exp/SW Area 01.09.43-02.02.45

Base Force 21/2 South Exp/10th Area 05.02.45-30.04.45

Osaka Guard District 30.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, sunk 24.08.45 by mine off Nishiyama

Position:

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45 

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Komatsu Takashi 小松 孝

26.02.44-20.03.45

Resv Lt Maruyama Haruyoshi丸山春喜

20.03.45-09.45

 

 

Patrol Boat 105                105号哨戒艇

Builder: F. Schichu GmbH.

Laid Down:

Launched: 09.05.31

Completed: 06.07.31

Arayat

Capture: 02.01.42

Commissioned 01.09.43

3 South Exp/SW Area Fleet 01.09.43-10.01.45

Fate: sunk 28.11.44 by USS PT-127 and USS PT-331 in Ormoc Bay, Leyte, Philippines

Position: 10-59N 124-33E    

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.01.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Hiraishi Kiyoshi 平石 廉

01.09.43-01.07.44

Resv Lt Kosaka Minezo香坂峯三

01.07.44-28.11.44

 

 

Patrol Boat 106                106号哨戒艇

Builder: Burgerhauts, Rotterdam

Laid Down: 15.08.28

Launched: 14.11.29

Completed: 04.11.30

HMNhS Banckert (BK)

Sunk: 02.03.42

Salavaged: 20.04.44

2 South Exp/SW Area Fleet 31.07.44-02.02.45

2 South Exp/10th Area Fleet 02.02.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered at Surabaya. Sunk as target ship 09.49

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Lambert Johan Goslings

30.09.40-02.03.42

Resv Lt Tanaka Buichi 田中武一

15.07.44-09.45

 

 

Patrol Boat 107                107号哨戒艇

Builder: Maryland Steel, Sparrrows Point

Laid Down:

Launched:

Completed: 01.12.05

Monocacy

USS Genessee (AT-55) 27.07.17-

Cavite Navy Yard/16 Naval District          -05.05.42

Sunk 05.05.42

Salvaged: 20.04.44

Sasebo Naval District 29.06.44-31.07.44

3 South Exp/SW Area Fleet 31.07.44-10.01.45

Fate: sunk 06.11.44 by US aircraft off Lubang Island, Philippines

Position: 14-23N 120-25E

Dead: 35

Saved: 

Removed from Navy List 10.01.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Charles Tissell

10.11.17-31.01.18

Lt(jg) Gustave Kolle

31.01.18-08.02.21

ChBosn Benjamin Singles

08.02.21-30.08.23

ChBosn Michael Brensnahan

30.08.23-12.11.23

ChBosn Farrell Overall

12.11.23-09.03.29

ChBosn Leonard Douglas

09.03.29-15.11.30

ChBosn Lafayette Guy

16.11.30-04.10.31

ChBosn Raymond A Calkins

04.10.31-12.08.33

ChBosn Harold L Arnold

12.08.33-30.09.36

ChBosn William W Dyer

30.09.36-18.08.40

Bosn Eugene C Boyd

18.08.40-05.05.42

*Resv Lt Yamada Tsunezo山田常三

29.06.44-05.11.44

 

 

Patrol Boat 108                108号哨戒艇

Builder: Mij. Fijenoord, Rotterdam

Laid Down: 05.07.28

Launched: 21.05.29

Completed: 16.01.38

HMNhS Arend

Sunk 01.03.42

Salvaged: 29.02.44

Base Force 22/2 South Exp/SW Area 31.07.44-02.02.45

Base Force 22/2 South Exp/10th Area Fleet 02.02.45-10.05.45

Fate: sunk 28.03.45 off Maniang Island

Position: 04-14S 121-28E

Dead: 69

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.05.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長 

 

Resv Lt Yamada Mitsuru山田 満

31.07.44-28.03.45

 

 

Patrol Boat 109 109号哨戒艇

Builder: Marinewerft, Soerabaja

Laid Down:

Launched:

Completed:  1931

HMNhS Fazant

Sunk: 01.03.42

Salvaged: 15.10.44

2 South Exp/SW Area Fleet 15.10.44-02.02.45

2 South Exp/10th Area Fleet 02.02.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1954

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Amako Takeichi尼子竹一

25.03.45-09.45

 

 

 

Frigates               Kaibokan

 

Aguni    粟国     ニグア

Island off Okinawa

Class: Ukuru

Ordered: 1942 Program (#337)

Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohama

Laid Down: 21.09.44

Launched:  21.09.44

Completed: 02.12.44

Kure Defense Sqd/Kure Naval District 02.12.24-17.01.45

01 Escort Fleet/General Escort 17.01.45-25.04.45

31 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 25.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Higai Toshio檜貝俊夫

01.09.44-30.09.45

Vacant

30.09.45-

Officers for Engineer Officer Duty

 

Resv Lt Yamaji Seiichi 山地誠一

19.07.44-01.05.45

Resv Lt Matsumoto Bin 松本敏

01.05.45-30.09.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Oka Sada

01.09.44-30.09.45

 

 

Amakusa            天草     サクマア

Island south of Nagasaki

Class: Etorofu  

Ordered: 1941 War Program

Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima

Laid Down: 05.04.43

Launched: 30.09.43

Completed: 20.11.43

2 Maritime Escort/General Escort 20.11.43-18.07.44

Yokosuka Naval District 18.07.44-

Fate: sunk 09.08.45 by aircraft from HMS Formidable in Onagawa Bay, Japan

Position: 38-26N 141-30E

Dead: 71 dead

Saved: 

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Shinoda Yoshitomo篠田良知

15.10.43-06.05.44

LtCdr Matsui Toshio (65) 松井利夫

06.05.44-20.02.45

Resv LtCdr Naito Shigeru内藤 蕃

20.02.45-30.07.45

Resv LtCdr Sakano Masami坂野正己

30.07.45-09.45

Gunnery Officer (Hōjutsuchō) 砲術長

 

S.D.Lt Isono Masanori

25.10.43-01.02.44

S.D.Lt Abe Gunki

01.02.44-

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Mitani Kenkichi

20.10.43-18.08.45 

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長  

 

Resv Lt Imafuka Masayoshi 

25.10.43-20.08.44

Resv Lt Fukudome Morikame 

20.08.44-28.03.45

Resv Lt Sakuta Eiji 

28.03.45-18.08.45

 

 

Amami 奄美     ミマア 

Island south of Nagasaki

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:      (#336)

Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohama

Laid Down: 14.02.44

Launched: 30.11.44

Completed: 08.04.45   

Kure Defense Squadron/Kure Naval District 08.04.45-27.04.45

31 Coast Defense Sqd/1 Escort Fleet 27.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Kita Yasaburo北弥三郎

01.11.44-31.10.45

Cdr Tomita Toshihiko (59) 富田敏彦

31.10.45- 29.11.45

LtCdr Tanaka Tsuneji (64) 田中常治

29.11.45-01.03.46

LtCdr Morinaga Masahiko (59) 森永正彦

01.03.46-

LtCdr Nagoshi Yuukou (66) 名越有幸 

              -14.11.46

Lt Nagai Hiroshi (67) 永井 博

14.11.16-

Officers for Gunnery Duty

 

S.D Lt(jg) Mori Takichi

30.09.44- 09.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Kanzaki Shinzo

05.11.44-05.07.45

Resv Lt Nakajima Goro

05.07.45-

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長

 

 

 

Awaji    淡路     ジワア

Island in Osaka Bay

Class: Mikura

Ordered: 1941 War Program (#325)

Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima

Laid Down: 01.06.43

Launched: 30.10.43

Completed: 25.01.44

Kure Defense Sqd/Kure Naval District 25.01.45-15.02.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 15.02.44-02.06.44

Fate: sunk 02.06.44 at 0245hrs by USS Picuda (SS-382) off Yasho Island, Japan

Position: 22-34N 121-51E

Dead: 76

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.07.44

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv LtCdr Niki Kouzou仁木幸造

30.12.43-02.06.44

Gunnery Officer (Hōjutsuchō) 砲術長

 

*S.D.Lt(jg) Honda Seiichi 本田政一

10.12.44-02.06.44

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

*Resv Lt(jg) Tanaka Koichi 田中孝一

30.1.43-02.06.44

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長

 

*Resv Lt(jg) Kariya Mitsuo 刈谷満雄

08.12.43-02.06.44

Mine Officer (Kiraicho) 機雷長

 

*S.D.Lt(jg) Kurata Soichi 倉田宗一

10.12.43-02.06.44

 

 

Chiburi 千振     リブチ

Island north of Matsue, Honshu

Class: Mikura

Ordered: 1941 War Program (#327)

Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohoma

Laid Down: 20.07.43

Launched: 30.11.43

Completed: 03.04.44

Kure Defense Squadron/Kure Naval District 03.04.44-24.05.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 24.05.44-10.07.44

1 Coast/1 Maritime/General Escort 10.07.44-10.12.44

1 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-10.03.45

Fate: sunk 12.01.45 at 1130hrs by US aircraft off Cape St. Jacques, Indochina

Position: 10-20N 107-50E

Dead: 88

Saved:

Removed from Navy List: 10.03.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv Cdr Ishiyama Teizo石山泰三

30.01.44-12.01.45

 Officers for Gunnery Duty

 

*Lt(jg) Yuda Akira

               -12.01.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Takada Hatsu

30.01.44-12.01.45

 

 

Chikuba              竹生     ブクチ

Island in Shiga Prefecture

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:     (#5253)

Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo

Laid Down: 08.09.44

Launched: 24.01.44

Completed: 31.12.44

Sasebo Naval District 31.12.44-26.02.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 26.02.45-25.04.45

22 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 25.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1962

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Matsushima Takuo松島卓男

10.12.44-10.06.46

Vacant

10.06.46-05.03.47

Capt Ikehara Tetsuo (48) 池端鉄郎 

05.03.47-26.06.47

Lt Uda Hiromi (69) 宇田広美

26.06.47-10.09.47

Cdr Yamana Hiroo (55) 山名寛雄

10.09.47-

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Ito Michio

10.12.44-30.09.45

Lt(jg) Imamura Bunshiro (73) 今村 文四郎

30.09.45-15.01.46

Lt(jg) Oshimoto Naomasa (72) 押本直正

15.01.46-

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長

 

Resv Lt Adachi Kyohei

13.12.44-30.11.45

 

 

Daito     大東     トイダ

Island east of Okinawa

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:   (#335)

Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima

Laid Down: 14.04.44

Launched: 24.06.14

Completed: 07.08.44

Kure Guard Force  07.08.44-11.09.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 11.09.44-15.11.44

101 Escort/1 Escort Fleet 15.11.44-10.12.44

101 Escort/General Escort 10.12.44-25.03.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 25.03.45-25.04.45

22 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 25.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered. Sunk 16.11.45 by mine in Tsushima Strait

Position:                    

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Uchizaki Tsuyoshi内崎 強

05.07.44-20.05.45

*Resv LtCdr Nishibe Teizo西部貞三

20.05.45-16.11.45

Mine Officer (Kiraicho) 機雷長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Nakamoto Masanori

01.07.45-16.11.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Kanzaki Shinzo

10.07.44-19.08.44

Resv Lt(jg) Nakano Eihachi

19.08.44-

*Lt(jg) Aikawa Hideo (73) 芥川英郎 

              -16.11.45

 

 

Etorofu 択捉     フロトエ   

Island in the Kuril Chain

Class: Etorofu  

Ordered: 1941 War Program (#310)

Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima

Laid Down: 23.02.42

Launched: 19.01.43

Completed: 25.03.43

Sasebo Defense Force 25.03.43-01.06.43

1 Maritime Escort/SW Area Fleet 01.06.43-15.11.43

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 15.11.43-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-25.12.44

Kuriles Base Force/12 Air Fleet 25.12.44-10.04.45

104 Escort/1 Escort Fleet 10.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Cdr Maeda Saki前田 岬

13.04.43-20.08.43

Cdr Oka Iwao (50) 岡 厳

20.08.43-01.02.44

Cdr Ikeda Akira (50) 池田 暎

01.02.44-01.07.44

Resv Cdr Sugimoto Yasumasa杉本安政

01.07.44-08.11.45

Cdr Namiki Hideo (59) 並木秀夫

08.11.45-01.04.46

Lt 繼 一

01.04.46-25.07.46

LtCdr Mizoguchi Tomoji (66) 溝口智司

25.07.46-20.01.47

Vacant

20.01.47-17.07.47

Lt Kusano Ieyasu (72) 草野家康 

17.07.47-05.08.47

Gunnery Officer (Hōjutsuchō) 砲術長

 

Lt(jg) Jinbo Masaharu (69) 神保正春

05.05.43-01.11.43

Unknown Special Duty Officer

01.11.43- 

Mine Officer (Kiraicho) 機雷長

 

Vacant

15.05.43-01.07.45

Resv Lt(jg) Yaguchi Tetsuo

01.07.45-30.11.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Kuwahata Takehiko

20.04.43-01.05.45

Resv Lt(jg) Morita Kazuo

01.05.45-30.09.45

Lt Takai Taro (70) 高井太郎

30.09.45-30.11.45

Lt(jg) Tsunehiro Eiichi (71) 常広栄一

30.11.45-01.02.46

Lt Taguchi Hideo (71) 田口英夫

01.02.46-

Lt Saito Goro (72) 斉藤五郎

              -01.02.47

Lt(jg) Kusano Ieyasu (72) 草野家康 

01.02.47-15.07.47

 

 

Fukue   福江     エカフ

Island off the west coast of Honshu

Class: Etorofu  

Ordered: 1941 War Program (#314)

Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo

Laid Down: 30.10.42

Launched: 02.04.43

Completed:  15.07.43

2 Maritime Escort/4 Fleet 15.07.43-15.11.43

2 Maritime Escort/General Escort 15.11.43-10.04.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 10.04.44-10.07.44

Ominato Guard District 10.07.44-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Egawa Shigeyoshi江川重良

29.05.43-28.06.43

LtCdr Kouse Shinjiro廣瀬信治郎

28.06.43-

Resv LtCdr Okabe Tsuyoshi岡部 毅

28.06.43-20.09.44

Resv LtCdr Watanuki Yuji綿貫有士

20.09.44-07.45

Resv LtCdr Tanihara Junzo谷原準造

07.45-30.10.45

LtCdr Yasu Heisuke (60) 安 平輔

30.10.45-20.01.46

Capt Tagahara Yoshitaro (50) 田ケ原義太郎

20.01.46-10.05.47

Vacant

10.05.47-12.05.47

Lt Hoshide Takaomi (67) 星出隆臣 

12.05.47-

Officer for Gunnery Duty  (Hōjutsuchō) 砲術長

 

None

 

Mine Officer (Kiraicho) 機雷長

 

S.D.Lt Noguchi Kozaburo

              -01.07.45

Resv Lt(jg) Nagase Susumu

01.07.45-30.11.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Kawahara Naoichi 川原直市

10.06.43-20.10.44

Resv Lt(jg) Suzuki Saburo

20.10.44-01.08.45

Resv Lt Sagara Shusaku

01.08.45-05.10.45

Lt Adachi Yoshiji (72) 足立喜次

05.10.45-15.10.46

Lt Kousei Nobuyoshi (72) 香西宣良    

15.10.46-15.01.47

Lt Kanda Hideo (71) 神田英夫

15.01.47-01.02.47

Lt(jg) Tsuji Masuo (72) 辻 満寿夫

01.02.47-16.07.47

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長  

 

Resv Lt Sano Sannosuke 

28.06.43-01.02.45

Resv Lt Kaneda Saburo 

01.02.45-10.08.45

Resv Lt Takeuchi Sakae  

10.08.45-20.09.45

Lt Tashiro Hikokuma (Eng.49) 田代彦熊 

20.09.45-

Lt Nishio Shun’ichi 

25.02.47-

 

 

Habushi              羽節     シブハ

Island in Kagawa Prefecture, Shikoku

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:  (#

Builder: Mitsui, Tamano

Laid Down: 20.09.44

Launched: 20.11.44

Completed: 20.02.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort Fleet 20.02.45-25.04.45

103 Escort/1 Escort Fleet 25.04.45-10.07.45

103 Escort/7 Fleet 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Cdr Matsushima Minoru松島稔中

15.11.44-15.11.45

Cdr Horinouchi Toshio (59) 堀之内敏男

15.11.45-25.11.45

LtCdr Uesugi Kazuaki (63) 上杉一秋

25.11.45-

 Takeda Shintaro 武田 新太郎

              -10.10.46

Lt Kanno Kiichiro (70) 菅野 喜一郎

10.10.46-28.12.46

Vacant

28.12.46-

Mine Officer (Kiraicho) 機雷長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Chosa Nagataka

01.07.45-30.11.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Ishida Sadayoshi

15.11.44-20.09.45

Lt Furumoto Hiroshi (71) 古本 浩

20.09.45-17.04.46

Vacant

17.04.46-08.10.46

Lt(jg) Yanagisawa Michio (73) 柳沢 三千雄

08.10.46-10.02.47

Lt Yoshida Osamu (72) 吉田 修

10.02.47-06.09.47

 

 

Habuto 波太     トブハ

Island

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:   (#

Builder: Hitachi, Sakurajima

Laid Down: 03.12.44

Launched: 28.02.45

Completed: 10.06.45

102 Escort/1 Escort/General Escort 10.06.45-05.07.45

2 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 05.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 23.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Ichinose Shiro一ノ瀬志朗

01.02.45-10.10.45

LtCdr Takada Toshio (64) 高田敏夫

10.10.45-27.11.45

Cdr Tsunomachi Yohei (56) 角町与平

27.11.45-01.03.46

Capt Okajima Takashi (50) 岡島 孝

01.03.46-06.01.47

Vacant

01.06.47-12.05.47

LtCdr Nambu Nobuyuki (61) 南部伸清

12.05.47-

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Hayano Rokuro

01.02.45-10.10.45

Lt Tachikawa Tadashi (72) 太刀川 正 

10.10.45-11.11.46

Lt(jg) Saito Yasumasa (73)  斎藤泰正

11.11.46-26.02.47

Lt(jg) Kajioka Setsuo (71) 梶岡節夫

 26.02.47-01.07.47

 

 

Hachijo 八丈     ジヨチハ

Island 290km south of Tokyo

Class: Shimushu

Civilian Call Sign: JVEA

Ordered:

Builder: Sasebk Kaign Kosho

Laid Down: 03.08.39

Launched: 10.04.40

Completed: 31.03.41

Ominato Guard District 31.03.41-15.03.44

Kuriles Base Force/NE Area Fleet 15.03.44-05.12.44

12 Air Fleet 05.12.44-10.04.45

104 Escort/Ominato Guard District 10.04.45-08.06.45

104 Escort/12 Air Fleet 08.06.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長 

 

Cdr Fujimaki Yoshinori (46) 藤牧義徳

10.12.40-05.03.42

Cdr Isohisa Kenma (48) 磯久研磨

05.03.42-18.10.43 

LtCdr Namiki Hideo (59) 並木秀夫

18.10.43-08.11.45

Gunnery Officer (Hōjutsuchō) 砲術長

 

Lt(jg) Okada Tadashi (66) 岡田 正

25.01.41-03.12.42

Lt(jg) Miyamoto Yoshihiro (68) 宮本義弘

03.12.42-30.09.43

Lt(jg) Matsuzaki Hiroe (71) 松崎弘栄

30.09.43-01.09.44

Mine Officer (Kiraicho) 機雷長

 

