© 2009 Bob Hackett and Peter Cundall
1944:
Tsurumi, Yokohama. Laid down at Nippon Kokan K. K.’s shipyard.
15 August 1945:
Ready to launch, but Japan accepts the Allies “Potsdam
Declaration” (of unconditional surrender) and hostilities cease.
January 1946:
Launched and numbered CD-105.
April 1946:
Completed and turned over to the Allied Repatriation
Service. [1]
30 April 1946:
Departs Hakata on her first repatriation voyage.
3 May 1946:
Arrives at Korojima near Tsientsin. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
14 May 1946:
Departs Korojima.
17 May 1946:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers.
5 June 1946:
Departs Hakata.
8 June 1946:
Arrives at Korojima. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
9 June 1946:
Departs Korojima.
12 June 1946:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers.
17 June 1946:
Departs Hakata.
19 June 1946:
Arrives at Korojima. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
20 June 1946:
Departs Korojima.
22 June 1946:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers.
1 July 1946:
Departs Hakata.
4 July 1946:
Arrives at Korojima. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
5 July 1946:
Departs Korojima.
8 July 1946:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers.
12 July 1946:
Departs Hakata.
15 July 1946:
Arrives at Korojima. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
19 July 1946:
Departs Korojima.
22 July 1946:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers.
28 July 1946:
Enters dockyard at Tamano for repairs.
12 August 1946:
Repairs completed.
21 August 1946:
Departs Hakata.
23 August 1946:
Arrives at Naze. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
25 August 1946:
Departs Naze.
27 August 1946:
Arrives at Ujina. Disembarks troops and passengers.
5 September 1946:
Departs Kure.
6 September 1946:
Arrives at Naze. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
7 September 1946:
Departs Naze.
8 September 1946:
Arrives at Kure. Disembarks troops and passengers.
10 September 1946:
Departs Kure.
11 September 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later that day.
12 September 1946:
Arrives at Naze. Disembarks troops and passengers and departs later that day.
14 September 1946:
Arrives at Kure.
15 October 1946:
Enters drydock at Kure for repairs.
19 October 1946:
Repairs completed.
10 November 1946:
Departs Ujina.
11 November 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later the same day.
14 November 1946:
Arrives at Kagoshima. Disembarks troops and passengers.
17 November 1946:
Departs Kagoshima.
18 November 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa.
20 November 1946:
Departs Okinawa.
22 November 1946:
Arrives at Kagoshima. Disembarks troops and passengers.
25 November 1946:
Undergoes repairs at an unknown location.
10 December 1946:
Repairs completed.
5 July 1947:
Nakhodka, Siberia. Ceded to the Soviet Union as a war reparation.
Authors' Notes:
[1] Allied occupation forces were responsible for the return of six million Japanese military personnel and civilians from Japan's defunct far-flung Empire. In addition, there were over a million Korean and about 40,000 Chinese prisoners and conscript laborers and approximately 7,000 Formosans and 15,000 Ryukyu Islanders to be repatriated.
Some Allied and many former IJN warships, from aircraft carriers to kaibokan, were used to facilitate the enormous repatriation effort. Japanese vessels and crews were used to the fullest extent possible to conserve Allied manpower and accelerate demobilization. Each ex-IJN ship first had to be demilitarized; guns removed or, in the case of large warships, barrels severed, ammunition landed, and radar and catapults removed, if fitted. Repatriation of the Chinese on Japanese ships began early in October from Hakata, but U.S. guard detachments had to be placed on many ships to prevent disorder because the Japanese crews could not control the returnees.
Japanese-run repatriation centers were established at Kagoshima, Hario near Sasebo, and Hakata near Fukuoka. Other reception centers were established and operated at Maizuru, Shimonoseki, Sasebo, Senzaki, Kure, Uraga, Yokohama, Moji and Hakodate. Allied line and medical personnel supervised the centers. Incoming Japanese were sprayed with DDT, examined and inoculated for typhus and smallpox, provided with food, and transported to his final destination in Japan.
-Bob Hackett and Peter Cundall
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