KAIBOKAN!
(Type C Escort by Takeshi Yuki scanned from "Color
Paintings of Japanese Warships")
IJN Escort CD-186:
Tabular Record of Movement
© 2012 Bob Hackett
11 April 1944:
Nagasaki. Laid down at Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, Ltd.
30 December 1944:
Launched and numbered CD-186.
15 February 1945:
Completed and registered in the IJN.
2 April 1945:
Near Amami-O-Shima. Carrier planes from Rear Admiral (later Admiral/Chm, JCS) Arthur W. Radford’s (USNA '16)Task Group 58.4 sink CD-186, fast transport T. 17 and landing ship T. 145. The planes also damage subchaser CH-49 and landing ship T. 146 at 28-07N, 129-09E.
25 May 1945:
Removed from the Navy List.
-Bob Hackett
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