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Japanese escort ship CD-194
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CD-194 or No. 194 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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She was laid down on 18 December 1944 at the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the benefit of the Imperial Japanese Navy and launched on 15 February 1945.[2][3] On 15 March 1945, she was completed and commissioned.[2][3] On 10 August 1945, she was damaged along with CD-198 by enemy aircraft in the Tsushima Strait at 34°42′N 130°13′E.[2] On 15 August 1945, Japan announced their unconditional surrender and she was turned over to the Allies.[2] On 5 October 1945, she was struck from the Navy List.[2][3] She was assigned to the Allied Repatriation Service and went on several repatriation journeys.[2]
On 6 July 1947, she was ceded to the Republic of China as a war reparation and renamed Weihai (威海).[2]
On 23 April 1949, she was attacked and damaged by gunfire on the Yangtze River and caltured by forces of the People's Republic of China.[2] She was commissioned on March 1950 as Jinan (223). In October 1975 it was sunk as a target ship.[4]
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