Vacant

31.03.41-01.07.45

Resv Lt(jg) Kishi Kyuzan

01.07.45-09.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Yamagata Haruo 山縣春雄

25.01.41-29.08.42

Resv Lt(jg) Kubo Shizumi

29.08.42-20.08.43

Resv Lt(jg) Ito Minoru

20.08.43-09.02.45

Resv Lt(jg) Saito Kichihei

09.02.45-01.07.45

Resv Lt Fujii Takeo

01.07.45-30.11.45

Medical Officer (Gunichō) 軍医長

 

Lt(jg) Imamura Yoshio 

15.03.41-01.07.42

 

 

Hiburi    日振     リブヒ

Island in Bungo Strait

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:    (#333)

Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima

Laid Down: 03.01.44

Launched: 10.04.44

Completed: 27.06.44

Kure Defense Squadron/Kure Naval District 27.06.44-04.08.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 04.08.44-10.10.44

Fate: sunk 22.08.44 at 0755hrs by USS Harder (SS-257) 25 miles wes of Manila, Luzon, Philippines

Position: 14.15N 120.05E

Dead: 169

Saved: 121

Removed from Navy List 10.10.44

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*LtCdr Ishikawa Hiroshi (64) 石川 浩

27.06.44-22.08.44

Officers for Gunnery Officer Duty

 

unknown

27.06.44-22.08.44

Officers for Mine Officer Duty

 

*S.D.Lt(jg) Ikeda Gynji 池田軍治

10.05.44-22.08.44

Officers for Navigation Officer Duty

 

*Resv Lt Kikuchi Kenjiro 菊地健次郎

10.05.44-22.08.44

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長  

 

*Resv Lt Nagaoka Tomio  長岡富美夫

01.04.44-22.08.44

 

 

Hirado  平戸     トラヒ

Island NW of Nagasaki

Class: Etorofu  

Ordered: 1941 War Program (#318)

Builder:  Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima

Laid Down: 02.11.42

Launched: 30.06.43

Completed: 01.11.43 

2 Maritime Escort/4 Fleet 01.11.43-15.11.43

2 Maritime Escort/General Escort 15.11.43-18.07.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 18.07.44-10.11.44

Fate: sunk 12.09.44 at 0200hrs by USS Growler (SS-215) 240 miles south of Hong Kong, China 

Position: 17-54N 114-49E

Dead: 107

Saved: 100 

Removed from Navy List 10.11.44

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv Cdr Segawa Iwao瀬川岩雄

28.09.43-12.09.44 

Gunnery Officer (Hōjutsuchō) 砲術長

 

*S.D.Lt(jg) Uchino Shotaro

05.09.43-12.09.44

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Ikeuchi Yoshichika

01.09.43-05.11.43

*Resv Lt(jg) Ikawa Hiroshi

05.11.43-12.09.44

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長  

 

*Lt Makihara Sojiro 

28.09.43-12.09.44

 

 

Hodaka               保高     カダホ

Island in Yamaguchi Prefecture

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:    (#5256)

Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo

Laid Down: 27.11.44

Launched: 28.01.45

Completed: 30.03.45

Kure Guard 30.03.45-03.06.45

102 Escort/1 Escort/General Escort 03.06.45-05.07.45

2 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 05.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Fujimoto Eizo藤本榮左

10.02.45-16.10.45

LtCdr Honda Toshiharu (64) 本多敏治

16.10.45-11.04.46

Vacant

11.04.46-20.04.46

LtCdr Maeda Ichiro (57) 前田一郎

20.04.46-25.12.46

Vacant

25.12.46-10.07.47

Fujikawa Kenji 冨士川 賢次

10.07.47-

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Takai Masatoshi

10.02.45-12.11.45

Lt Iwakoshi Bukuo (71) 岩越朴雄

12.11.45-30.11.45

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長

 

S.D.Lt Ito Moriharu

05.02.45-30.11.45

 

 

Ikara     伊唐     ラカイ

Island in Kagoshima Prefecture

Class: Ukuru   

Ordered:

Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo

Laid Down: 26.12.44

Launched: 22.02.45

Completed: 30.04.45

Kure Defense Sqd/Kure Naval District 30.04.45-05.05.45

51 Coast Defense Sqd/1 Escort Fleet 05.05.45-23.07.45

1 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 23.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, 1946 sunk as breakwater

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長 

 

Resv LtCdr Matsumura Soichiro松村総一郎

19.02.45-08.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Oba Tadao

02.20.45-10.04.45

Resv Lt Furubeppu Morikichi

10.04.45-09.45

 

 

Iki          壱岐     キイ

Island 30km off Kyushu

Class: Etorofu  

Ordered: 1941 War Program (#323)

Builder: Mitsui, Tamano

Laid Down: 02.05.42

Launched: 05.02.43

Completed: 31.05.43

Kure Defense Sqd/Kure Naval District 31.05.43-20.04.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 20.04.44-24.05.44

Fate: sunk 24.05.44 at 0240hrs by USS Raton (SS-270) 150 miles west of Sarawak, Borneo

Position: 01-17N 107-53E

Dead: 160

Saved: 18

Removed from Navy List: 10.07.44

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長 

 

*LtCdr Nakao Kusuo (57) 中尾九州男

15.05.43-24.05.44

Gunnery Officer (Hōjutsuchō) 砲術長

 

S.D.Lt(jg) Yajima Shuhei (69) 矢島修平

22.05.43-01.11.43

Vacant

01.11.43-24.05.44

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

*Resv Lt(jg) Nakagawa Shogoro

11.05.43-24.05.44

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長  

 

 

 

Ikino     生野     ノキ

Island in Hiroshima Prefecture

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:

Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo

Laid Down: 03.01.45

Launched: 11.03.45

Completed: 17.07.45

51 Coast Defense Sqd/1 Escort Fleet 17.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered,

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長 

 

Resv LtCdr Hansawa Akio榛澤精男

03.03.45-05.04.45

Resv LtCdr Matsumura Soichiro 松村総一郎

05.04.45-30.04.45

Vacant

30.04.45-04.05.45

Resv LtCdr Nihei Kou二瓶 甲

04.05.45-25.11.45

Cdr Akabori Jiro (55) 赤堀次郎

25.11.45-02.10.46

Yamana Hiroshi山名 寛

02.10.46-

Mine Officer (Kiraicho) 機雷長

 

Resv Lt Hara Shohei

01.07.45-

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Yoshikawa Seizo

10.03.45-30.09.45

Lt Matsumoto Takeshi (71) 松本 崇

30.09.45-20.03.47

Lt Yamagi Makoto (70) 山地 誠 

20.03.47-29.07.47

 

 

Ikuno    生名     ノク   

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:

Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima

Laid Down: 30.06.44

Launched: 14.09.44

Completed: 15.10.44

Kure Defense Squadron/Kure Naval District 15.10.44-20.10.44

21 Coast/1 Maritime/General Escort 20.10.44-10.12.44

21 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-10.07.45

21 Coast/7 Fleet 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1963

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Inoue Junzo井上純造

30.09.44-01.06.45

Resv Lt Tsuji Shinichiro辻 眞一郎

01.06.45-30.09.45

Lt Ichiki Toshio (67) 市来俊男

30.09.45-05.10.45

Lt Fujii Takehiro (72) 藤井武弘

05.10.45-10.07.46 

Vacant

10.07.46-03.05.47

Capt Urayama Chiyosaburo (51) 浦山千代三郎

03.05.47-26.06.47

Resv LtCdr Shimamura Kazuchiyo 島村和猪

26.06.47-

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Yamaguchi Shizuo

10.09.44-20.06.45

Resv Lt Nishimura Yasuhiro

20.06.45-09.45

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長

 

Resv Lt Higashino Hisao 東野寿夫

10.09.44-20.04.45

Unknown

20.04.45-09.45

 

 

Inagi      稲木     ギナイ 

Island in Kagawa Prefecture

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:

Builder: Mitsui, Tamano

Laid Down: 15.05.44

Launched: 25.09.44

Completed: 26.01.45

Kure Defense Sqd/Kure Naval District 26.12.44-26.01.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 26.01.45-25.04.45

12 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 25.04.45-09.08.45

Fate: sunk 09.08.45 by HMS Formidable in Onagawa Bay, Japan

Position:

Dead: 29

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv Cdr Yamada Chuuta山田忠太

01.09.44-09.08.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

*Resv Lt Karachi Iwao

01.11.44-09.08.45

 

 

Ioshima               五百島 マシオイ 

Five Hundred Islands

Class: Ning Hai  

Ordered: 1930

Builder: Harima

Laid Down: 20.02.31

Launched: 10.10.31

Completed: 01.09.32   as Ning Hai

Sunk 25.09.37 at Nanking, China

Raised 04.38

Barracks ship at Aioi 1938-12.43

Conversion at Harima, Aioi 12.43-20.06.44

Commissioned 10.06.44

Kure Naval District 10.06.44-20.06.44

Yokosuka Guard Force 20.06.44-19.09.44

Fate: sunk 19.09.44 by USS Shad (SS-235) 85 miles from Hachiji Jima

Position: 33-40N 138-20E   

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.11.44

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv LtCdr Fukuchi Akiji福地秋二

31.05.44-19.09.44

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Takagi Hideo

01.06.44-04.07.44

Resv Lt(jg) Ishihara Jingo

04.07.44-19.09.44

 

 

Ishigaki               石垣     キガシイ

Island 250km SW of Okinawa

Class: Shimushu

Civilian Call Sign: JVAA

Ordered: 1937

Builder: Mitsui, Tamano

Laid Down: 15.08.39

Launched: 14.09.40

Completed: 15.02.41

Ominato Guard District 15.02.41-16.01.44

2 Maritime Escort 16.01.44-15.03.44

Kuriles Base Force/NE Area Fleet 15.03.44-10.07.44

Fate: sunk 31.05.44 by USS Herring (SS-233) 70 miles west of Matsuwa, Kuril Islands

Position: 48-30N 151-30E

Dead: 167

Saved: 0 (maybe 1 saved by USS Barb SS-220)

Removed from Navy List 10.07.44

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Cdr Fujitani Ataka (46) 藤谷安宅

15.02.41-03.09.41

Cdr Kawano Yasushi (47) 河野 康

03.09.41-01.10.43

*Resv LtCdr Seto Sueyoshi瀬戸末吉

01.10.43-31.05.44

Gunnery Officer (Hōjutsuchō) 砲術長

 

Lt(jg) Takahashi Hisamaro (65) 高橋久麿

15.01.42-01.04.42

Lt(jg) Usui Hiroshi (66) 臼井 宏

01.04.42-01.10.43

*S.D.Lt(jg) Ohashi Shozo大橋正三

01.10.43-31.05.44 

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Nakajima Teizo 中島汀藏

16.12.40-25.03.43

Resv Lt Matsushita Yukio 松下幸夫

25.03.43-25.08.43

*Resv Lt Endo Hiroshi

25.08.43-31.05.44

Mine Officer (Kiraicho) 機雷長

 

*S.D.Lt(jg) Suzuki Tomezo 鈴木留蔵

             -31.05.44

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長  

 

Unknown

15.02.41-10.03.43

Resv Lt(jg) Ishikawa  Motojiro 

10.03.43-15.11.43

*Resv Lt(jg) Kansho Junkichi 

15.11.43-31.05.44

Medical Officer (Gunichō) 軍医長

 

Lt(jg) Chiba Tomomasa 

01.02.41-01.07.42

 

 

Iwo        伊王     ウオイ

Island in the Bonin Chain

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:

Builder: Maizuru Kaigun Kosho

Laid Down: 25.11.44

Launched: 12.02.45

Completed: 24.06.45

Kure Defense Sqd/Kure Naval District 24.06.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Kodera Touji小寺藤治

14.03.45-20.11.45

Cdr Sekido Yoshimitsu (57) 関戸好蜜

20.11.45-22.01.46

Cdr Hirayama Toshio (55) 平山敏男

22.01.46-26.04.46

Capt Miyata Eizo (49) 宮田栄造

26.04.46-23.12.46

Vacant

23.12.46-

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Kuwata Toshihiko

20.02.45-30.09.45 

Lt Furuse Taro

30.09.45-10.01.46

Lt Otobe Eiji (71) 乙部英爾 

10.01.46-18.04.46

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長

 

Resv Lt Kambara Shigeo

20.02.45-09.45

 

 

Kanawa               金輪     ワナカ

Island in Hiroshima Bay

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:

Builder: Mitsui, Tamano

Laid Down: 20.01.44

Launched: 15.11.44

Completed: 14.03.45

Kure Guard Unit 14.03.45-05.05.45

103 Escort/1 Escort/General Escort 05.05.45-10.07.45

103 Escort/7 Fleet 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長 

 

Resv LtCdr Takahashi Atsushi高橋 熟

10.02.45-01.11.45

Cdr Ishitobi Ishibashi (58) 石飛 矼 

01.11.45-05.01.46

LtCdr Yokota Hajime (56) 横田 元

05.01.46-05.05.46 

Capt Ogata Tomoe (50) 緒方友兄

05.05.46-17.07.47

LtCdr Mizoguchi Tomoji (66) 溝口智司

17.07.47-

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Ibi Dan

10.02.45-24.03.47

Lt(jg) Oshimoto Tadamasa (72) 押本直正

24.03.47-14.08.47

 

 

Kanju    干珠     ジュンカ

Class: Etorofu  

Ordered: 1941 War Program (#322)

Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo

Laid Down: 08.04.43

Launched: 07.08.43

Completed: 30.10.43

1 Maritime Escort/SW Area Fleet 30.10.43-15.11.43

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 15.11.43-20.10.44

21 Coast/1 Maritime/General Escort 20.10.44-10.12.44

21 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 10.12.44-25.04.45

102 Escort/1 Escort Fleet 25.04.45-05.07.45

2 Coast Defense Sqd/1 Escort Fleet 05.07.45-09.45

Fate: sunk 15.08.45 off Wonsan, Korea by mine

Position: 39-10N 127-27E

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Hijioka Torajiro肱岡 虎次郎

30.10.43-01.11.44

LtCdr Kuwahara Tetsuo (62) 桑原哲郎

01.11.44-20.10.45

Vacant

20.10.45-

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Yanohara Eiichi

11.10.43-25.07.44

Resv Lt Yano Tsuyoshi

25.07.44-01.07.45

Resv Lt Matsui Tomoshige

01.07.45-09.45

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長  

 

Resv Lt Sakurai Akinari

30.10.43-01.03.45

Resv Lt Takei Yukio 

01.03.45-15.08.45

 

 

Kasado 笠戸     トサカ

Island in Yamaguchi Prefecture

Class: Etorofu  

Ordered: 1941 War Program

Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo

Laid Down: 10.08.43

Launched: 09.12.43

Completed:  30.03.44

Combined Fleet 30.03.44-20.08.44

31 Sentai /Combined Fleet 20.08.44-20.10.44

21 Coast/1 Maritime/General Escort 20.10.44-10.12.44

21 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 10.12.44-25.12.44

Ominato Guard District 25.12.44-06.04.45

104 Escor 06.04.45-09.45

Fate: badly damaged 22.06.45 by USS Crevelle (SS-291) 27 dead. Surrendered unrepaired at Otaru, Hokkaido. Scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 15.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Kawashima Noboru川島信

10.01.44-26.06.45

Resv LtCdr Kawamoto Masakatsu川本源藏

26.06.45-30.11.45

Vacant

30.11.45-

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長  

 

Resv Lt Ara Fusakichi 

15.01.44-04.12.44

Resv LtCdr Taniyama Seizo  

04.12.44-20.03.45

*Resv Lt Sakuma Yoshiharu 

20.03.45-29.06.45

Vacant

29.06.45-09.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Suzuki Yuichi

10.01.44-10.05.45

Resv Lt Kurokawa Kazuo

10.05.45-09.45

 

 

Kozu      神津     ズコ

Island south of Tokyo

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:

Builder: Uraga Dock C., Tokyo

Laid Down: 30.10.44

Launched: 31.12.44

Completed: 07.02.45

Kure Guard Force 07.02.45-03.05.45

1 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 03.05.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Kido Yoshihiko本戸吉彦

15.01.45-01.11.45

LtCdr Haraguchi Noboru (63) 原口 昇

01.11.45-06.11.45

LtCdr Ouchi Shusuke 大内修助

06.11.45-10.11.45

Lt Sawaoka Nobuo (68) 沢岡信男

10.11.45-29.11.45

Lt Hoshide Takaomi (67) 星出隆臣 

29.11.45-02.10.46

Cdr Yamana Hiroo (55) 山名寛雄

02.10.46-

Mine Officer (Kiraicho) 機雷長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Uchida Koichi

01.07.45-

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Kuze Katsumi

05.01.45-05.10.45

Lt Manaka Juji (72) 間中十二

05.10.45-10.10.45

Unknown

10.10.45-08.10.46

Lt Matsumoto Takashi (71) 押本直正 

08.10.46-28.08.47

 

 

Kuga     久賀     ガク

Island in Goto Archipelago

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:

Builder: Sasebo Kaigun Koho

Laid Down: 09.08.44

Launched: 19.11.44

Completed: 05.03.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 05.03.45-25.04.45

12 Coast Defense Sqd/1 Escort Fleet 25.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Cdr Ito Toshihide伊藤利秀

20.12.44-09.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Harada Tetsuya

              -09.45

 

 

Kume    久米     メク 

Island 16km north of Hokkaido

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:

Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima

Laid Down: 26.05.44

Launched: 15.08.44

Completed: 25.09.44

Kure Defense Sqd/Kure Naval District 25.09.44-04.11.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 04.11.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-28.01.45

103 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 20.01.45-10.03.45

Fate: sunk 28.01.45 by USS Spadefish (SS-411) in Yellow Sea

Position: 33-54N 122-55E

Dead: 89

Saved: unknown

Removed from Navy List 10.03.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Nihei Kou二瓶 甲

 25.08.44-28.01.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

*Resv Lt Yanohara Eiichi

25.08.44-28.01.45

 

 

Kunashiri            国後                    リシナク

Class: Shimushu

Civilian Call Sign: JVDA

Ordered:

Builder:  Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 01.03.39

Launched: 06.05.40

Completed: 03.10.40

Ominato Guard District 03.10.40-01.08.43

Chishma Guard District 13.08.43-10.04.45

104 Escort/1 Escort Fleet 10.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1946

Removed from Navy List:

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Cdr Shimizu Toshio (46) 清水利夫

06.05.40-15.10.40

Cdr Kubota Toshi (46) 久保田 智

15.10.40-11.08.41

Cdr Kitamura Fumio (47) 北村富美雄

11.08.41-19.11.42

Cdr Ota Haruo (49) 大田春男

19.11.42-15.12.42

Cdr Kawashima Yoshio (48) 川島良雄

15.12.42-25.10.43

Resv LtCdr Ota Tsutomu 太田 

25.10.43-12.03.46

LtCdr Horinouchi Yoshiro (62) 堀之内芳郎

12.03.46-08.04.46

LtCdr Hayakawa Norimasa (64) 早川尋匡

08.04.46-04.06.46 

Gunnery Officer (Hōjutsuchō) 砲術長

 

