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Revision 3
4 September 1944:
Harima. Laid down at Harima Ship Building, Ltd.
15 November 1944:
Launched and numbered CD-150.
24 December 1944:
Completed and registered in the IJN. Attached to Kure Naval District.
13 February 1945:
At 0200 departs Kure and at 0835 arrives at Moji.
14 February 1945:
At 1100 CD-150 together with kaibokan UKU, CD-72, sub-chaser CH-60 and minesweeper W-21 depart Moji escorting MOTA-37 convoy consisting of DAIKO, DAIIKU MARUs and three unidentified merchant ships.
18 February 1945:
At 1700 arrives at Ssu Chiao Shan. W-21 is detached.
19 February 1945:
At 0800 departs Ssu Chiao Shan. At 1800 arrives at Niubi Shan.
20 February 1945:
Departs Niubi Shan.
21 February 1945:
Off Wenchow, China. CD-150 and CD-72 are damaged in a collision.
22 February 1945:
Arrives at Tanshui, Formosa.
23 February 1945:
At 0700 departs Tanshui and at 1200 arrives at Kirun (Keelung).
3 March 1945:
At 0200 convoy TAMO-47 consisting of KINYU MARU No.7, NISSHO MARU No. 18, SEISHU MARU and four unidentified merchant ships escorted by kaibokan CD-55, CD-82 and CD-150 departs Kirun.
5 March 1945:
Arrives at Ssu Chiao Shan.
6 March 1945:
At 1435 departs Ssu Chiao Shan.
11 March 1945:
At 0730 convoy TAMO-47 arrives at Mutsure. At 1730 CD-150 departs Mutsure.
12 March 1945:
Arrives at Kure. Undergoes repairs.
23 March 1945:
Departs Kure.
24 March 1945:
At 0800 arrives at Moji. At 1045 departs Moji and arrives at Mitsubishi Zosen, Hikoshima nearby. Drydocked for repairs.
26 March 1945:
Undocked. At 1730 arrives back at Moji.
14 April 1945:
CD-150 departs Maizuru for Nanao.
10 July 1945:
CD-150 is assigned to the General Escort Command's First Escort Fleet's 105th Escort Squadron.
24 July 1945:
Nanao Bay. Light cruiser KASHIMA supplies 70t heavy oil.
1 August 1945:
Sea of Japan. CD-150 departs Fushiki for Rashin, NE Korea with kaibokan CD-87 escorting tanker HORAI MARU and RASHIN and HEIYU MARUs and two unidentified ships.
6 August 1945:
At 0815, Colonel (later Brig Gen) Paul W. Tibbetts’ B-29 "Superfortress", nicknamed "ENOLA GAY", of the 509th Composite Group, drops the 15-kiloton yield "Little Boy" uranium atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
That same day, the convoy arrives at Nanao and departs later for Unogi, NE Korea.
8 August 1945:
At 1405, LtCdr (later Rear Admiral-Ret) David B. Bell’s (USNA ‘37) USS PARGO (SS-264) torpedoes and sinks RASHIN MARU at 41-15N, 131-19E. She takes down about 800 of about 1500 troops she was carrying, mostly from the 1st Rocket Regiment. 51 gunners and 35 of her crewmen are also KIA.
The escorts counteratack and drop 35 DCs, but USS PARGO evades undamaged.
15 August 1945:
Japan accepts the Allies “Potsdam Declaration” (of unconditional surrender) and hostilities cease.
5 October 1945:
Removed from the Navy List.
16 October 1945:
Departs Sasebo on her first repatriation voyage.
23 October 1945:
Arrives at Davao. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
24 October 1945:
Departs Davao.
26 October 1945:
Arrives at Tacloban. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
27 October 1945:
Departs Tacloban.
7 November 1945:
Arrives at Kagoshima. Disembarks troops and passengers.
12 November 1945:
Enters dockyard at Mukaijima for repairs.
23 November 1945:
Repairs are completed.
1 December 1945:
Officially assigned to the Allied Repatriation Service. That same day, departs Kure. [1]
10 December 1945:
Arrives at Manila. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
15 December 1945:
Departs Manila.
21 December 1945:
Arrives at Otaka. Disembarks troops and passengers.
26 December 1945:
Enters dockyard at Kure for repairs.
10 January 1946:
Repairs are completed.
12 January 1946:
Departs Ujina.
17 January 1946:
Arrives at Takao. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later the same day.
22 January 1946:
Arrives at Manila. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
1 February 1946:
Departs Manila.
5 February 1946:
Arrives at Takao. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
8 February 1946:
Departs Takao.
12 February 1946:
Arrives at Kagoshima. Disembarks troops and passengers.
18 February 1946:
Enters Kasado Dockyard for repairs.
28 February 1946:
Repairs are completed.
8 March 1946:
Departs Kagoshima.
12 March 1946:
Arrives at Keelung. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later that same day.
15 March 1946:
Arrives at Kagoshima. Disembarks troops and passengers.
18 March 1946:
Departs Kagoshima.
20 March 1946:
Arrives at Kirun. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later that same day.
23 March 1946:
Arrives at Kagoshima. Disembarks troops and passengers.
29 March 1946:
Departs Kagoshima.
31 March 1946:
Arrives at Kirun. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later that same day.
3 April 1946:
Arrives at Kwaren (Hua Lien). Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later that same day.
7 April 1946:
Arrives at Kure. Disembarks troops and passengers.
8 April 1946:
Departs Kagoshima.
17 April 1946:
Enters dockyard at Kure for repairs.
5 May 1946:
Repairs are completed.
10 May 1946:
Departs Kure.
13 May 1946:
Arrives at Shanghai. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
14 May 1946:
Departs Shanghai.
16 May 1946:
Arrives at Kagoshima.
21 May 1946:
Departs Kagoshima. Disembarks troops and passengers.
23 May 1946:
Arrives at Shanghai. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later that day.
26 May 1946:
Arrives at Kagoshima. Disembarks troops and passengers.
13 June 1946:
Departs Kagoshima.
15 June 1946:
Arrives at Shanghai. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later that same day.
18 June 1946:
Arrives at Kagoshima.
11 July 1946:
Departs Kagoshima.
14 July 1946:
Arrives at Korojima near Tsientsin. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
16 July 1946:
Departs Korojima.
19 July 1946:
Arrives at Hakata.
4 July 1947:
Yokosuka. Ceded to the USA.
18 August 1947:
Sunk as target in 35-28N, 123-25E.
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.
Thanks to Mr. Gilbert Casse of France.
-Bob Hackett and Peter Cundall
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