Japanese escort ship CD-76

CD-76 or No. 76 was a Type D escort ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

History
Imperial Japanese Navy
Name	CD-76
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd, Nagasaki
Laid down	1 November 1944
Launched	18 November 1944
Sponsored by	Imperial Japanese Navy
Completed	23 December 1944
Commissioned	23 December 1944
Fate	ceded to the Soviet Union,28 August 1947
History
Soviet Navy
Name	EK-44
Acquired	28 August 1947
Commissioned	25 September 1947
Renamed	TsL-45 (1948) СКР-49 (1954)
Homeport	Vladivostok
Fate	transferred to Peoples Liberation Army Navy, 25 June 195
History
People's Liberation Army Navy
Acquired	25 June 1955
Fate	unknown
General characteristics [1]
Type	Type D escort ship
Displacement	740 long tons (752 t) standard
Length	69.5 m (228 ft)
Beam	8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draught	3.05 m (10 ft)
Propulsion	1 shaft, geared turbine engines, 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed	17.5 knots (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Complement	160
Sensors & processing systems	Type 22-Go radar Type 93 sonar Type 3 hydrophone
Armament	As built : 2 × 120 mm (4.7 in)/45 cal DP guns 6 × Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) AA machine guns (2×3) 12 × Type 3 depth charge throwers 1 × depth charge chute 120 × depth charges 1 × 81 mm (3.2 in) mortar

History

She was laid down on 1 August 1944 at the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd for the benefit of the Imperial Japanese Navy.^[2][3][4] She was launched on 18 November 1944 and completed and commissioned on 23 December 1944.^[2][3] After completing her training at Saiki under Captain Masamitsu Tsugu (澁谷政光),^[4] she departed for Kure and then arrived at Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū on 24 February 1945.^[2] She served as an escort along with the Ukuru-class escort ship Habushi, CD-112, and submarine chaser CH-17 for convoy MOTA-39 consisting of 5 transports (including Masashima Maru and Akishima Maru) which assembled at nearby Mutsure Island.^[2][4] Departing on 26 February 1945, the convoy hugged the Chinese coast sheltering in various harbors before arriving safely at Keelung on 9 March 1945 (Masashima Maru and Akishima Maru left the convoy on 8 March 1945 for Amoy).^[2][4] On 13 March 1945, she departed from Kirun for Moji in convoy TAMO-48 with fellow escort ships Habushi and CD-112 arriving on 23 March 1945.^[2][4] For the remainder of the war, she conducted patrols, escort, and replenishment duty near the Tsushima Islands between Chinkai and Iki Island.^[2][4]

On 1 December 1945, she served as one of 269 Japanese ships that served as a minesweeper under the Allied forces after the war.^[2] On 28 August 1947, she was one of 34 vessels ceded to Soviet Union as a war reparation.^[2] On 25 September 1947, she was commissioned into the Soviet Pacific Ocean Fleet.^[5] She arrived at Vladivostok in October 1947^[2] and was designated as guard ship EK-44 (ЭК-44).^[6] In 1948, she was re-designated as target ship TsL-45.^[5] In November 1954, she was re-designated as patrol boat СКР-49 (SKR-49).^[5] On 25 June 1955, she was transferred to the Peoples Liberation Army Navy.^[5] Her ultimate fate is unknown.