Lt Watanabe Kaoru (59) 渡部 薫

01.06.40-15.10.40

Lt Nakamura Naozo (62) 中村直三

15.10.40-15.04.41

Lt(jg) Unaki Tsuyoshi (64) 宇都 豊

15.04.41-23.06.41

Lt Fujikawa Kaoru (64) 藤川 薫

23.06.41-20.04.42

Lt(jg) Sagara Tatsuo (66) 相良辰雄 

20.04.42-10.05.43

Vacant

10.05.43-12.05.43

Lt(jg) Urata Torio浦田酉男

12.05.43-11.09.43

Lt(jg) Fumizawa Yoshinaga (68) 文沢義永 

11.09.43-10.11.43 

Mine Officer (Kiraicho) 機雷長

 

Vacant

03.10.40-01.07.45

Resv Lt(jg) Togo Mitsuru

01.07.45-04.06.46

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Lt(jg) Kondo Masatsugu (64) 近藤正次

15.08.40-15.10.40 

Resv Lt(jg) Kamei Seiji 龜井晴治

15.10.40-24.10.41

Resv Lt(jg) Horie Kenji 堀江健寿

24.10.41-01.08.42

Resv Lt(jg) Naoe Masaji 直江政治

01.08.42-30.06.44

Resv Lt(jg) Nishimata Keijiro

30.06.44-

Lt Deguchi Katsumi (72) 出口勝己

 05.11.45-

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長  

 

Resv Ishida  Yujiro

27.02.43-01.11.44

Resv Lt Watanabe Katsumi 渡辺勝美

02.11.44-28.03.45

Resv Lt Moto Hisashi 

28.03.45-20.09.45

Lt Kuwabara Yasushi (Eng.49) 桑原康 

20.09.45-10.01.46

Lt Takahashi Shoji 

10.01.46-19.03.46

Lt Ohara Nobuyoshi 

19.03.46-

Medical Officer (Gunichō) 軍医長

 

Lt Kamikawa Hidehiro 

03.10.40-01.03.41

Lt Hori Hiroshi (1938) 堀博

01.03.41-10.04.41

Lt Tsurumi Fumitoshi 鶴見文俊

10.04.41-01.07.42

 

 

Kurahashi           倉橋     シハラク 

Island in Hiroshima Prefecture

Class: Mikura

Ordered: 1941 War Program (#326)

Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohoma

Laid Down: 01.06.43

Launched: 15.10.43

Completed: 19.02.44

Kure Defense Squadron/Kure Naval District 19.02.44-15.03.44

Kuriles Base Force/NE Area Fleet 15.03.44-05.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 05.12.44-05.02.45

1 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 05.02.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Nikki Izaburo仁木伊三郎

19.02.44-30.06.45

Resv LtCdr Mori Yasutaka森 泰隆

30.06.45-10.12.45

                    繼 一

10.12.45-01.04.46

LtCdr Tanaka Ichiro (64) 田中一郎

01.04.46-05.08.47

Fujikawa Kenji冨士川 賢次

05.08.47-01.09.47

Vacant

01.09.47-

Officers for Gunnery Duty

 

S.D.Lt(jg) Ono Seiji (SD 21) 大野清次

18.02.45-09.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv  Lt(jg) Shirasawa Takayasu

30.12.43-20.02.45

Resv Lt Fukuyama Masateru

20.02.45-26.02.45

Resv Lt Fujii Kyuzaburo

26.02.45-

 

 

Kusagaki             草垣     キガサク

Class: Mikura

Ordered: 1941 War Program (#329)

Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohoma

Laid Down: 07.09.43

Launched: 22.01.44

Completed: 31.05.44

Kure Defense Squadron/Kure Naval District 6/301.44-24.07.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 24.07.44-27.08.44

Fate: sunk 07.08.44 at 2205hrs by USS Guitarro (SS-363) off

 Capones Island, Luzon, Philippines

Position: 14-50N 119-57E

Dead: 97

Saved: 30 (?)

Removed from Navy List 10.10.44

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Ozaki Sankan (60) 尾崎 隆

01.03.44-07.08.44

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

*Resv Lt Yoshino Haruo

15.04.44-07.08.44

 

 

Manju  満珠     ジュンマ

Island in Yamaguchi Prefecture

Class: Etorofu  

Ordered: 1941 War Program

Builder: Mitsui, Tamano

Laid Down: 15.02.43

Launched: 31.07.43

Completed: 30.11.43

2 Maritime Escort/General Escort 30.11.43-30.03.44

Combined Fleet 30.03.44-20.08.44

Sentai 31     20.08.44-20.10.44

21 Coast/1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 20.10.44-10.12.44

21 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 10.12.44-01.06.45

2 China Exp Fleet/China Area Fleet 01.06.45-09.45

Fate: badly damaged 03.04.45 by aircraft at Hong Kong not repaired and scrapped 1946

Position: 22-17N 114-10E 

Dead: 52

Saved

Removed from Navy List 05.03.47

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv LtCdr Kanazawa Masanori神沢政徳

30.11.43-03.04.45

Resv LtCdr Ota Yoshio太田義雄

15.07.45-09.45

Gunnery Officer (Hōjutsuchō) 砲術長

 

S. .D. Lt(jg) Fujita Ichita

30.10.43-03.04.45

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長  

 

Resv Lt Hayashibara Sakae 

05.10.43-01.07.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Tsuboi Hiroshi

20.10.43-25.06.45

Vacant

25.06.45-09.45

 

 

Matsuwa            松輪     ワツマ

Island

Class: Etorofu  

Ordered: 1941 War Program

Builder: Mitsui, Tamano

Laid Down: 20.02.42

Launched: 13.11.42

Completed: 01.04.43

1 Maritime Escort/SW Area Fleet 01.04.43-15.11.43

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 15.11.43-10.10.44

Fate: sunk 22.08.44 at 0649hrs by USS Harder (SS-257) 25 miles west of Manila, Luzon, Philippines

Position: 14-15N 120-25E

Dead: 134

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.10.44

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Odawara Kinichi (48) 小田原憲一

16.02.43-11.43

Resv LtCdr Fujimoto Eizo藤本榮左

11.43-24.01.44

*Resv LtCdr Tsutitori Ei土取 英

24.01.44-22.08.44

Gunnery Officer (Hōjutsuchō) 砲術長

 

Lt(jg) Nishida Yasuhiro (69) 西田安宏

20.02.43-15.11.43

*S.D.Lt Torigai Tatsumi鳥飼達海

15.11.43-22.08.44 

Mine Officer (Kiraicho) 機雷長

 

*S.D.Lt Ogata Moriki 小方森樹

             -22.08.44

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Kotani Toshio 小谷俊雄

15.02.43-25.07.44

Resv Lt(jg) Fukuda Makoto 福田誠

25.07.44-22.08.44

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長 

 

*S.D.Lt Umezu Tomikichi 梅津冨吉

              -22.08.44

 

 

Mikura 御蔵     ラクミ

Island in Izu Archipelago

Class: Mikura

Ordered: 1941 War Program (#323)

Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohoma

Laid Down: 01.10.42

Launched: 16.07.43

Completed: 31.10.43

2 Maritime Escort/4 Fleet 31.10.43-15.11.43

2 Maritime Escort/General Escort 15.11.43-10.07.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 10.07.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-01.01.45

101 Escort/1 Escort Fleet 01.01.45-25.05.45

Fate: sunk 28.02.45 by USS Threadfin (SS-410) off Cape Toi, Kyushu

Position: 31-45N 131-05E

Dead: 210

Saved: 0 

Removed from Navy List 25.05.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv Cdr Ota Takasuke小田隆輔

01.10.43-28.03.45

Officers for Gunnery Duty

 

*S.D.Lt Kawamata Hachiro

01.10.43-28.03.45

Officers for Engineer Officer Duty

 

*S.D.Lt(jg) Shinitani Yasutaro 新谷安太郎

01.10.43-28.03.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Suzuki Shohei

11.10.43-25.07.44

*Resv Lt(jg) / Lt* Takahashi Toru

25.07.44-28.03.45

 

 

Miyake 三宅     ケヤミ

Island in Izu Archipelago

Class: Mikura

Ordered: 1941 War Program (#324)

Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohoma

Laid Down: 22.02.43

Launched: 30.08.43

Completed: 30.11.43

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 30.11.43-31.03.44

Combined Fleet 30.03.44-20.08.44

Sentai 31   20.08.44-20.10.44

21 Coast/1 Maritime/General Escort 20.10.44-10.12.44

21 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 10.12.44-25.12.44

Combined Fleet 25.12.44-05.03.45

1 Escort/General Escort 05.03.45-25.04.45

103 Escort/1 Escort/General Escort 25.04.45-10.07.45

103 Escort/7 Fleet 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Ota Yoshio太田義雄

30.11.43-05.03.45

Resv LtCdr Noma Tatsuo野間龍雄

25.03.45-22.12.45

Cdr Hirayama Toshio (55) 平山敏男

22.12.45-22.01.46

Vacant

22.01.46-17.02.46

LtCdr Nambu Nobuyuki (61) 南部伸清

17.02.46-07.03.46

Cdr Yamagami Kamesaburo (55) 山上亀三雄

07.03.46-

LtCdr Tanaka Tsuneji (64) 田中常治

              -15.10.46

Cdr Hirayama Toshio (55) 平山敏男

15.10.46-30.11.46

Vacant

30.11.46-

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Seki Tadao

20.10.43-

Lt Yamagi Makoto (70) 山地 誠 

10.12.45-

Lt(jg) Yanagisawa Michio (73) 柳沢 三千雄

08.10.46-10.12.46

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長

 

Resv Lt Shoda Toshio

25.10.43-25.07.44

Resv Lt Nagano Saki

25.07.44-09.45

 

 

Mokuto              目斗     トクモ

Island near Taiwan

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:

Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima

Laid Down: 05.11.44

Launched: 07.01.45

Completed: 09.02.45

Kure Guard Unit 19.02.45-09.45

Fate: badly damaged by mine 04.04.45, 27 dead, not repaired and scrapped

Removed from Navy List 05.05.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長 

 

Resv LtCdr Nagahashi Kimota長橋喜間太

10.01.45-09.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Maruta Kanichi

10.01.45-04.05.45

 

 

Murotsu             室津     ツロム

Island off Hokkaido

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:

Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo

Laid Down: 14.03.45

Launched: 15.06.45

Completed:   -------

Fate: scrapped 92% complete

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Misaka Masakichi三政  

30.06.45-20.08.45

Vacant

20.08.45-

 

 

Mutsure              六連     レツム

Island in Yamaguchi Prefecture

Class: Etorofu  

Ordered: 1941 War Program

Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima

Laid Down: 25.07.42

Launched: 10.04.43

Completed: 15.08.43

2 Maritime Escort/4 Fleet 15.08.43-01.11.43

Fate: sunk 02.09.43 at 1413hrs by USS Snapper (SS-185) north of Truk, Caroline Islands

Position: 08-40N 151-31E

Dead: 46

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 01.11.43

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Tomidokoro Kotao (52) 富所幸太郎

25.06.43-02.09.43

Officers for Gunnery Duty

 

Lt(jg) Sato Sanae (69) 佐藤早苗

05.07.43-02.09.43

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Sugimoto Yukichi

01.07.43-02.09.43

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長  

 

*Lt Ono Kazuo

01.07.43-02.09.43

 

 

Nomi     野間 (能美)       ミノ

Island in Hiroshima Prefecture

Class: Mikura

Ordered: 1941 War Program (#328)

Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohoma

Laid Down: 10.08.43

Launched: 03.12.43

Completed: 28.02.44

2 Maritime Escort/General Escort 15.03.44-18.07.44

Omiato Naval District 18.07.44-

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 01.11.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Esccrt 10.12.44-05.02.45

1 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 05.02.45-25.05.45

Fate: sunk 14.04.45 at 0430hrs by USS Tirante (SS-420) off Saishu Island

Position: 33-25N 126-15E

Dead: 134

Saved: 87 

Removed from Navy List 25.05.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長 

 

Resv Lt Yano Genzaburo箟 源三郎

10.01.44-14.04.45

Officers for Gunnery Officer Duty 砲術長職務執行 / 分隊長

 

*Ens Onodera Kiyoji 小野寺巳代治

             -14.04.45

Officers for Navigation Officer Duty

 

*Resv Lt(jg) Noda Haruo 野田治男

10.01.44-14.04.45

Officer for Medical Duty Officer軍医長職務執行

 

*Lt Yamashita Tachhiko 山下太智彦

              -14.04.45

Officers for Mine Officers Duty

 

S.D.Lt(jg) Yamaguchi Kenji 山口健治

15.01.44-20.04.44

*S.D.Lt(jg) Namibasama Kojiro 難波佐間高治郎

20.04.44-14.04.45

Officers for Communications Officer Duty

 

*Resv Lt(jg) Noda Haruo 野田治男

10.01.44-14.04.45

Officers for Engineer Officer Duty

 

Resv Lt Hase Hiroshi 長谷博

15.03.44-04.12.44

Resv Lt Takeuchi Masayoshi 竹内正良

04.12.44-14.04.45

 

 

Oga (Ojika)        男鹿     ガオ

Island in Goto Archipelago

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:

Builder: Mitsui, Tamano

Laid Down: 07.09.44

Launched: 03.12.44

Completed: 21.02.45

Kure Defense Squadron/Kure Naval District 21.02.45-25.03.45

1 Escort/General Escort 05.04.45-25.04.45

103 Escort/1 Escort/General Escort 25.04.45-25.05.45

Fate: sunk 02.05.45 by USS Springer (SS-414) in Yellow Sea

Position:

Dead: 226

Saved: 0

Removed from Navy List 25.05.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv LtCdr Isobe Terukichi磯邊輝吉

15.01.45-02.05.45

Officers for Gunnery Officer Duty

 

*S.D.Ens Murao Kozo 村尾行蔵

15.01.45-02.05.45

Officers for Mine Officer Duty

 

*Resv Ens Kuroda Kenji 黒田憲治

20.01.45-02.05.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

*Resv Lt Sato Motoyu

20.01.45-02.05.45

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長

 

*Resv Lt Yabushita Tetsugoro

20.01.45-02.05.45

 

 

Oki         隠岐     キオ

Island north of Honshu

Class: Etorofu  

Ordered: 1941 War Program

Builder:  Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo

Laid Down: 27.02.42

Launched: 20.12.42

Completed: 31.03.43 

2 Maritime Escort/4 Fleet 31.03.43-15.11.43

2 Maritime Escort/General Escort 15.11.43-28.07.44

Yokosuka Defense Squadron 28.07.44-05.03.45

103 Escort/1 Escort Fleet 05.03.45-20.07.45

103 Escort/7 Fleet 20.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1982

Removed from Navy List 20.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Aoki Kyuji (50) 青木久治

28.03.43-01.07.43

Resv LtCdr Kobayashi Hinomoto小林日本

01.07.43-02.08.43

LtCdr Sugiyama Tadayoshi (61) 杉山忠嘉

02.08.43-08.01.44 

Resv LtCdr Ouchi Yoshibumi大内成文

08.01.44-13.02.45

Resv LtCdr Ishikawa Mutsuo  石川六雄

13.02.45-01.07.45

Resv LtCdr Okami Kazuo大上一雄

01.07.45-08.10.45

Vacant

08.10.45-20.12.45

LtCdr Nagakura Yoshiharu (60) 長倉義春

20.12.45- 05.03.46

Cdr Mori Takuji (56) 森 卓次

05.03.46-

Capt Mukuta Minoru (50) 椋田 実 

              -20.01.47

Vacant

20.01.47-05.08.47

Lt Ota Takashi (69) 太田 巍

05.08.47-

Gunnery Officer (Hōjutsuchō) 砲術長

 

Lt(jg) Takeuchi Michio (69) 竹内道雄

07.03.43-21.09.43

Lt(jg) Sato Sanae (69) 佐藤早苗

21.09.43-19.10.43

Lt(jg) Takeuchi Michio (69) 竹内道雄

19.10.43-10.11.43

S.D.Lt(jg) Ito Isaburo

10.11.43- 

Mine Officer (Kiraicho) 機雷長

 

Vacant

28.03.43-

S.D.Lt Goto Shigetaro (SD 11) 後藤 繁太郎

             -01.07.45

Resv Lt Sekine Takeshi

01.07.45-09.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Sakurai Motoaki 櫻井素明

01.03.43-29.07.43

Resv Lt(jg) Furuhata Fumio

29.07.43-05.01.45

Vacant

05.01.45-05.02.45

Resv Lt(jg) Hamashima Kentaro

05.02.45-

Lt Ochiyama Yoshimiki (71) 落山義幹

24.12.45-15.03.46

Lt(jg) Yamamoto Isamu (72) 山元 奮

15.03.46-30.10.46

Lt Kokubu Michiaki (71) 国分道明

30.10.46-15.01.47

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長

 

*S.D. Lt Okabe Zempachi

20.02.43-21.11.44

Vacant

21.11.44-06.12.44

Lt Nakajima Masao

06.12.45-25.01.46

Lt Harada Yoshinori

25.01.46-

Lt Kuwahata Hiroshi (Eng.51) 桑畑寛 

30.03.46-

 

 

Okinawa             沖縄     ワナキオ

Island group south of Tokyo

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:

Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohama

Laid Down: 10.12.43

Launched: 19.06.44

Completed: 16.08.44

Kure Defense Sqd/Kure Naval District 16.08.44-03.10.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 03.10.44-10.12.44

1 Escort/General Escort 10.12.44-25.12.44

31 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 25.12.44-09.45

Fate: sunk 30.07.45 at 1430hrs by US aircraft 8 miles NNW of Maizuru, Japan

Position: 35-30N 135-21E

Dead: 1

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Arima Kunio有馬國夫

10.05.44-07.06.44

Vacant

07.06.44-31.07.44

Resv LtCdr Sakamoto Osamu坂本修

31.07.44-15.09.45

Vacant

15.09.45-

Officers for Gunnery Duty

 

S.D.Lt(jg) Yamaguchi Isao

03.08.44-

Mine Officer (Kiraicho) 機雷長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Hasegawa Noboru

01.07.45-

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Motohashi Takeo

07.06.44-30.07.45

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長

 

Lt Hijioka Kachiyuki

01.06.44-20.04.45

Lt Takei Takeo

20.04.45-30.07.45

 

 

Otsu      大津     ツオ

Island in Yamaguchi Prefecture

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:

Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima

Laid Down: 10.05.45

Launched:  -------

Completed:   --------

Fate: scrapped 90% complete

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長  

 

Resv LtCdr Kanasawa Ayaichi神沢彪一

01.04.45-20.08.45

Vacant

20.08.45-

 

 

Sado     佐渡     ドサ

Island 35km north of Honshu

Class: Etorofu  

Ordered: 1941 War Program

Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohoma

Laid Down: 22.02.42

Launched: 13.11.42

Completed:   01.04.43

1 Maritime Escort/SW Area Fleet 01.04.43-15.11.43

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 15.11.43-10.10.44

Fate: sunk 22.08.44 at 0720hrs by USS Haddo (SS-255) 25 miles west of Manila, Luzon, Philippines

Position: 14-15N 120-25E

Dead: 73

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.10.44

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Cdr Matsubayashi Motonari (50) 松林元哉

20.02.43-02.10.43

*Cdr Taniguchi Nobuyoshi (45) 谷口信義

02.10.43-22.08.44

Gunnery Officer (Hōjutsuchō) 砲術長

 

Lt(jg) Takeuchi Yoshio (69) 竹内芳夫

07.03.43-05.11.43

Vacant

05.11.43-22.08.44

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Arii Akira 有井朗

01.03.43-19.08.44

Resv Lt(jg) Ikeda Isao 池田勲

19.08.44-22.08.44

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長 

 

unknown

20.02.43-22.08.44

 

 

Sakito   崎戸     トキサ  

Island in Nagasaki Prefecture

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:

Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima

Laid Down: 07.09.44

Launched: 29.11.44

Completed: 10.01.45

Kure Guard Unit 10.01.45-28.02.45

1 Escort/General Escort 28.02.45-25.04.45

22 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 25.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered. Scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 20.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Kobayashi Kouji小林恒治

20.12.44-09.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Otani Toru

30.12.44-09.45

 

 

Shiga     志賀     ガシ 

Island in Hataka Bay

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:

Builder: Sasebo Kaigun Kosho

Laid Down: 25.11.44

Launched: 09.02.45

Completed: 20.03.45

Kure Defense Sqd/Kure Naval District 20.03.45-

21 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 13.05.45-10.07.45

21 Coast/7 Fleet 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1998

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Nai Mitsuru名井

03.03.45-20.12.45

LtCdr Hamazaki Chotaro (61) 浜崎長太郎

20.12.45-21.04.46

LtCdr Shigaki Fumio (57 ) 志垣郁雄 

25.04.46-20.08.46

LtCdr Iwata Haruhiko (60) 岩田治彦

20.08.46-

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Morioka Shigeshi

20.02.45-05.10.45

Lt Higashi Toshio (71) 東 俊男 

05.10.45-15.10.4

Lt(jg) Adachi Yoshiji (72) 足立喜次

15.10.46-

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長

 

Lt Tanaka Akira

15.02.45-15.09.45

 

 

Shimushu              占守  シムシ 

Island in the Kuril Chain

Class: Shimushu

Civilian Call Sign: JVCA

Ordered: 1937

Builder: Mitsui, Tamano

Laid Down: 29.11.38

Launched: 13.12.39

Completed: 30.06.40

Maizuru Naval District 30.06.40-15.07.40

2 Exp Fleet 15.07.40-02.08.41

Southern Exp Fleet 02.08.41/41-10.01.42

1 Southern Exp Fleet 10.01.42-10.04.42

1 Southern Exp Fleet/SW Area Fleet 10.04.42-20.12.43

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 20.12.43-

1 Escort/General Escort 10.12.44-25.12.44

Kuriles Base Force/12 Air Fleet 25.12.44-10.04.45

104 Escort/1 Escort Fleet 10.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1959

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Cdr Shoji Kiichiro (45) 荘司喜一郎

02.02.40-15.10.40

Cdr Arimura Fuji (47) 有村不二

15.10.40-22.08.42

Cdr Teranishi Takechiyo (46) 寺西武干代

22.08.42-28.10.43

Resv LtCdr Shimamura Kazuchiyo島村和猪

28.10.43-10.01.45

Vacant

10.01.47-10.02.47

Lt Nagai Hiroshi (67) 永井 博

10.02.47-05.07.47

Gunnery Officer (Hōjutsuchō) 砲術長

 

Lt Okamura Yukio (59) 岡村幸雄

20.03.40-05.04.41

Lt Komatsu Masanori (64) 小松乃生盛 

05.04.41-01.09.41

Lt Iseki Tamaki (65) 井関 環 

01.09.41-25.03.42

Lt(jg) Kawakami Shoichi (68) 川上正一

25.03.42-15.05.43

Lt(jg) Kimura Toshinari (69)

15.05.43-15.11.43

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Lt(jg) Komatsu Masanori (64) 小松乃生盛

10.04.40-05.04.41

Resv Lt Nagai Motojiro

05.04.41-30.09.43

Resv Lt(jg) Kajiyama Gonichi

30.09.43-05.04.45

Resv Lt(jg) Tokuoka Ryozo

05.04.45-25.04.45

Resv Lt Maruta Kanichi

25.04.45-01.05.45

Resv Lt Kuwahata Takehiko

01.05.45-30.09.45

Lt Ashida Osamu (71) 芦田 収

30.09.45-30.11.45

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長  

 

Lt Ozawa Shigetsugu (Eng.42) 小沢重嗣

01.03.40-15.10.40

Lt Osako Kichiji (Eng.45) 大迫吉二  

15.10.40-05.09.41

Lt Takada Takeharu (Eng.49)   

05.09.41-20.01.42

Lt Okajima Kenjiro (Eng.47)  岡嶋健次郎 

20.01.42-20.03.43

Resv Lt Mizuno Kohei 

20.03.43-05.10.44

Resv Lt Suzuki Minoru 鈴木実 

05.10.44-15.07.45

Resv Lt Shimada Yutaka 

15.07.45-20.09.45

Lt Hamada Takuji (Eng.49) 浜田卓爾 

20.09.45-20.01.47

Lt Oyama Ryuzo

20.01.47-?

Medical Officer (Gunichō) 軍医長

 

Lt Wada Meiji (1938) 和田明二 

30.06.40-20.09.41

Lt Nagase Masaki (1940) 永瀬正己

20.09.41-01.07.42

 

 

Shinnan              新南     ンナンシ

Archipelago in South China Sea

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:

Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo

Laid Down: 24.05.44

Launched: 05.09.44

Completed: 21.10.44

Kure Defense Sqd/Kure Naval District 21.10.44-26.11.44

1 Surface Escort/General Escort 26.11.44-10.12.44

1 Escort/General Escort 10.12.44-25.12.44

21 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 25.12.44-10.07.45

21 Coast/7 Fleet 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1975

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長 

 

Resv LtCdr Ikeda Akira池田 郷

15.09.44-30.09.45

LtCdr Toyama Saburo (66) 外山三郎

30.09.45-25.11.45

LtCdr Mizoguchi Tomoji (66) 溝口智司

25.11.45-10.07.46

Vacant

10.07.46-05.03.47

Capt Tamura Kyozo (46) 田村久三

05.03.47-26.06.47

Lt Kawabata Motoei (68) 川畑幹栄

26.06.47-25.10.47  

Vacant

25.10.47-

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Ito Takashi

10.09.44-09.45

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長

 

Resv Lt Takei Yukio

15.09.44-09.45

 

 

Shisaka 四阪     カサシ

Island off Shikoku

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:

Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima

Laid Down: 21.08.44

Launched: 30.10.44

Completed: 15.12.44

Kure Defense Sqd/Kure Naval District 15.12.44-27.01.45

Yokosuka Defense Sqd 27.01.45-15.06.45

1 Special Attack Sqd 15.06.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1955

Removed from Navy List: 06.07.47

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Sasaki Yoshimasa佐々木 春彦

15.11.44-15.12.45

Capt Sugawara Rokorou (51) 菅原六郎

15.12.45-14.01.46

Vacant

14.01.46-05.02.46

Cdr Okada Seiichi (60) 岡田静一

05.02.46-19.04.46

LtCdr Imanishi Saburo (67) 今西三郎

19.04.46-05.05.46

Vacant

05.05.46-10.05.46

LtCdr Matsushita Tatsukichi (64) 松下辰吉

10.05.46-12.10.46

Lt Kimura Hachiro (70) 木村八郎

12.10.46-28.12.46

Vacant

28.12.46-01.06.47

Lt Fujikawa Kenji冨士川 賢次

01.06.47-

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Aoki Shikao 青木四海

05.12.44-25.01.45

Resv Lt Ishikawa Seiichi 石川晴一

25.01.45-20.05.45

Resv Lt Kawaguchi Ichiro

20.05.45-

Lt Nakamura Moriji (71) 中村守二

05.12.45-10.05.46

Lt(jg) Kawashima Kiyoshi (72) 川嶋 清

10.05.46-18.11.46

Lt Maeda Takamasa (71) 前田孝正

18.11.46-28.12.46

Lt(jg) Suzuki Makoto (73) 鈴木 真

28.12.46-10.01.47

Lt(jg) Kawagoe Shigehiko (72) 川越重秀

10.01.47-

Lt(jg) Fujikawa Kenji 冨士川 賢次

              -01.06.47

Ens. Asami Michio (74)

01.06.47-06.07.47

 

 

Shonan               昭南     ンナショ

Japanese name for Singapore

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:

Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima

Laid Down: 23.02.44

Launched: 19.05.44

Completed: 03.07.44

Kure Defense Sqd/Kure Naval District 03.07.44-10.08.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 10.08.44-10.12.44

1 Escort/General Escort 10.12.44-20.01.45

103 Escort/1 Escort/General Escort 20.01.45-10.04.45        

Fate: sunk 25.02.45 at 0420hrs by USS Hoe (SS-258) off Indochina

Position: 17-20N 110-35E

Dead: 198

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.04.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv LtCdr Iizuka Tomokichi飯塚倶吉

13.07.44-25.02.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

*Resv Lt Ichikawa Taiji

10.06.44-25.02.45

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長

 

Resv Lt Watanabe Katsumi 渡辺勝美

20.06.44-02.11.44

*Resv Lt Uehara Shinzo

02.11.44-25.02.45

 

 

Takane 高根     ネカタ

Island in Hiroshima Prefecture

Class: Ukuru

Ordered: 1943 (#4709)

Builder: Mitsui, Tamano

Laid Down: 15.12.44

Launched: 13.02.45

Completed: 26.04.45

Kure Defense Sqd/Kure Naval District 26.04.45-05.05.45

51 Division/ Maizuru Naval District 05.05.45-03.07.45

12 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 03.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Nakamura Fukujuro中村 福壽郎

03.03.45-05.10.45

LtCdr Yoshii Toshio (62) 吉井俊雄

05.10.45-06.05.46

Vacant

19.01.46-

Officers for Gunnery Officer Duty

 

*S.D.Lt(jg) Nakanishi Mataichiro 中西又一郎

        -30.07.45

Mine Officer (Kiraicho) 機雷長

 

Resv Lt Okubo Tadataka

01.05.45-05.10.45

Officers for Navigation Officer Duty

 

*Resv Lt Nakazono Naoshi

01.03.45-30.07.45

Vacant

30.07.45-30.09.45

Lt Kumegawa Hideyo (72)久米川 英世

30.09.45-29.11.45 

Lt Itsuno Seizo (71) 伊津野 省三 

29.11.45-18.01.46

Officers for Engineer Officer Duty

 

Resv Lt Hoshida Yoshinori 星田義徳

20.02.45-05.10.45

 

 

Tomoshiri           友知     リシモト  

Island off Hokkaido

Class: Ukuru

Ordered:

Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima

Laid Down: 05.03.45

Launched: -----

Completed: -----

Fate: scrapped 20% complete

Removed from Navy List:

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

none

 

 

 

Tsushima            対馬     マシシ

Island north of Kyushu

Class: Etorofu  

Ordered: 1941 War Pogram

Builder:  Tsurumi, Yokohoma

Laid Down: 20.06.42

Launched: 20.03.43

Completed: 15.08.43

1 Maritime Escort/SW Area Fleet 15.08.43-15.11.43

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 15.11.43-15.11.44

101 Escort/General Escort15.11.44-10.12.44

101 Escort/1 Escort Fleet 10.12.44-25.03.45

1 Escort/General Escort 25.03.45-25.04.45

22 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 25.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1963

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Suzuki Mori鈴木 盛

28.07.43-05.04.45

Resv LtCdr Hanazawa Akio榛澤精男

05.04.45-27.09.45

Cdr Oya Aishi (59) 小屋愛之 

27.09.45-05.10.45

Cdr Okada Seiichi (60) 岡田静一

05.10.45-08.10.45

LtCdr Okami Kazuo 大上一雄       

08.10.45-25.10.45

Cdr Okada Seiichi (60) 岡田静一

25.10.45-05.02.46

Cdr Hashimoto Mochitsura (59) 橋本以行

05.02.46-05.06.46

LtCdr Shitato Toshizo (64) 白戸敏造   

05.06.46-20.08.46

LtCdr Shigaki Fumio (57) 志垣郁雄 

20.08.46-

Gunnery Officer (Hōjutsuchō) 砲術長

 

S.D.Lt(jg) Kishikawa Imazo

01.07.43-

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt(jg) Orikasa Akira

01.07.43-02.06.45

Resv Lt Fukuyama Masateru

25.06.45-30.09.45

Lt Omori Masato (70) 大森正人

30.09.45-01.10.46

Lt Yoshida Osamu (72) 吉田 修

15.10.46- 

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長  

 

Resv Lt Shinkai Motoichi 

28.07.43-17.12.44

Resv Lt Nagao Kenjiro 

17.12.44-25.09.45

Lt Watanabe Sadamu (Eng.48) 渡邊定

25.09.45-05.02.46

Lt Asai Nobuharu 

05.02.46-01.04.46

Lt Tokuzawa Kikuichiro (Eng.48) 徳沢菊一郎

01.04.46-10.03.47

Lt Uehara Yoshio (Eng.52) 上原吉夫 

10.03.47-20.05.47

 

 

Uku       宇久     クウ

Island west of Nagasaki

Class: Ukuru

Ordered: 1943-44 (#4705)

Builder: Sasebo Kaigun Kosho

Laid Down: 01.08.44

Launched: 12.11.44

Completed: 08.12.44

Kure Defense Sqd/Kure Naval District 08.12.44-08.02.45

1 Escort/General Escort 08.02.45-25.04.45103 Escort/1 Escort/General Escort 25.04.45-10.07.45

103 Escort/7 Fleet 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Suzuki Seishiro鈴木清四郎

01.12.44-05.05.46

LtCdr Sakamoto Kaneyoshi (61) 坂本金美

05.05.46-25.01.47

Vacant

25.01.47-

LtCdr Shigaki Fumio (57) 志垣郁雄

               -01.06.47

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Seki Masao 関 政夫

01.12.44-20.09.45

Lt(jg) Konishi Yoshiaki (72) 小西愛明

20.05.45-10.05.46

Lt Aoki Shigeru (71) 青木 滋

10.05.46-

Lt(jg) Matsuoka Kazuyoshi (73) 松岡一良

01.06.47-04.07.47

 

 

Ukuru   鵜来     ラクウ 

Island in Kochi Prefecture

Class: Ukuru

Ordered: 1941 (#310)

Builder: Tsutumi, Yokohama

Laid Down: 09.10.43

Launched: 15.05.44

Completed: 31.07.44

Yokosuka Defense Sqd/Yokosuka ND 31.07.44-16.10.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 16.10.44-15.11.44

101 Escort/General Escort 15.11.44-10.12.44

101 Escort/1 Escort Fleet 10.12.44-25.03.45

1 Escort/General Escort 25.03.45-25.04.45

22 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 25.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Norimatsu Yoshio 乗松芳雄

10.05.44-27.06.44 

Resv LtCdr Kuwahara Tadao桑原忠夫

27.06.44-08.03.45

Resv LtCdr Shimada Suetsugu嶋田末次

08.03.45-20.12.45

LtCdr Otsuka Yoneji (62) 大塚米治

20.12.45-10.03.46

LtCdr Shigaki Fumio (57) 志垣郁雄 

10.03.46-25.04.46

Vacant

25.04.46-02.05.46

間覺郁男

02.05.46-10.07.46

Vacant

10.07.46-05.03.47

Cdr Makino Akira (51)  牧野 担

05.03.47-26.06.47

Lt Fujii Nobuyuki (72) 藤井伸之

26.06.47-30.08.47

Resv LtCdr Honda Yukito 本田幸人

30.08.47-

Officers for Gunnery Duty

 

S.D.Lt Taniyama Kiyomasa

01.04.44-

Mine Officers

 

Lt Nabeshima Yoshiharu

             -9.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Hirai Hirotomo

20.06.44-30.09.45

Lt(jg) Uino Makoto (73) 宇井野 誠 

30.09.45-20.11.45

Lt(jg) Ochi Hiromi (73) 越智弘美 

 20.11.45- 

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長

 

Lt Kamiide Masao

              -09.45

Medical Officer (Gunichō) 軍医長

 

Lt(jg) Takahashi Noburo

20.06.44-15.09.45

 

 

Urumi   慰美     ミルウ

Island off west coast of Korea

Class: Ukuru

Ordered: 1942 (#5261)

Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo

Laid Down: 05.03.45

Launched: 26.05.45

Completed: ------

Fate: scrapped 90% complete

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Fukuchi Yoshimi 福地 好

01.06.45-20.08.45

Vacant

20.08.45-20.12.45

LtCdr Kurahashi Tomojiro (65) 倉橋友二郎

 20.12.45-15.02.46

Vacant

15.02.46-

 

 

Wakamiya          若宮     ヤミカワ

Island in Iki Archipelago

Class: Etorofu  

Ordered: 1941 War Program

Builder: Mitsui, Tamano

Laid Down: 16.07.42

Launched: 19.04.43

Completed: 25.08.43

1 Maritime Escort/SW Area Fleet 25.08.43-15.11.43

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 15.11.43-05.01.44

Removed from Navy List 05.01.44

Fate: sunk 23.11.43 0330hrs by USS Gudgeon (SS-212) south of Shushan Island, South China Sea

Position: 28-38N 122-05E

Dead: 131

Saved: 4

Removed from Navy List 05.01.44

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長 

 

Resv LtCdr Kawahara Masayori 河原政頼

10.07.43-10.08.43

*Resv LtCdr Matsuo Ginichi松尾銀一

10.08.43-23.11.43

Gunnery Officer (Hōjutsuchō) 砲術長

 

*Resv Lt Murakami Masao  村上正利

10.07.43-23.11.43 

Mine Officer (Kiraicho) 機雷長

 

*S.D.Lt(jg) Matsuo Ginichi

              -23.11.43

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

*Resv Lt(jg) Sugita Kosuke

15.07.43-23.11.43

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長  

 

 

 

Yaku      屋久     クユ  

Island south of Kyushu

Class: Ukuru

Ordered: 1942 (#5251)

Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo

Laid Down: 24.05.44

Launched: 05.09.44

Completed: 23.10.44

Kure Defense Sqd/Kure Naval District 23.10.44-26.11.44

1 Surface Escort/General Escort 26.11.44-10.12.44

21 Coast/1 Maritime/General Escort 05.12.44-10.12.44

21 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 10.12.44-25.12.44

Combined Fleet 25.12.44-10.04.45

Fate: sunk 23.02.45 at 1210hrs by USS Hammerhead (SS-364) off Cape Varella, Indochina

Position: 12-44N 109-29E

Dead: 133

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.04.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv LtCdr Mitsui Kiyoi (Tsutomi?) 三井湜

30.09.44-23.02.45

Officers for Navigation Officer Duty

 

*Resv Lt Yoshino Haruro 吉野春生

15.09.44-23.02.45

Officers for Mine Officer Duty

 

*Resv Lt(jg) Matsushita Shigeru 松下滋

27.09.44-23.02.45

Officers for Engineer Officer Duty

 

*Resv Lt Tachibana Akira 橘瞭

 10.09.44-23.02.45

 

 

Yashiro 屋代     ロシヤ

Island in Yamaguchi Prefecture

Class: Mikura

Ordered: 1941 War Program (#330)

Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima

Laid Down: 08.11.43

Launched: 16.02.44

Completed: 10.05.44

Kure Defense Sqd/Kure Naval District 10.05.44-03.06.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 03.06.44-10.12.44

1 Escort/General Escort 10.12.44-01.01.45

102 Escort/1 Escort/General Escort 01.01.45-05.07.45

2 Coast/1 Escort/General escort 05.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1963

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*LtCdr Yamashita Tadayoshi (61) 山下貞義

10.05.44-19.01.45 

Resv LtCdr Honjyo Takuji本莊卓爾

15.02.45-06.12.45

LtCdr Takeuchi Hitoshi (58) 竹内仁司

06.12.45-12.03.46

Resv Lt Ota Hiroshi 太田 耕

12.03.46-05.02.47

Vacant

05.02.47-05.08.47

Lt Ito Masayoshi (72) 伊藤正敬

05.08.47-

Officers for Gunnery Duty

 

S.D.Lt(jg) Ozeki Yuji

24.03.44-10.05.44

Mine Officer (Kiraicho) 機雷長

 

*Resv Lt(jg) Ietomi Motoya

30.04.44-09.01.45

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

*Resv Lt(jg) Tezuka Ichiro

30.04.44-09.01.45

Vacant

09.01.45-13.01.45

Resv Lt(jg) Yokota Yoshio

13.01.45-

Lt(jg) Shibuya Shin'ya (72) 渋谷信也

05.10.45-30.10.45

Lt(jg) Izumi Goro (72) 泉 五郎

30.10.45-01.04.46

Vacant

01.04.46-01.11.46

Lt Otomo Eiichi (71) 大友英一

01.11.46-26.02.47

Lt(jg) Ito Masayoshi (72) 伊藤正敬

26.02.47-29.08.47

Chief Engineer (Kikanchō) 機関長 

 

*Resv Lt Okashita Seiichi

10.05.44-09.01.45

 

 

Yashojima          八十島 マシソヤ

Eighty Islands

Class: Ning Hai  

Ordered: 1930

Builder: Kiangnan Dock, Shanghai

Laid Down: 28.06.31

Launched: 28.09.35

Completed: 18.06.36 as Ping Hai

Sunk 23.09.37 by aircraft at Koin, China

Raised 1938

Barracks ship at Sasebo 1938-04.01.44

Kure Navy Yard 04.01.44-10.06.44

Commissioned 10.06.44

Kure Naval District 10.06.66-25.09.44

1 Transport/Combined Fleet 25.09.44-10.01.45

Removed from Navy List 10.01.45

Fate: sunk 25.11.44 by VT-80 from USS Tconderoga (CV-14) off

Santa Cruz, Luzon, Philippines

Position: 15-N 119-45E

Dead:

Saved: + 100 

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長  

 

Resv LtCdr Matsumura Soichiro松村総一郎

01.06.44-25.11.44

Navigator (Kōkaichō) 航海長

 

Resv Lt Sekota Jiro

10.06.44-25.11.44

Supply Officer (Shukeichō) 主計長

 

Lt Saka Masatoshi 坂正俊

10.10.44-25.11.44

 

 

 

Coast Defense Ships       Kaibokan            海防艦

 

 

CD-1      1号海防艦   

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2401)

Builder:  Mitsubishi Zosensho, Kobe

Laid Down: 15.09.43

Launched: 29.12.43

Completed: 29.02.44

Yokosuka Naval District 29.02.44-02.04.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 02.04.44-01.12.44

11 Coast/1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 01.12.44-10.12.44

11 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-25.05.45

Fate: sunk 25.05.45 by USAAF 345 Bomb Group SSW of Amoy, China

Position: 23-55N 117-40E

Dead: 168

Saved: 20 (all later died in hospital)

Removed from Navy List 25.05.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Ebihara Yoshichiro海老原 義一郎

30.01.44-05.10.44

*Resv LtCdr Arima Kunio有馬國

05.10.44-06.04.45

 

 

CD-2      第二號海防艦

Class: CD-2

Ordered: 1943 (#2701)

Builder: Yokosuka Kaigun Kosho 

Laid Down: 1005.43

Launched: 20.12.43

Completed: 28.02.44

Yokosuka Guard Force 28.02.44-30.03.44

2 Maritime Escort/General Escort 30.03.44-18.07.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 18.07.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-01.01.45

102 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 01.01.45-05.07.45

2 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 05.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered at Maizuru, scrapped 7/48

Removed from Navy List 20.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Hara Toshihisa 利久

10.01.44-30.06.45

Resv LtCdr Moriyasu Sakae 安栄

30.06.45-09.45

 

 

CD-3

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2402)

Builder:  Mitsubishi Zosensho, Kobe

Laid Down: 15.09.43

Launched: 29.12.43

Completed: 29.02.44

Kure Naval District 29.02.44-30.03.44

2 Maritime Escort/General Escort 30.03.44-18.07.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 18.07.44-01.12.44

11 Coast/1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 01.12.44-10.12.44

11 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-10.03.45

Fate: sunk 09.01.45 by US aircraft north of Keelung, Formosa

Position: 27-10N 121-43E

Dead: 175

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.03.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv Lt Nishina Toshiro仁科俊郎

30.01.44-09.01.45

 

 

CD-4

Class: CD-2 

Ordered: 1943 (#2702)

Builder: Yokosuka Kaigun Kosho 

Laid Down: 05.10.43

Launched: 20.12.43

Completed: 07.03.44

Kure Guard Force 07.03.44-02.04.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 02.04.44-15.07.44

3 Maritime Escort/Yokosuka ND 15.07.44-15.04.45

4 Special Attack/Yokosuka ND 15.04.45-28.07.45

Fate: sunk 28.07.45 by aircraft from HMS Formidable in Ise Wan

Position: 34-43N 136-43E

Dead: 5 

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 20.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Hara Toshihisa 利久

20.01.44-30.01.44

Resv Lt Mizutani Katsuji水谷勝二

30.01.44-02.04.45

Resv Lt Ito Toshio伊藤俊雄

02.04.45-28.07.45

 

 

CD-5

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2403)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 22.10.43

Launched: 15.01.44

Completed: 19.03.44 

Kure Guard Force 19.03.44-11.04.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 11.04.44-01.12.44

11 Coast/1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 01.12.44-10.12.44

11 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-25.05.45

Fate: sunk 21.09.44 at 1900 hrs by US aircraft off Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines

Position: 15-30N 119-50E

Dead: 17

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 25.05.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*LtCdr Kiriyama Katsuzo桐山勝三

30.01.44-21.09.44

 

CD-6

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2703)

Builder: Yokosuka Kaigun Kosho 

Laid Down: 05.10.43

Launched: 30.12.43

Completed: 15.03.44

Yokosuka Guard Force 15.03.44-05.04.44

2 Maritime Escort/General Escort 05.04.44-18.07.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 18.07.44-01.11.44

Yokosuka ND 01.11.44-05.01.45

21 Coast/    05.01.45-13.08.45

Fate: sunk 15.08.45 at 0100hrs by USS Atule (SS-403) off Muroran, Hokkaid, Japan

Position: 42-16N 142-12E

Dead: 196

Saved: 0 

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Hara Toshihisa 利久

20.01.44-30.01.44   

*Resv LtCdr Ando Hideo安藤英郎

30.01.44-13.08.45

 

 

CD-7

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2404)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Turumi 

Laid Down: 23.10.43

Launched: 18.01.44

Completed:   10.03.44

Kure Naval District 10.03.44-18.04.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 18.04.44-01.12.44

11 Coast/1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 01.12.44-10.12.44

11 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-10.01.45

Fate: sunk 14.11.44 at 2218hrs by USS Ray (SS-271) off Cape Boliano, Luzon, Philippines

Position: 17-46N 117-57E

Dead: 165 

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.01.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Shimada Suetsugu嶋田末次

30.01.44-03.09.44

*Resv LtCdr Yakota Tokujiro横田 德次郎

03.09.44-14.11.44

 

 

CD-8

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2704)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 23.10.43

Launched: 11.01.44

Completed:  29.02.44

Kure Guard Force 29.02.44-25.03.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 25.03.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-05.01.45

22 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 05.01.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered. Ceded to Great Britian, scrapped 05.47

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Kawamoto Genzo川本源蔵

10.01.44-08.04.45

Resv Lt Nihei Jinsaku仁平仁作

08.04.45-09.45

LtCdr Tanigawa Kiyosumi (66) 谷川溝澄

10.11.45-21.06.46

Lt Shiba Masafumi (71) 柴 正文

21.06.46-15.03.47

Cdr Nishino Shigeru (55) 西野 繁

15.03.47-16.07.47

 

 

CD-9

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2405)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Kobe

Laid Down: 15.10.43

Launched: 15.01.44

Completed: 10.03.44

Kure Guard Force 10.03.44-25.03.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 25.03.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-10.04.45

Fate: sunk 14.02.45at 2100hrs by USS Gato (SS-212) west of Cheju, Korea

Position: 32-43N 125-37E   

Dead:

Saved: 0

Removed from Navy List 10.04.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv LtCdr Takada Chojiro高田 長治郎

01.02.44-14.02.45

 

 

CD-10

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2705)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 23.10.43

Launched: 11.01.44

Completed: 29.02.44

Sasebo Guard Force 29.02.44-25.03.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 25.03.44-10.11.44

Fate: sunk 27.09.44 by USS Plaice (SS-390) 100 miles NNW of Amami-Oshima

Position: 29-26N 128-50E

Dead: 148

Saved: 8 

Removed from Navy List 10.11.44

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Ichinose Shiro一ノ瀬志朗

30.01.44-20.08.44

*Resv LtCdr Nai Minoru

20.08.44-27.09.44 DNC?

 

 

CD-11

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2406)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Kobe

Laid Down: 15.10.43

Launched: 15.01.44

Completed: 15.03.44

Maizuru Guard Force 15.03.44-05.04.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 05.04.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-10.01.45

Fate: sunk 10.11.44 by USAAF north of Cebu, Philippines

Position: 10-51N 124-32E

Dead: 89

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.01.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Nagahashi Kamata長橋喜間太

10.02.44-10.11.44

 

 

CD-12

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2706)

Builder: Yokosuka Kaigun Kosho

Laid Down: 05.10.43

Launched: 15.01.44

Completed: 22.03.44

Kure Guard Force 22.03.44-14.04.44

2 Maritime Escort/General Escort 14.04.44-18.07.44

Yokosuka ND 18.07.44-

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 05.03.45-20.04.45

Maizuru Naval District 20.04.45-

105 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered at Maizuru. Ceded to US and scrapped 05.47

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Cdr Ishikawa Mutsuo 石川六雄

15.02.44-13.02.45

Resv Lt Matsuoka Kyu松岡 宆

11.02.45-20.04.46

Lt Kanno Kiichiro (70) 菅野 喜一郎

20.04.46-05.08.47

Lt Sakamoto Doni (67)  坂本道二

05.08.47-

 

 

CD-13

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2407)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi 

Laid Down: 18.11.43

Launched: 25.01.44

Completed: 03.04.44

Kure Guard Force 03.04.44-26.04.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 26.04.44-20.11.44

1 Coast/1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 20.11.44-10.12.44

1 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-09.45

Fate sunk 14.08.45 at 1255hrs by USS Torsk (SS-423) off Maizuru, Japan

Position: 35-41N 134-35E

Dead: 28

Saved: 182 

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Iizuka Tomokichi飯塚倶吉 

20.02.44-31.03.44

Resv LtCdr Kondo Genichi根東源一

31.03.44-08.05.45

Resv LtCdr Mizusawa Sadanori水沢定則

08.05.45 -14.08.45

 

 

CD-14

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2707)

Builder: Yokosuka Kaigun Kosho

Laid Down: 05.10.43

Launched: 25.01.44

Completed: 27.03.44 

Kure Guard Force 27.03.44-05.05.44

2 Maritime Escort/General Escort 05.05.44-18.07.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 18.07.44-20.10.44

12 Coast/1 Maritime Escort/General Escort20.10.44-10.12.44

12 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-09.45

Fate surrendered. 1947 Ceded to China, renamed Tsi Nan. 1949 Taken over by Communists. Scrapped 1982

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Cdr Ishikawa Mutsuo石川六雄

15.02.44-01.03.44

Lt Tanabe Akira (65) 田辺 晃

01.03.44-10.01.46

Lt Yokochi Kanya (69) 横地鑑也

10.01.46-30.10.46

Lt Ariake Toshio (67) 有留喜郎

01.06.47-

 

 

CD-15

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2408)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi 

Laid Down: 18.11.43

Launched: 21.02.44

Completed: 08.04.44

Kure Guard Force 08.04.44-01.05.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 01.05.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-10.05.45

Fate: sunk 06.06.44 at 2225hrs by USS Raton (SS-270) south of

Nishinotorishima

Position: 08-57N 109-17E

Dead: 104

Saved: 34 

Removed from Navy List 10.05.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Lt Kondo Masatsugu (64) 近藤正次

08.04.44-06.06.44

 

 

CD-16

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2708)

Builder: Yokosuka Kaigun Kosho

Laid Down: 05.10.43

Launched: 25.01.44

Completed: 25.04.44

2 Maritime Escort/General Escort 25.04.44-18.07.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 18.07.44-20.10.44

12 Coast/1 Maritime Escort/General Escort20.10.44-10.12.44

12 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-09.45

Fate: surrendered at Muroran. 08.47 scrapped at Singapore

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Cdr Ishikawa Mutsuo 石川六雄

15.02.44-20.03.44

Resv Lt Kaimoto Kuni皆元 國

20.03.44-21.01.45

Resv LtCdr Nemoto Otomatsu根本音松

20.01.45-20.11.45

Vacant

15.11.45-21.01.46

Lt Ishii Nishini (66) 石井西二

21.01.46-28.01.46

LtCdr Tsurumura Hiroji (58) 鶴丸広次

28.01.46-15.08.46

LtCdr Tanigawa Kiyosumi (66) 谷川溝澄

15.08.46-22.01.47

Vacant

22.01.47-10.07.47

Lt Nojiri Masachi (67) 野尻雅一

   10.07.47- 

 

 

CD-17

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2409)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi 

Laid Down: 15.02.43

Launched: 25.02.44

Completed: 13.04.44

Kure Guard Force 13.04.44-07.05.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 07.05.44-10.07.44

1 Coast/1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 10.07.44-10.12.44

1 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-10.03.45

Fate: sunk 12.01.45 at 0852hrs by US aircraft off Cape St. Jacques, Indochina

Position: 10-20N 107-50E

Dead: 159

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.03.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Fukuchi Akiji福地秋二

20.03.44-31.03.44

*Resv Lt Inami Mikio 稻見幹夫

31.03.44-12.01.45

 

 

CD-18

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2709)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki 

Laid Down: 01.11.43

Launched: 11.01.44

Completed: 08.03.44

Sasebo Guard Force 08.03.44-18.04.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 18.04.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-20.01.45

103 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 20.01.45-25.05.45

Fate: sunk 29.03.45 by USAAF off Indochina

Position: 15-10N 109-26E

Dead: 184

Saved: 0

Removed from Navy List 25.05.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv Lt Shimokata Hiroma 下方弘麿

30.01.44-29.03.45

 

 

 

CD-19

Class: CD-1  

Ordered:  1943 (#2410)

Builder:  Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 15.12.43

Launched: 25.01.44

Completed: 28.04.44

Kure Guard Force 28.04.44-20.05.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 20.05.44-10.07.44

1 Coast/1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 10.07.44-10.12.44

1 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-09.45

Fate: sunk 12.01.45 at 1035hrs by US aircraft off Cape St Jacques, Indochina

Position: 10-20N 107-50E 

Dead:

Saved:        

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Tsuda Shogo 津田象吾

20.03.44-31.03.44

*Resv Lt Horiki Kenzo 堀木健三

31.03.44-12.01.45

 

 

CD-20

Class: CD-2 

Ordered: 1943 (#2710)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 01.11.43

Launched: 11.01.44

Completed: 11.04.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 11.04.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-25.05.45

Fate: sunk 20.12.44 by USAAF aircraft in Lingayen Gulf , Luzon, Philippines

Position: 06-30N 120-18E

Dead: 52

Saved:

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Kawamoto Genzo川本源蔵

30.01.44-01.03.44

* Lt Kuwabara Madoka (63) 桑原 円

01.03.44-20.12.44

 

 

CD-21

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2411)

Builder: Nihonkai Dock

Laid Down: 01.12.43

Launched: 15.03.44

Completed: 08.07.44

Kure Guard Force 08.07.44-18.08.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 18.08.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-10.01.45

Fate: sunk 06.10.44 at 1757hrs by USS Seahorse (SS-304) in South China Sea

Position: 19-45N 118-22E

Dead: 170

Saved: 0 

Removed from Navy List 10.01.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*LtCdr Hatakeyama Shigenori畠山重則

10.06.44-06.10.44

 

 

CD-22  

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2711)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki 

Laid Down: 27.01.44

Launched: 24.04.44

Completed: 24.04.44

Kure Gurad Force 24.04.44-22.07.44

Combined Fleet 22.07.44-20.08.44

31 Escort/5 Fleet/NE Area Fleet 20.11.44-25.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 25.12.44-25.04.45

31 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 25.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered at Maizuru. Scrapped 10.47 at Sasebo

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Ichinose Shiro一ノ瀬志朗

30.01.44-10.03.44

Resv Lt Haneba Ryo 羽場 

10.03.44-30.06.45

Resv Lt Ishida Yasuo石田康雄

30.06.45-20.04.46

Lt Kawamoto Noboru (69) 川本 昇

20.04.46-08.10.46

Lt Kawashima Yoshio (69) 河島義夫

08.10.46-24.10.46

Cdr Ikegami Iwao (54) 池上 巖

   24.10.46-

 

 

CD-23

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2412)

Builder: Nihonkai Dock

Laid Down: 10.02.44

Launched: 20.05.44

Completed: 15.09.44

Sasebo Guard Force 15.09.44-29.10.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 29.10.44-15.11.44

101 Escort /General Escort 15.11.44-10.12.44 

101 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-25.03.45

Fate: sunk 12.01.45 at 0900hrs by US aircraft off Cape St. Jacques, Indochina

Position: 14-15N 109-10E

Dead: 155

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 25.03.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Uchizaki Tsuyoshi内崎 強

01.07.44-15.08.44

*Resv Lt Inoue Mitsutake井上光武

15.08.44-12.01.45

 

 

CD-24

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2712)

Builder:  Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 01.11.43

Launched: 27.01.44

Completed: 28.03.44  

Maizuru Defense 28.03.44-28.04.44

Combined Fleet 28.04.44-20.08.44

Fate: sunk 28.06.44 by USS Archerfish (SS-311) 30 miles southwest of Iwo Jima

Position: 24-44N 140-20E 

Dead: 58

Saved:

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Shimokata Hiroma下方弘麿

30.01.44-10.03.44

Resv Lt Ishii Tomekichi石井留吉

10.03.44-28.03.44

Resv LtCdr Inoue Junzo井上純造

28.03.44-28.06.44

 

 

CD-25

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2413)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi 

Laid Down: 01.02.44

Launched: 14.05.44

Completed: 30.07.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 30.07.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-20.01.45

103 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 20.01.45-25.05.45

Fate: sunk 03.05.45 at 2300hrs by USS Springer (SS-414) in Yellow Sea

Position: 33-56N 122-49E

Dead: 175

Saved: 0 

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv Cdr Nakano Takeo中野武夫

08.06.44-03.05.45

 

 

CD-26

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2713)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 01.02.44

Launched: 11.04.44

Completed: 31.05.44

Kure Guard Force 31.05.44-26.06.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 26.06.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-25.04.45

31 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 25.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 09.47 at Kure

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Igarashi Toshio五十嵐 鋭雄

10.05.44-11.04.45

LtCdr Onishi Yoshiharu (61) 大西快治

11.04.45-30.06.45

Resv Lt Yoshino Teruhiko吉野輝彦

30.06.45-05.08.47

Lt Fudamae Susumu (69) 筆前 享   

05.08.47-05.09.47

 

 

CD-27

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2414)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 16.02.44

Launched: 03.06.44

Completed: 20.07.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 16.08.44-15.11.44

101 Escort /General Escort 15.11.44-10.12.44 

101 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-10.03.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 25.03.45-15.04.45

21 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 15.04.45-10.07.45

21 Coast/7 Fleet 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered at Sasebo. Scrapped 08.47 at Singapore

Removed from Navy 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Tsuda Shogo津田象吾

30.06.44-30.06.45   

Resv Lt Hirano Yorozu平野 萬

30.06.45-09.45

 

 

CD-28

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2714)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 01.02.44

Launched: 11.04.44

Completed: 31.05.44

Kure Gusrd Force 31.05.44-26.06.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 26.06.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-10.02.45

Fate: sunk 14.12.44 at 2334hrs by USS Blenny (SS-324) 100 miles northwest of Manila, Luzon, Philippines

Position: 15-50N 119-45E

Dead: 115

Dead: 0  

Removed from Navy List 10.02.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Igarashi Toshio五十嵐 鋭雄

10.05.44-26.05.44

*Resv LtCdr Sekida Takaharu關田敬治

26.05.44-17.02.44

 

 

CD-29

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 ($2415)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 02.03.44

Launched: 26.06.44

Completed: 08.08.44

Kure Guard Force 08.08.44-20.11.44

31 Escort/5 Fleet/NE Area Fleet 20.11.44-25.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 25.12.44-25.04.45

102 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 25.04.45-25.06.45

Sasebo Naval District 25.06.45-

Fate: badly damaged 28.03.45 by mine off Sasebo. Not repaired. Surrendered at Sasebo and scrapped there 11/47

Removed from Navy List 20.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Nakao Takeo中野武夫

22.06.44-01.07.44

Resv Lt Kuwashima Kanenosuke桑島 包之助

01.07.44-10.08.45

Resv LtCdr Yoshida Komao吉田駒雄

10.08.45-20.11.45

 

 

CD-30

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2715)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down:  15.02.44

Launched: 10.05.44

Completed: 26.07.44

4 Maritime Escort/Sasebo ND 25.07.44-10.05.45

Osaka Naval Guard 10.05.45-01.06.45

6 Special Attack Sqd 01.06.45-15.09.45

Fate: sunk 28.07.45 in Yura Bay by US aircraft

Position: 34-20N 135-00E

Dead: 98

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Kubota Rikuzo久保田 陸藏

10.01.44-10.06.44

Resv LtCdr Takamatsu Yoshiro高松弥四郎

10.06.44-30.06.45

*Resv LtCdr Kusumi Naotoshi楠見直俊

30.06.45-28.07.45

 

 

CD-31

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2416)

Builder:  Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 31.03.44

Launched: 04.07.44

Completed: 21.08.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 15.08.44-20.11.44

31 Escort/5 Fleet/NE Area Fleet 20.11.44-25.12.44

Fifth Fleet 25.12.44-05.03.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 05.03.45-25.04.45

Fate: sunk 14.04.45 at 0500hrs by USS Tirante (SS-420) northwest of Saishu Island

Position: 33-25N 126-15E

Dead: 39

Saved: 166

Removed from Navy List 25.05.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Kubo Takashi久保 武

31.07.44-15.04.45

 

 

CD-32

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2716)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 15.02.44

Launched: 10.05.44

Completed: 30.06.44

Kure Guard Force 30.06.44-30.07.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 30.07.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-05.01.45

22 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 05.01.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered at Sasebo, scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Ozaki Yatsunori 尾崎八憲

10.06.44-10.07.45

Resv LtCdr Taguchi Akira 田口

10.07.45-20.11.45

LtCdr Tanaka Ichiro (64) 田中一郎

20.11.45-01.04.46

LtCdr Miyake Tatsuo (66) 三宅辰夫

01.04.46-16.04.46

LtCdr Yamane Gon (61) 山根 権

16.04.46-15.10.46

LtCdr Tanaka Tsuneji田中常治

15.10.46-20.01.47

Vacant

20.01.47-

 

 

CD-33

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2417)

Builder: Nihn Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 5206.44

Launched: 22.07.44

Completed: 31.08.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 13.10.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-01.01.45

102 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 01.01.45-25.05.45

Fate; sunk 28.03.45 at 1715hrs by US aircraft off Miyazaki, Japan

Position: 31-45N 131-45E

Dead: 170

Saved: 0 

Removed from Navy List 25.05.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv LtCdr Morimoto Masaharu森本正春

31.07.44-28.03.45

 

 

CD-34

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2717)

Builder: Ishigawajima Zosensho, Tokyo

Laid Down: 25.03.44

Launched: 06.07.44

Completed: 25.08.44

Kure Guard Force 25.08.44-04.10.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 04.10.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-01.01.45

102 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 01.01.45-05.07.45

2 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 05.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered. 1947 ceded to USSR. Scrapped 1960

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Yoshino Iwao吉野

26.06.44-01.08.45

Resv LtCdr Nishida Yushi西田祐志

01.08.45-17.10.45

Cdr Tsunomachi Yohei (56) 角町与平

17.10.45-27.11.45

Lt Nakamura Kenichi (66) 中村乾一

27.11.45-11.01.46

LtCdr Shitato Toshizo (64) 白戸敏造   

11.01.46-18.05.46

Resv LtCdr Takeda Shintaro武田新太郎

18.05.46-01.06.47

LtCdr Tanaka Tsuneji田中常治

01.06.47-

 

 

CD-35

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2418)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 30.05.44

Launched: 04.09.44

Completed: 11.10.44

Kure Guard Force 01.10.44-21.11.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 21.11.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-01.01.45

102 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 01.01.45-10.03.45

Fate: sunk 12.01.45 at 0930hrs by US aircraft off Cape Padaran, Indochina

Position: 11-10N 108-55E

Dead: 69 

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.03.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Iwata Sueharu岩田末治

15.08.44-27.12.44

Resv LtCdr Kato Gichoku加藤義陟

27.12.44-12.01.45

 

 

CD-36

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2718)

Builder:  Fujinagata Zosensho, Osaka

Laid Down: 20.05.44

Launched: 19.09.44

Completed: 21.10.44

Kure Guard Force 21.10.44-28.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 28.12.44-20.01.45

11 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 20.01.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 02.48

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Hinokio Tadakazu檜尾忠一

30.09.44-20.10.45

Vacant

20.10.45-20.11.45

Lt Ito Toshinori (69) 伊藤年典

25.11.45-20.01.46

Vacant

20.01.46-

 

 

CD-37

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2419)

Builder: Nihon Dock 

Laid Down: 05.04.44

Launched: 05.08.44

Completed: 03.11.44

Kure Guard Unit 03.11.44-15.12.44

Yokosuka Gun School 15.12.44-15.07.45

1 Special Attack Sqd 15.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Okami Kazuo大上一雄

15.10.44-05.04.45

Resv LtCdr Kusudo Koichi楠戸孝一

05.04.45-09.45

 

 

CD-38

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2719)

Builder: Kawasaki Jyuko, Kobe

Laid Down: 02.04.44

Launched: 15.06.44

Completed: 10.08.44

Kure Guard Unit 10.08.44-06.10.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 06.10.44-20.10.44

12 Coast/1 Maritime Escort/General Escort20.10.44-10.12.44

12 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-10.01.45

Fate: sunk 25.11.44 by USS Hardhead (SS-365) off Corregidor, Luzon, Philippines

Position: 14-22N 119-57E

Dead: 85

Saved: 93 

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv LtCdr Hayashi Chiichi 林 致一

31.07.44-25.11.44

 

 

CD-39

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2420)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi 

Laid Down: 10.06.44

Launched: 13.08.44

Completed: 27.09.44

Yokosuka Guard Unit 27.09.44-09.11.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 09.11.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-05.01.45

1 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 05.01.45-09.45

Fate: sunk 07.08.45 by US aircraft off Kyosai Island

Position: 34-55N 128-44E

Dead: 33

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Mori Araki森 蘭

20.08.44-01.08.45

Resv LtCdr Yoshida Komao吉田駒雄

01.08.45-07.08.45

 

 

CD-40

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2720)

Builder: Fujinagata Zosensho, Osaka

Laid Down: 20.03.44

Launched: 15.11.44

Completed: 24.12.44 

Kure Guard Force 24.12.44-01.02.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 01.02.45-20.04.45

Maizuru Naval District 20.04.45-

105 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1963

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Aoki Kiyokazu青木清和

30.09.44-

Lt Uda Hiromi (69) 宇田広美

10.03.46-10.06.46

LtCdr Kawabata Makoto (62) 川畑 誠

10.06.46-10.08.47

Cdr Asakura Kouhei (55) 朝倉幸平

10.08.47-20.08.47 

Resv LtCdr Hoshiko Naoki星子直明

20.08.47-

 

 

CD-41

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2421)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 01.07.44

Launched: 08.09.44

Completed: 06.10.44

Yokosuka Guard Unit 16.10.44-26.11.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 26.11.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-25.04.45

102 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 25.04.45-05.07.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 05.07.45-10.08.45

Fate: sunk 09.06.45 at 0455hrs by USS Sea Owl (SS-405) SE of Mokpo, Korea

Position: 34-18N 127-18E

Dead: 173

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.08.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv Lt Takahashi Teruzo高橋輝藏

25.08.44-09.06.45

 

 

CD-42

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2721)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 15.04.44

Launched:  07.07.44

Completed: 25.08.44  

Kure Guard Unit 25.08.44-01.11.44

Sasebo Guard Unit 01.11.44-10.01.45

Fate: sunk 10.01.45 at 0500hrs by USS Puffer (SS-268) west of

Kume Island

Position: 27-01N 126-34E

Dead: 170

Saved: 0 

Removed from Navy List 10.03.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*LtCdr Egashira Tomiya江頭富也

31.07.44-10.01.45

 

 

CD-43

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2422)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Kobe

Laid Down: 10.04.44

Launched: 22.06.44

Completed: 31.07.44

Kure Guard Force 30.07.44-20.08.44

Escort Sqd 31 20.08.44-20.11.44

5 Fleet 20.11.44

Fate: sunk 12.01.45 by US aircraft off Cape St. Jacques, Indochina

Position: 11-10N 108-55E

Dead: 29

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.03.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Saito Yuichi齋藤祐一

01.07.44-12.01.45

 

 

CD-44

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2722)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 15.04.44

Launched: 07.07.44

Completed:  21.08.44

Kure Guard Force 21.08.44-05.11.44

Sasebo Guard Force 05.11.44-09.45

Fate: surrendered, sunk 25.08.47 as target

Position: 34-48N 139-42E

Removed from Navy 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Kimura Seishiro木村 清四郎

31.07.44-25.11.45

LtCdr Sugamasa Tetsuaki (65) 菅昌徹昭

25.11.45-08.02.46

Noshige Tsukasa靑野重郎

08.02.46-20.03.46

Lt Kondo Norio (68) 近藤矩雄

20.03.46-01.06.47

Lt Kishikawa Masanori (69) 岸川正紀

01.06.47-

 

 

CD-45

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2422)

Builder: Nihonkai Dock 

Laid Down: 25.05.44

Launched: 05.10.44

Completed: 23.12.44

Kure Guard Force 23.12.44-

Fate: sunk 28.07.45 by US aircraft in Owase Bay, Japan

Position: 34-05N 136-15E

Dead: 30

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Aramaki Teru荒牧 照

20.11.44-06.02.45

Resv LtCdr Iwata Sueji岩田末治

06.02.45-28.07.45

 

 

CD-46

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2723)

Builder: 

Laid Down: 01.05.44

Launched: 30.06.44

Completed: 29.08.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 08.10.44-20.10.44

12 Coast/1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 20.10.44-10.12.44

12 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-09.45

Fate: sunk 17.08.45 by mine off Mokpo, Korea

Position: 34-51N 126-02E

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Ando Keizo安藤啓造

31.07.44-17.08.45

 

 

CD-47

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2424)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi 

Laid Down: 15.07.44

Launched: 29.09.44

Completed: 12.11.44

Yokosuka Naval District 12.11.44-05.08.45

2 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 05.08.45-09.45

Fate: sunk 14.08.45 at 1035hrs by USS Torsk (SS-423) off Maizuru, Japan

Position: 35-41N 134-38E   

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv Lt Cdr Chiba Fukushi千葉福司

01.09.44-14.08.45

 

 

CD-48

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2724)

Builder: Fujinagata Zoensho, Osaka 

Laid Down: 15.05.44

Launched: 20.09.44

Completed: 15.03.45

Kure Guard Force 15.03.45-10.06.45

Sentai 81   10.06.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Kobayashi Tatsuo小橋辰雄

15.12.44-30.09.45

Lt Mogami Nobuo (67) 最上暢雄

30.09.45-18.11.46

Lt Ariake Toshio (67) 有留喜郎

18.11.46-28.01.47

Lt Tanaka Tsuneji (64) 田中常治

28.01.47-

 

 

CD-49

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2425)

Builder:  Nihon Kokan, Tsuurumi

Laid Down: 31.07.44

Launched: 04.09.44

Completed: 16.11.44  

Kure Guard Unit 16.11.44-18.01.45

Yokosuka Guard Unit 18.01.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Kawai Iitsuka河合 彌

15.10.44-25.10.45

LtCdr Haruguchi Noboru (63) 原口 昇

25.10.45-01.11.45

Lt Tateyama Takeharu (68) 館山武裕

01.11.45-01.12.45

Lt Yokochi Kanya (69) 横地鑑也

01.12.46-25.01.47

LtCdr Sakuraba Kyuuemon (60) 桜庭久右衛門

25.01.47-20.06.47

Vacant

20.06.47-29.06.47

Lt Isobe Hideo (68) 磯辺秀雄

29.06.47-10.07.47

Lt Kanda Hideo(71) 神田英夫

10.07.47-05.08.47

Nakajima Tenji中島典次

05.08.47-

 

 

CD-50

Class: CD-2 

Ordered: 1943 (#2725)

Builder: Ishigawajima Zosensho, Tokyo

Laid Down: 08.07.44

Launched: 09.09.44

Completed: 05.12.44 

3 Maritime Escort/Yokosuka ND 05.12.44-15.04.45

4 Special Attack/Yokosuka ND 15.04.45-

Fate: badly damaged 01.05.45 by USS Sennet (SS-408), towed to Osaka, surrendered not repaired. Scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 20.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Hiraishi Kiyoshi平石 廉 

15.09.44-06.45

 

 

CD-51

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2426)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Kobe 

Laid Down: 01.05.44

Launched: 20.08.44

Completed: 21.09.44

Sasebo Guard Unit 21.09.44-29.10.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 29.10.44-15.11.44

101 Escort /General Escort 15.11.44-10.12.44 

101 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-10.03.45

Fate: sunk 12.01.45 at 1400hrs by US aircraft off Cape St. Jacques, Indochina

Position: 14-15N 109-10E

Dead: 159

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.03.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv Lt Nakajima Teizo中島汀藏

20.08.44-12.01.45

 

 

CD-52

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2726)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 15.05.44

Launched: 07.08.44

Completed: 25.09.44

Kure Guard Force 25.09.44-01.11.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 01.11.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-05.01.45

22 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 05.01.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1958

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Ikeda Tarao池田虎雄

01.09.44-09.45

LtCdr Araki Asakichi (64) 荒木浅吉

12.11.45- 

Vacant

15.01.46-01.06.46

Lt Kishikawa Masanori (69) 岸川正紀

01.06.46- 

 

 

CD-53

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2427)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi 

Laid Down: 15.08.44

Launched: 29.10.44

Completed: 28.11.44

Kure Guard Force 28.11.44-18.01.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 18.01.45-10.04.45

Fate: sunk 07.02.45 at 1050hrs by USS Bergall (SS-320) off Van Phong Bay, Indochina

Position: 11-53N 109-22E    

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.04.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv Lt Yamagata Haruo山縣春雄

20.10.44-07.02.45

 

 

CD-54

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2727)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 15.05.44

Launched: 07.08.44

Completed: 30.09.44 

Kure Guard Force 30.09.44-03.11.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 03.11.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-10.02.45

Fate: sunk 15.12.44 by US aircraft north of Calayan Island, Luzon, Philippines

Position: 19-25N 121-25E       

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.02.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Ikeda Torao池田虎雄

01.09.44-05.09.44

*Resv Lt Murakami Tomoki村上友喜

05.09.44-15.12.44

 

 

CD-55

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2428)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi 

Laid Down: 20.08.44

Launched: 21.10.44

Completed: 20.12.44  

Kure Guard Force 20.12.44-01.02.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 01.02.45-25.04.45

11 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 25.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Yano Taketo矢野武人

20.10.44-20.07.45

Resv LtCdr Matoba Toranosuke的場 虎之助

20.07.45-09.45

Lt Hayakawa Norimasa (64) 早川尋匡

1946

Resv LtCdr Inoue Fumito 井上文刀

14.03.46-15.08.46

Resv Lt Nagamatsu Kumaichi 永松熊一

15.08.46-03.02.47

Vacant

03.02.47-01.06.47

Lt Ota Takashi (69) 太田 巍

01.06.47-

 

 

CD-56

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2728)

Builder: Kawasaki Jyuko, Kobe

Laid Down: 01.06.44

Launched: 30.07.44

Completed: 27.09.44  

Yokosuka Naval District 27.09.44-17.02.45

Fate: sunk 16.02.45 by USS Bowfin (SS-287) 5 miles east of Mikura Jima

Position: 33-54N 139-43E

Dead: 177 

Saved:  

Removed from Navy List 25.05.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Kusudo Junichi楠戸醇一

15.08.44-25.09.44 

*Resv Lt Nagasue Asakichi永末淺吉

25.09.44-16.02.45

 

 

CD-57

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2429)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 15.10.44

Launched: 16.11.44

Completed: 13.01.45  

Kure Guard Force 13.01.45-28.02.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 28.02.45-25.04.45

11 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 25.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Katagiri Yoshihiro片桐義禮

05.11.44-10.10.45

Cdr Namiki Hideo (59) 並木秀夫

10.10.45-10.11.45

LtCdr Naramura Tadao (61) 楢村忠雄

10.11.45-05.01.46

Atamiya Chuji新宮忠次

05.01.46-10.05.46

Lt Morita Tomoyuki (68) 森田友幸

10.05.46-

 

 

CD-58

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2729)

Builder: Fujinagata Zosensho, Osaka

Laid Down: 15.05.44

Launched: 15.11.44

Completed: 15.04.45

Kure Guard Force 15.04.45-09.45  

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Yahara Junzo 谷原凖造

03.03.45-01.07.45

Vacant

01.07.45-24.12.45

Lt Muto Toshio (70) 武藤敏雄

24.12.45-14.04.46

Lt Tanaka Toshio (68) 田中俊雄

14.04.47-

 

 

CD-59

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2430)

Builder:  Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 05.10.44

Launched: 22.11.44

Completed: 05.04.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 05.04.45-25.04.45

103 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 25.04.45-10.07.45

103 Escort/7 Fleet 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Aoyanagi Shiro青柳誌郎

15.11.44-27.09.45

LtCdr Horinouchi Yoshiro (62) 堀之内芳郎

27.09.45-10.10.45

Resv Lt Tsuda Takehiko津田武彦

10.10.45-05.02.46

Cdr Konosaki Makoto (57) 小野崎 誠

05.02.46-12.02.46

LtCdr Kawabe Chushiro (66) 河辺 忠四郎

12.02.46-25.02.46

Vacant

25.02.46-05.03.46

Lt Samejima Osamu (67) 鮫島 修

05.03.46-27.03.46

Vacant

27.03.46- 

 

 

CD-60

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2730)

Builder: Kawasaki Jyuko, Kobe

Laid Down: 16.06.44

Launched: 15.09.44

Completed: 20.01.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 16.12.44-20.01.45

103 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 20.01.45-10.07.45

103 Escort/7 Fleet 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Hosogaya Eiji細萱英二

20.10.44-18.10.45

LtCdr Horinouchi Yoshiro (62) 堀之内芳郎

18.10.45-12.03.46

LtCdr Moroishi Koh (64) 諸石 

12.03.46-

 

 

CD-61

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2431)

Builder: Maizuru Kaigun Kosho

Laid Down: 01.04.44

Launched: 25.07.44

Completed: 20.11.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 20.11.44-05.12.44

31 Coast/1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 05.12.44-10.12.44

31 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 05.03.47

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Kakehi Shiro 筧 四郎

20.08.44-05.05.45

Resv Lt Shiratori Amane

05.05.45-09.45

 

 

CD-62

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2731)

Builder: Hitchi Zosensho, Mukojima 

Laid Down: 12.01.45

Launched: 15.03.45

Completed: -------  

Fate:

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

Resv LtCdr Sudo Goro首藤五郎  20.08.45- 05.01.46

Vacant  05.01.46-

 

 

CD-63

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2432)

Builder:  Mitsubishi Zosensho, Kobe

Laid Down: 01.07.44

Launched: 20.09.44

Completed: 15.11.44

Maizuru Guard Unit 15.11.44-21.11.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 21.11.44-05.12.44

31 Coast/1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 05.12.44-10.12.44

31 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-09.45

Fate: badly damaged 10.08.45 by mine in Nanao Bay, scrapped, 1948

Removed from Navy List 05.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Ii Kenzo井伊謙三

30.09.44-09.45

 

 

CD-64

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2732)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 08.07.44

Launched: 05.09.44

Completed: 19.10.44

Kure Guard Unit 19.10.44-21.11.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 21.11.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-10.02.45

Fate: sunk 03.12.44 at 0607hrs by USS Pipefish (SS-388)

Position: 18-36N 111-54E

Dead: 184

Saved: 0 

Removed from Navy List 10.02.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Cdr Sakaguchi Saburo坂口三郎

30.09.44-03.12.44

 

 

CD-65

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2433)

Builder: Nihonkai Dock,  

Laid Down: 10.08.44

Launched: 30.11.44

Completed: 01.04.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 01.04.45-05.05.45

105 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: sunk 15.07.45 by US aircraft 15 miles south of Muroran, Japan

Position: 42-21N 140-59E     

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Fukase Eijiro深瀬 英次郎

05.01.45-15.07.45

 

 

CD-66

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2733)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 08.07.44

Launched: 05.09.44

Completed: 21.10.44

Sasebo Naval District 21.10.44-26.11.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 26.11.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-05.01.45

22 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 05.01.45-25.04.45

Fate: sunk 13.03.45 at 1235hrs by US aircraft east of Swatow, China

Position:

Dead: 175

Saved: 12 

Removed from Navy List 10.05.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv LtCdr Tomita Ichiroku富田一六

30.09.44-13.03.45     

 

 

CD-67

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2434)

Builder: Maizuru Kaigun Kosho

Laid Down: 15.06.44

Launched: 15.09.44

Completed: 28.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 28.12.44-20.01.45

103 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 20.01.45-10.07.45

103 Escort/7 Fleet 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1963

Removed from Navy List 25.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Ueyanagi Risaburo上柳利三郎

20.10.44-05.11.45

Lt Yamagata Shinji (68) 山県信治

05.11.45-14.01.46

LtCdr Toyama Saburo (66) 外山三郎

14.01.46-25.01.46

Lt Ishihara Tamotsu石原信

25.01.46-20.01.47

Vacant

20.01.47-01.05.47

Lt Hirota Hideo (67) 広田秀三

01.05.47-

 

 

CD-68

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2734)

Builder: Kawasaki Jyuko, Kobe

Laid Down: 03.07.44

Launched: 30.09.44

Completed: 20.11.44

Sasebo Guard Force 20.11.44-25.03.45

Fate: sunk 24.03.45 by US aircraft 200 miles NW Okinawa

Position: 30-00N 126-26E   

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv LtCdr Ishii Tomekichi石井留吉

01.11.44-24.03.45

 

 

CD-69

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2435)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Kobe

Laid Down: 24.08.44

Launched: 25.10.44

Completed: 01.02.45  

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 01.02.45-10.05.45

Fate: sunk 16.03.45at 0714hrs by US aircraft 8 miles off Hong Kong

Position: 22-00N 113-40E

Dead: 26

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Kanabara Seiji金原政治

20.10.44-16.03.45

 

 

CD-70

Class: CD-2 

Ordered: 1943 (#2735)

Builder: Hiachi Zosensho, Mukojima

Laid Down: 01.02.45

Launched: --------

Completed:  -------

Fate:

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

none

 

 

 

CD-71

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2436)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 05.10.44

Launched: 05.11.44

Completed: 12.03.45

Kure Guard Force 12.03.45-20.05.45

11 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 20.05.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Takano Akira高野

01.12.44-15.07.45

Resv LtCdr Asada Etsuro麻田悦郎

15.07.45-20.12.45

Vacant        

20.12.45-30.03.46

Lt Nakajima Junichi (67) 中島純一

30.03.46-08.10.46

Lt Tateyama Takeharu (68) 館山武裕

08.10.46-01.12.46

Lt Yokochi Kanya (69) 横地鑑也

01.12.46-25.01.47

LtCdr Sakuraba Kyuuemon (60) 桜庭久右衛門

25.01.47-20.06.47

Lt Okuno Tadashi (68) 奥野 正

20.06.47-29.06.47

 Isobe Hideo磯部秀雄

29.06.47-10.07.47

Vacant

10.07.47-05.08.47

Lt Kawakami Taichi (67) 川上大一

05.08.47-

 

 

CD-72

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2736)

Builder: Ishigawajima Zosensho, Tokyo

Laid Down: 18.08.44

Launched: 23.10.44

Completed: 31.01.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 30.01.45-25.04.45

1 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 25.04.45-09.45

Fate: sunk 01.07.45by USS Haddo (SS-255) near Changshan, Korea

Position: 38-08N 124-38E    

Dead:

Saved: 

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv Lt Yasunaga Fumitomo安永文友

23.10.44-01.07.45

 

 

CD-73

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2432)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi 

Laid Down: 08.10.44

Launched: 10.12.44

Completed: 05.04.45

Kure Naval District 05.04.45-16.04.45

Fate: sunk 16.04.45 by USS Sunfish (SS-281) off Kamaishi, Japan

Position: 39-36N 142-05E

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 05.05.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv LtCdr Kawamoto Kazuo川本和雄

10.12.44-16.04.45

 

 

CD-74

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2732)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki 

Laid Down: 01.08.44

Launched: 02.11.44

Completed: 10.12.44

Kure Guard Unit 10.12.44-07.45

Ominato Guard Unit 07.45-15.07.45

Fate: sunk 14.07.45 by US aircraft 15 miles south of Muroran, Japan

Position: 42-21N 130-59E

Dead: 22

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Tamaki Makoto玉置

20.11.44-14.07.45

 

 

CD-75

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2438)

Builder:  Nihonkai Dock

Laid Down: 05.04.44

Launched: 05.08.44

Completed:  25.04.45 

Kure Guard Force 25.04.45-15.06.45

11 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 15.06.45-09.45

Fate: sunk 10.08.45 off Niigata, either run aground or hit mine

Position:

Dead:

Saved:   

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Imura Tadahiko (65) 飯村忠彦 

05.03.45-10.08.45

 

 

CD-76

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2738)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki 

Laid Down: 01.08.44

Launched: 18.11.44

Completed: 20.02.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 20.02.45-25.04.45

1 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 25.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered

Removed from Navy List 03.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Shibuya Masamitsu澁谷政光

25.11.44-09.45

Lt Yamazaki Toshio (67) 山崎俊夫

01.11.45-15.12.45 

LtCdr Ueno Norihiro (66) 上野忠弘

15.12.45-05.04.46

Lt Kawashima Yoshio (69) 河島義夫

05.04.46-08.10.46

Lt Mogami Nobuo (67) 最上暢雄 

08.10.46-18.11.46

Lt Ariake Toshio (67) 有留喜郎

18.11.46-28.01.47

LtCdr Tanaka Tsuneji (64) 田中常治

28.01.47-10.07.47

Lt Ariake Toshio (67) 有留喜郎

10.07.47- 

 

 

CD-77

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2439)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 02.11.44

Launched: 18.12.44

Completed: 31.03.45

Kure Guard Force 31.03.45-05.05.45

Sentai 51   05.05.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered

Removed from Navy List 30.11.4

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Nakane Kazumasa 中根一正

01.04.45-01.04.46

Resv Lt Amano Takashi天野孝哉

01.04.46-12.04.46

LtCdr Okazumi Seiji (51) 岡積清治

12.04.46-05.08.47

Lt Yoshimura Goro (67) 吉村五郎

05.08.47-

 

 

CD-78

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2739)

Builder: Kawasaki Jyuko, Senshu

Laid Down: 07.11.44

Launched: 08.01.45

Completed: 24.03.45

     ?

Fate: not commissioned

Removed from Navy List: 29.07.47

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Vacant

24.03.45

Resv Lt Nishida Hiroshi 西田祐志

05.03.45-01.08.45

Vacant

01.08.45-15.01.46

Capt Taniguchi Toshio (50) 谷口俊雄

15.01.46-

Lt Yamagata Shinji (68) 山県信治

               -20.01.47

Vacant

20.01.47-

 

 

CD-79

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2440)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 15.12.44

Launched: 27.12.44

Completed:  06.05.45

Sentai 51  06.05.45-16.07.45

11 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 16.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered

Removed from Navy List 25.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Okuhara Koichi奥原孝一

06.05.45-30.09.45

Lt Asonuma Hirosato (67) 阿曽沼 広郷  

30.09.45-26.02.46

Vacant

26.02.46-01.06.46 

Lt Ota Takashi (69) 太田 巍

01.06.46-17.07.46

LtCdr Imanishi Saburo (67) 今西三郎

17.07.46-

 

 

CD-80

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2740)

Builder: Hitachi Zosensho, Mukojima 

Laid Down: 01.03.45

Launched: ------

Completed:  -------- 

Fate: scrapped

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

None

 

 

 

CD-81

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2441)

Builder: Maizuru Kaigun Kosho

Laid Down: 07.08.44

Launched: 15.10.44

Completed: 15.12.44

Kure Guard Force 15.12.44-25.01.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 25.01.45-25.04.45

31 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 25.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Sakamoto Masanobu坂元正信

15.11.44-25.10.45

LtCdr Tsugai Akira (65) 番井 章 

25.10.45-10.12.45

Lt Nishiyama Kenichi (68) 西山顕一

10.12.45-20.01.47

Vacant

20.01.47-17.07.45 

Lt Nishiyama Kenichi (68) 西山顕一

17.07.47-

 

 

CD-82

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2741)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 06.09.44

Launched: 18.11.44

Completed: 31.12.44

Kure Guard Unit 31.12.44-15.02.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 15.02.45-25.04.45

102 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 25.04.45-05.07.45

2 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 05.07.45-09.45

Fate: sunk 10.08.45 by Soviet aircraft 7 miles SSW of Kumsudan, Korea

Position: 41-21N 131-12E

Dead: 118

Saved: 93

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv LtCdr Mori Takeshi森 武

01.12.44-10.08.45

 

 

CD-83

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2442)

Builder:  Naniwa Dock Co., Osaka

Laid Down: 25.08.44

Launched: 16.01.45

Completed: --------- 

Fate: surrendered 80% complete

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Tsuji Shinichiro辻 眞一郎

25.02.45-01.06.45

Vacant

01.06.45-12.06.45

Resv Lt Sone Osamu 曽根 修

12.06.45-30.06.45

Resv LtCdr Morisawa Akiharu 森澤明治

30.06.45-20.08.45

Vacant

20.08.45-  

 

 

CD-84

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2741)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki  

Laid Down: 06.09.44

Launched: 18.11.44

Completed: 31.12.44

Kobe Guard Unit 31.12.44-10.02.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.02.45-10.05.45

Fate: sunk 29.03.45 at 0710hrs by USS Hammerhead (SS-364) off Cape Varella, Indochina

Position: 14-40N 109-16E    

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.05.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Kaneko Susumu金子 進

10.12.44-31.12.44

*Resv Lt Ikegawa Tokiyoshi池田時義

31.12.44-29.03.45

 

 

CD-85

Class: CD-1 

Ordered: 1943 (#2443)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 20.11.44

Launched: 27.01.45

Completed: 31.05.45

Sentai 51   31.05.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered

Removed from Navy List 25.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長 

 

Resv LtCdr Nabasama Yutaka南波佐間 豐

10.01.45-30.10.45

Resv Lt Kourda Shuzo廣田秀三

30.10.45-31.07.46

 

 

CD-87

Class: CD-1 

Ordered: 1943 (#2444)

Builder:  Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 27.11.44

Launched: 15.02.45

Completed: 20.05.45

Sentai 51 20.05.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Aramaki Teru荒牧 照

01.04.45-10.11.45   

LtCdr Nambu Nobukiyo (61) 南部伸清

08.11.45-17.02.47

Vacant

20.01.47-17.07.47

Lt Nishiyama Kenichi (68) 西山顕一

17.07.47-

 

 

CD-89

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2445)

Builder: Nihonkai Dock

Laid Down: 08.01.45

Launched: 03.05.45

Completed: -------

Fate: surrendered 90% complete, scrapped

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Shibata Seizo柴田清三

15.05.45-20.08.45

 

 

CD-93    第九十三號海防艦の艦歴

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2447)

Builder:  

Laid Down: 20.05.45

Launched: -------

Completed:  -------

 

 

CD-95

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2448)

Builder:  Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 27.11.44

Launched: 12.04.45

Completed: 04.07.45

Sentai 51  04.07.45-09.45

Fate: badly damaged 08.07.45 by mine atYokosuka, not repaired. Scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Karasawa Hiroshi唐澤廣志

04.05.45-20.08.45

Vacant

20.08.45-

 

 

CD-97

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2449)

Builder:  Niho Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 05.10.44

Launched: 20.05.45

Completed: 12.12.45

Yokosuka Demobilization 12.12.45-

Fate: scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Matsumura Takeo松村武雄

04.05.45-30.06.45

Resv LtCdr Ishiwari Tadashi石割 正

30.06.45-20.08.45

Vacant

20.08.45-30.09.45

LtCdr Hayashi Kenzo (64) 林 健三

30.09.45-13.02.46

LtCdr Shigaki Fumio (57)  志垣郁雄 

13.02.46-10.03.46

Resv Lt Tamaari Isamu 玉有 勇

10.03.46-29.03.46

Vacant

29.03.46-

 

 

CD-101

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2451)

Builder: Kyowa Shipbuilding Co. 

Laid Down: 08.09.44

Launched: -----

Completed: -------

Fate: scrapped

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

none

 

 

 

CD-102

Class: CD-2

Ordered: 1943 (#2751)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki  

Laid Down: 05.10.44

Launched: 04.12.44

Completed: 20.01.45

Kure Guard Force 20.01.45-03.03.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 03.03.45-10.04.45

7 Fleet 10.04.45-09.45

Fate: badly damaged 09.04.45 by USS Tirante (SS-420) towed to Pusan, Korea, not repaired. Surrendered

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Oki Takeo大木武雄

20.01.45-09.45

LtCdr Hayashi Kenzo (64) 林 健三

30.09.45-15.11.45

Lt Utsunomiya Michiharu (69) 宇都宮 道春

15.11.45-08.10.46

Matsumoto 松元榮任

08.10.46-20.01.47

Vacant

20.01.47-05.08.47

Resv Lt Kouda Shuuzo廣田秀三

05.08.47-

 

 

CD-104

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2752)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 05.10.44

Launched: 16.12.44

Completed: 31.01.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 15.03.45-10.04.45

7 Fleet 10.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1960

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Fukushima Kintaro福島 金太郎

05.01.45-30.09.45

LtCdr Nagoshi Yuukou (66) 名越有幸

30.09.45-05.08.47

Lt Kishikawa Masanori (69) 岸川正紀

05.08.47-18.08.47

Cdr Nishino Shigeru (55) 西野 繁

18.08.47-

 

 

CD-105

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2453)

Builder:  Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 24.12.44

Launched: 31.01.45

Completed: 15.04.46

Fate: scrapped

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

None

 

Resv LtCdr Ichinose Shiro 一ノ瀬志朗

20.02.46-25.02.46

Lt Iwamoto Masanori (66) 岩元正典

25.02.46-30.05.46

Lt Nakajima Junichi (67) 中島純一

30.05.46-01.06.47

Lt Kanda Hideo (71) 神田英夫

01.06.47- 

 

 

CD-106

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2753)

Builder: Isigawajima Zosensho, Tokyo

Laid Down: 05.10.44

Launched: 14.01.45

Completed: 05.03.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 05.03.45-10.04.45

7 Fleet 10.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Kawamura Katsu河村

01.12.44-05.10.45

Lt Kikuchi Masaaki (67) 菊池政秋

05.10.45-01.11.45

Lt Uno Ichiro (68) 宇野一郎

01.11.45-

LtCdr Yokota Hajime (56) 横田 元

              -04.01.47

Vacant

04.01.47-01.06.47

Lt Sato Momorato (71) 佐藤 百太郎

01.06.47-

 

 

CD-107

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2454)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi 

Laid Down: 03.01.45

Launched: 31.01.46

Completed: 30.05.46

Fate: scrapped

Removed from Navy List: 29.08.47

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Lt Hoshino Tomokei (70) 星野友慶

20.03.46-01.03.47

Vacant

01.03.47-01.06.47

Lt Kanda Hideo (71)  神田英夫

01.06.47-

 

 

CD-109

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2455)

Builder:  Nihonkai Dock

Laid Down: 26.02.45

Launched: -----

Completed: ------

Fate: scrapped on slip

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

none

 

 

 

CD-112

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2756)

Builder: Kawasaki Jyuko, Senshu

Laid Down: 25.09.44

Launched: 24.10.44

Completed: 08.12.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 08.12.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-20.04.45

Maizuru Naval District 20.04.45-

105 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: sunk 18.07.45 by USS Barb (SS-220) off Magotsue, Hokkaido, Japan

Position: 46-03N 142-16E

Dead: 200

Saved: 4 

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv Lt Ishiwatari Shunichiro石渡俊一郎

30.09.44-18.07.45

 

 

CD-116

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2758)

Builder: Ishigwajima Zosensho, Tokyo 

Laid Down: 05.03.45

Launched: 15.08.45

Completed: 28.11.45

Yokosuka Demobilization 28.11.45-

Fate: grounded 25.03.46 at Makurazaki and wrecked

Position: 31-16N 130-18E

Dead: Saved:

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Baba Kentaro馬場賢太郎

15.02.45-19.08.45

Vacant

18.08.45-30.09.45

Lt Kawakami Taichi (67) 川上大一

30.09.45-25.03.46

 

 

CD-117

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1942 (#2459)

Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi

Laid Down: 01.02.45

Launched: ------

Completed: -------

Fate:

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

none

 

 

 

CD-118

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2759)

Builder: 

Laid Down: 08.06.44

Launched: 20.11.44

Completed: 27.12.44

Sasebo Naval District 27.12.44-

Fate: surrendered

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Sakai Yasuharu逆井保治

05.11.44-26.09.45

Cdr Fukuyama Tsuyoshi (58) 福山 強

26.09.45-24.11.45 

LtCdr Sakuraba Kyuuemon (60) 桜庭久右衛門

24.11.45-05.01.46

Vacant

05.01.46-28.01.46

LtCdr Sakuraba Kyuuemon (60) 桜庭久右衛門

28.01.46-20.01.47

Vacant

20.01.47-15.03.47

LtCdr Okazumi Seiji (51) 岡積清治

15.03.47-

 

 

CD-122

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2761)

Builder: Ishigawajima Zosensho, Tokyo

Laid Down: 04.03.45

Launched: ------

Completed: ------

Fate:

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

none

 

 

 

CD-124

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2762)

Builder: Kawasaki Jyuko, Senshu

Laid Down: 29.06.44

Launched: 12.01.45

Completed: 09.02.45

Kure Guard Force 09.02.45-20.06.45

Sasebo Guard Force 20.06.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長  

 

Resv Lt Matsui Konosuke松井 孝之助

05.01.45-09.45

 

 

CD-126

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2763)

Builder: Kawasaki Jyuko, Senshu 

Laid Down: 07.11.44

Launched: 25.02.45

Completed: 26.03.45

Kure Guard Force 27.03.45-05.05.45

Maizuru Guard Force 05.05.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 13.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Miura Shizo三浦靜雄

01.02.45-05.11.45

Lt Matsushita Hiroshi (67) 松下 寛

05.11.45-15.01.47

LtCdr Maeda Ichiro (57) 前田一郎

15.01.47-15.03.47

Vacant

15.03.47-17.07.47

Lt Sato Momorato (71) 佐藤 百太郎

17.07.47-

 

 

CD-130

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2765)

Builder: Harima Shipbuildong Co., Harima   

Laid Down: 22.02.44

Launched: 24.05.44

Completed: 07.09.44

Kure Guard Force 07.09.44-20.09.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 20.09.44-20.11.44

11 Coast/1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 20.11.44-10.12.44

11 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-10.05.45

Fate: sunk, 29.03.45 at 2330hrs by US aircraft off Nha Trang Bay, Indochina

Position: 14-39N 109-16E

Dead: 178

Saved: 0 

Removed from Navy List 10.05.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv LtCdr Suzuki Yasukichi鈴木康吉

31.07.44-29.03.45

 

 

CD-132

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2766)

Builder: Harima Shipbuildong Co., Harima 

Laid Down: 10.04.44

Launched: 25.06.44

Completed: 07.09.44 

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 18.10.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-20.01.45

12 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 20.01.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv LtCdr Takemura Misao武村 操

31.07.44-24.10.44

Vacant

24.10.44-10.11.44

Resv Lt Ibuki Norishige雪吹周重

10.11.44-20.11.45

LtCdr Oba Saichi (62) 大場佐一

25.11.45-05.12.45

Lt Nakajima Junichi (67) 中島純一

05.12.45-30.03.46

Vacant

30.03.46-08.10.46

Lt Kawakami Taichi (67) 川上大一

08.10.46-24.10.46

Vacant

24.10.46-28.10.46

LtCdr Hashiguchi Momoji (62) 橋口百治

28.10.46-05.11.46

Lt Ariake Toshio (67) 有留喜郎

05.11.46-15.11.46

Resv LtCdr Harada Tamotsu原田 保

15.11.46-10.12.46

Vacant

10.12.46-

 

 

CD-134

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2767)

Builder: Harima Shipbuildong Co., Harima 

Laid Down: 26.05.44

Launched: 29.07.44

Completed: 30.09.44

Sasebo Guard Unit 30.09.44-11.11.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 11.11.44-20.11.44

11 Coast/1 Maritime Escort/General Escort20.11.44-10.12.44

11 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-10.05.45

Fate: sunk 06.04.45 by USAAF 345 Bomb Group SSW of Amoy, China

Position: 23-55N 117-40E

Dead: 159

Saved: 0

Removed from Navy List 10.05.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv LtCdr Fukuda Moichiro福田茂一郎

01.09.44-06.04.45

 

 

CD-138

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2769)

Builder: Harima Shipbuildong Co., Harima   

Laid Down: 27.06.44

Launched: 09.44

Completed: 05.12.44

Kure Guard Force 23.11.44-05.12.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 05.12.44-10.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-10.03.45

Fate: sunk 02.01.45 by US aircraft at San Fernando, Luzon, Philippines

Position:

Dead: 182

Saved: 0

Removed from Navy List 10.03.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv LtCdr Takahashi Minoru高橋

25.09.44-02.01.45

 

 

CD-142

Class: CD-2 

Ordered: 1943 (#2771)

Builder: Kawasaki Jyuko, Senshu

Laid Down: 05.02.45

Launched: 08.05.45

Completed: 07.07.46

Fate: surrendered

Removed from Navy List 

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Taguchi Saburo田口 昂

04.05.45-15.03.46

Lt Sasaki Masakatsu (69) 佐々木正勝

15.03.46-16.01.47

Cdr Nishino Shigeru (55) 西野 繁

16.01.47-15.03.47

Vacant

15.03.47-16.07.47

Lt Takai Taro (70) 高井太郎

16.07.47-

 

 

CD-144

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2772)

Builder: Harima Shipbuildong Co., Harima 

Laid Down: 01.08.44

Launched: 10.10.44

Completed: 23.11.44 

Kure Guard Unit 23.11.44-05.01.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 05.01.45-10.04.45

Fate: sunk 02.02.45 at 0100hrs by USS Besugo (SS-321) east of Malaya

Position: 04-32N 104-30E

Dead: 89

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 10.04.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

LtCdr Mori Yoshitaka 森 泰隆

01.11.44-02.02.45

 

 

CD-150

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2775)

Builder: Harima Zosensho., Harima 

Laid Down: 04.09.44

Launched: 15.11.44

Completed: 08.02.45 

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 08.02.45-20.04.45

Maizuru Naval District 20.04.45-

105 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, sunk 18.08.47 as a target

Position: 35-28N 123-25E

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Shigetomi Hideo重富秀男

20.11.44-07.11.45

Lt Tanaka Kenichi (67) 田中健一

07.11.45-11.04.46

Vacant

11.04.46-28.10.46

LtCdr Hashiguchi Momoji (62) 橋口百治

28.10.46-05.11.46

Lt Ariake Toshio (67) 有留喜郎

05.11.46-15.11.46

Resv LtCdr Harada Tamotsu原田 保

15.11.46-16.01.47

Cdr Nishino Shigeru (55) 西野 繁

16.01.47-15.0347

Vacant

15.03.47-

 

 

CD-154

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2777)

Builder: Harima Shipbuildong Co., Harima 

Laid Down: 12.10.44

Launched: 26.12.44

Completed: 23.03.45 

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 23.03.45-10.04.45

7 Fleet 10.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Kumabe Itsuo隈部五夫

08.01.45-09.45

LtCdr Hayashi Kenzo (64) 林 健三

13.02.46-05.08.47

Resv Lt Nagamatsu Kumaichi 永松熊一

05.08.47-05.09.47

Vacant

05.09.47-

 

 

CD-156

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2778)

Builder: Harima Shipbuildong Co., Harima   

Laid Down: 17.11.44

Launched: 25.01.45

Completed: 08.03.45

Kure Guard Force 08.03.45-15.06.45

Sentai 51  15.06.45-23.07.45

12 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 23.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Suzuki Hisakatsu鈴木壽勝

01.02.45-15.11.45

Vacant

15.11.45-25.11.45

Matsumoto 松元榮任

25.11.45-20.01.47

Vacant

20.01.47-05.08.47

Matsumoto 松元榮任

05.08.47-

 

 

CD-158

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2779)

Builder: Harima Shipbuildong Co., Harima 

Laid Down: 28.12.44

Launched: 23.02.45

Completed: 13.04.45

Maizuru Naval District 13.04.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1947

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Tamaru Masao 田丸政雄

25.02.45-01.11.45

Resv LtCdr Seki Seiei 關 淸榮

01.11.45-01.03.46

LtCdr Tanaka Tsuneji (64) 田中常治

01.03.46-24.08.46

Vacant

24.08.46-02.10.46

LtCdr Nagoshi Yuukou (66) 名越有幸

02.10.46-14.11.46

Lt Nagai Hiroshi (67) 永井 博

14.11.46-10.02.47

Resv Lt Hoshiko Naoki 星子直明

10.02.47-

 

 

CD-160

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2780)

Builder: Harima Shipbuildong Co., Harima 

Laid Down: 27.01.45

Launched: 10.04.45

Completed: 16.08.45

第四豫備海防艦

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Takezawa Teizo 竹澤定三

15.04.45-30.10.45

LtCdr Hoshiko Naoaki 星子直明

30.10.45-20.08.46

Matsumoto 松元榮任

20.08.46-05.09.47

Vacant

05.09.47-

 

 

CD-186

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2793)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki 

Laid Down: 11.04.44

Launched: 20.12.44

Completed:   15.02.45

Sasebo Naval District 15.02.45-02.04.45

Fate: sunk 02.04.45 by US aircraft off Amami-O-Shima

Position: 28-07N 129-09E   

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 25.05.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Kasumi Naotoshi 楠見直俊

20.01.45-02.04.45

 

 

CD-190

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2795)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 20.11.44

Launched: 16.01.45

Completed:  21.02.45

Kobe Defense Unit 21.02.45-

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Matsumoto Takeji松本竹治

01.02.45-09.45

 

 

CD-192

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2796)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 03.12.44

Launched: 30.01.45

Completed: 28.02.45

Kure Guard Force 28.02.45-20.04.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 20.04.45-25.04.45

103 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 25.04.45-10.07.45

103 Escort/7 Fleet 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered

Removed from Navy List 25.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Yamaguchi Hiroshi山口 浩

10.02.45-30.10.45

Lt Ishiguri Nobutoshi (68) 石榑信敏

30.10.45-22.08.46

Lt Tanaka Toshio (68) 田中俊雄

22.08.46-

LtCdr Okazumi Seiji (51) 岡積清治

       -07.01.47

Vacant

07.01.47-06.02.47

Lt Nagamatsu Kumaichi 永松熊一

06.02.47-

 

 

CD-194

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2797)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 18.12.44

Launched: 15.02.45

Completed: 31.03.45

Kure Guard Force 31.03.45-05.05.45

21 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 05.05.45-10.07.45

21 Coast/7 Fleet 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Yamashita Yoshio山下義夫

15.02.45-08.10.46

Lt Kawashima Yoshio (69) 河島義夫

08.10.46-24.10.46

Cdr Ikegami Iwao (54) 池上 巖

24.10.46-

 

 

CD-196

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2798)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 31.12.44

Launched: 26.02.45

Completed: 31.03.45 

Kure Guard Force 31.03.45-05.05.45

Sentai 51  05.05.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Baba Kentaro馬場賢太郎

15.02.45-20.02.45

Resv Lt Goto Keizo後藤慶藏

20.02.45-20.03.46

Lt Onishi Yoshio (69) 大西 喜美夫

20.03.46-02.10.46

Lt Ota Takashi (69) 太田 巍

02.10.46-15.01.47

LtCdr Maeda Ichiro (57) 前田一郎

15.01.47-15.03.47

LtCdr Okazumi Seiji (51) 岡積清治

15.03.47-

 

 

CD-198

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2799)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 31.12.44

Launched: 26.02.45

Completed: 31.03.45

Sasebo Naval District 31.03.45-20.05.45

21 Coast/1 Escort/General Escort 20.05.45-10.07.45

21 Coast/7 Fleet 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Tamaari Isamu玉有 勇

01.03.45-30.11.45

Lt  間覺郁男

30.11.45-15.04.46

Vacant

15.04.46-18.04.46

Lt Kawakami Taichi (67) 川上大一

18.04.46-08.10.46

Vacant

08.10.46-15.03.47

Cdr Nishino Shigeru (55) 西野 繁

15.03.47-17.07.47

Lt Sakamoto Doni (67) 坂本道二

17.07.47-

 

 

CD-200

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2800)

Builder:  Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 31.01.45

Launched: 19.03.45

Completed: 30.04.45  

Sasebo Naval District 30.04.45-17.05.45

Fate: badly damaged 17.05.45 by mine, scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Nakao Yuzo中尾雄三

20.03.45-09.45

 

 

 

CD-202

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2801)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 16.02.45

Launched: 02.04.45

Completed: 07.07.45

Sentaai 51 07.07.45-09.45

Fate: scrapped

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Narita Akio成田秋男

01.04.45-09.45

 

 

CD-204

Class: CD-2  

Ordered: 1943 (#2802)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Nagasaki

Laid Down: 27.02.45

Launched: 14.04.45

Completed: 11.07.45 

Sentai 51 11.07.45-09.45

Fate: scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Tanaka Zenji田中善次

04.05.45-09.45

 

 

CD-205

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2503)

Builder: Nigata Iron Works 

Laid Down: 10.05.44

Launched: 15.08.44

Completed: 30.10.44

Maizuru Naval District 30.10.44-16.12.44

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 16.12.44-05.05.45

105 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 05.05.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1960

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Satake Masao佐竹正雄

30.09.44-12.11.45

Resv LtCdr Honda Yukito 本田幸人

12.11.45-17.02.46

Lt Jinbo Masaharu (69) 神保正春

17.02.46-

Lt Matsushita Hiroshi (66) 松下 浩

              -20.01.47

Vacant

20.01.47-10.02.47

LtCdr Nagoshi Yuukou (66) 名越有幸 

10.02.47-16.07.47

LtCdr Tanaka Shigeru (64) 田中 繁

16.07.47-

 

 

CD-207

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2504)

Builder: Naniwa Dock Co., Osaka

Laid Down: 17.05.44

Launched: 22.08.44

Completed: 15.10.44

Maizuru Naval District 15.10.44-21.11.44

1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 21.11.44-05.12.44

31 Coast/1 Maritime Escort/General Escort 05.12.44-10.12.44

31 Coast/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 10.12.44-09.45

Fate: surrendered, sunk as target 13.08.47

Position:  35-20N 122-41E

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Koyama Nagao古山修郎

30.09.44-14.11.45

LtCdr Yamane Gon (61) 山根 権

14.11.45-01.03.46

Lt Kurahashi Tomojiro (65) 倉橋友二郎

01.03.46-25.10.46

Cdr Kajimoto Shizuka (56) 梶本 顗

25.10.46-14.11.46

LtCdr Nagoshi Yuukou (66) 名越有幸 

14.11.46-

 

 

CD-213

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2507)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Kobe

Laid Down: 24.09.44

Launched: 01.01.45

Completed: 12.02.45 

Sasebo Naval District 12.02.45-23.03.45

1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 23.03.45-25.04.45

103 Escort/1 Escort Fleet/General Escort 25.04.45-10.07.45

103 Escort/7 Fleet 10.07.45-09.45

Fate: sunk 18.08.45 by mine off Pusan, Korea

Position: 35-10N 129-00E

Dead:

Saved:

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Aoyama Saburo靑山三郎

05.01.45-18.08.45

 

 

CD-215

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2508)

Builder: Nigata Iron Works

Laid Down: 20.07.44

Launched: 10.11.44

Completed: 30.12.44

Sasebo Naval District 30.12.44-

Fate: surrendered

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Saiki Tsutomu 斎木 功

25.11.44-01.06.47

LtCdr Mizoguchi Tomoji (66) 溝口智司

01.06.47-17.07.47

 

 

CD-217

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2509)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Kobe

Laid Down: 01.12.44

Launched: 26.02.45

Completed: 15.07.45

Sasebo Naval District 15.07.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv Lt Hirose Hiroyuki廣瀬廣行

24.01.45-30.09.25

Lt Miyoshi Masatoshi (67) 三好正俊

30.09.45-10.10.45

Lt Araki Kazuo (67) 荒木一雄

10.10.45-02.10.46

LtCdr Takada Toshio (64) 高田敏夫

02.10.46-26.10.46

LtCdr Shimoda Takao (63) 下田隆夫

26.10.47-

 

 

CD-219

Class CD-1:  

Ordered: 1943 (#2510)

Builder: Naniwa Dock Co., Osaka

Laid Down: 02.09.44

Launched: 30.11.44

Completed: 12.01.45

Kure Guard Force 12.01.45-05.03.45

Sasebo Guard Force 05.03.45-15.07.45

Fate: sunk 15.07.45 by US aircraft at Hakodate, Japan

Position: 41-48N 140-41E

Dead:

Saved: 0 

Removed from Navy List 15.09.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

*Resv Lt Kubota Yoshiharu 久保田 好治

05.01.45-31.07.45

 

 

CD-221

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2511)

Builder: Nigata Iron Works

Laid Down: 11.09.44

Launched: 26.12.44

Completed: 02.04.45

Sasebo Naval District 02.04.45-

Fate: surrendered

Removed from Navy List 30.11.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Ikura Kikuji以倉菊次

25.01.45-05.11.45

Lt Miyata Keisuke (69) 宮田敬助

05.11.45-27.03.46

Lt Samejima Osamu (67) 鮫島 修

27.03.46-15.01.47

Vacant

15.01.47-17.07.47

LtCdr Takada Toshio (64) 高田敏夫

17.07.47-

 

 

CD-223 第二百二十三號海防

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2512)

Builder:  

Laid Down: 16.01.45

Launched: 04.07.45

Completed: -------

Fate: scrapped 40% complete 

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Yoshida Komao吉田駒雄

30.06.45-01.08.45

Vacant

01.08.45-

 

 

CD-225

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2513)

Builder:  Nigata Iron Works

Laid Down: 25.11.44

Launched: 26.03.45

Completed: 28.05.45

Sentai 51  28.05.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered, scrapped 1948

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Ishii Norikazu石井德和

20.05.45-10.09.45

Lt Ishii Nishini (66) 石井西二

10.09.45-21.01.46

Vacant

21.01.46-

 

 

CD-227

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2514)

Builder: Naniwa Dock Co., Osaka

Laid Down: 05.12.44

Launched: 10.02.45

Completed: 15.06.45

Sentai 51   15.06.45-09.45

Fate: surrendered

Removed from Navy List 05.10.45

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

Resv LtCdr Kawashima Jinsaburo河島仁三郎

15.06.45-01.08.46

LtCdr Takada Toshio (64) 高田敏夫

26.08.46-26.10.46

LtCdr Shimoda Takao (63) 下田隆夫

26.10.46-15.02.47

LtCdr Takada Toshio (64) 高田敏夫

15.02.47-

 

 

CD-229

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2515)

Builder: Mitsubishi Zosensho, Kobe

Laid Down: 16.01.45

Launched: ------

Completed:   -------

Fate: scrapped incomplete

Removed from Navy List

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

none

 

 

 

CD-235

Class: CD-1  

Ordered: 1943 (#2518)

Builder:  Nigata Irn Works

Laid Down: 15.02.45

Launched: -----

Completed: ------

Fate: scrapped incomplete

Removed from Navy List:

 

Commanding Officer (Kancho) 艦長

 

none