© 2009-2014 Bob Hackett and Peter Cundall
Revision 1
20 November 1944:
Tsurumi, Yokohama. Laid down at Nippon Kokan K. K.'s shipyard as kaibokan No. 2443.
5 December 1944:
Numbered CD-85 and provisionally attached to Maizuru Naval District.
10 January 1945:
LtCdr Nanbazawa Yutaka is appointed the Chief Equipping Officer.
27 January 1945:
Launched.
31 March 1945:
Completed and registered in the IJN. LtCdr Nanbazawa Yutaka is the CO.
15 August 1945:
Japan accepts the Allies “Potsdam Declaration” (of unconditional surrender) and hostilities cease.
25 October 1945:
Removed from the Navy List.
15 October 1945:
Enters Maizuru dockyard for repairs.
18 November 1945:
Repairs are completed.
23 November 1945:
Departs Sasebo on her first repatriation voyage.
29 November 1945:
Arrives at Manila. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
1 December 1945:
Departs Manila. That same day, CD-85 is formally assigned to the Allied Repatriation Service. [1]
8 December 1945:
Arrives at Otaka. Disembarks troops and passengers.
25 December 1945:
Undergoes repairs at Kure.
25 January 1946:
Repairs are completed.
27 January 1946:
Departs Maizuru.
28 January 1946:
Arrives at Pusan. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later that same day.
31 January 1946:
Arrives at Sasebo.
5 February 1946:
Departs Sasebo.
6 February 1946:
Arrives at Amoy. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
9 February 1946:
Departs Amoy.
11 February 1946:
Arrives at Kure. Disembarks troops and passengers.
15 February 1946:
Departs Kagoshima.
17 February 1946:
Arrives at Kirun. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
19 February 1946:
Departs Kirun.
22 February 1946:
Arrives at Kagoshima. Disembarks troops and passengers.
26 February 1946:
Departs Kagoshima.
28 February 1946:
Arrives at Kirun. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later that same day.
4 March 1946:
Arrives at Kagoshima.
9 March 1946:
Departs Kagoshima.
11 March 1946:
Arrives at Kirun. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
13 March 1946:
Departs Kirun.
15 March 1946:
Arrives at Kagoshima. Disembarks troops and passengers.
20 March 1946:
Departs Kagoshima.
23 March 1946:
Arrives at Kirun. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
25 March 1946:
Departs Kirun.
28 March 1946:
Arrives at Kagoshima. Disembarks troops and passengers.
31 March 1946:
Departs Kagoshima.
2 April 1946:
Arrives at Kwaren (Hua Lien). Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
8 April 1946:
Departs from Kwaren.
12 April 1946:
Arrives at Kagoshima. Disembarks troops and passengers.
15 April 1946:
Departs from Kagoshima.
18 April 1946:
Arrives at Kwaren. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
21 April 1946:
Departs Kwaren.
25 April 1946:
Arrives at Kagoshima. Disembarks troops and passengers.
26 April 1946:
Arrives at dockyard at Kobe for repairs.
25 May 1946:
Repairs are completed.
30 May 1946:
Departs Kagoshima.
1 June 1946:
Arrives at Shanghai. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
2 June 1946:
Departs Shanghai.
5 June 1946:
Arrives at Kagoshima. Disembarks troops and passengers.
8 June 1946:
Departs Kagoshima.
10 June 1946:
Arrives at Shanghai. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
13 June 1946:
Departs Shanghai.
16 June 1946:
Arrives at Kagoshima. Disembarks troops and passengers.
19 June 1946:
Departs Kagoshima.
21 June 1946:
Arrives at Shanghai. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
24 June 1946:
Departs Shanghai.
26 June 1946:
Arrives at Sasebo. Disembarks troops and passengers.
21 July 1946:
Departs Kagoshima.
24 July 1946:
Arrives at Korojima near Tsientsin. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
26 July 1946:
Departs Korojima.
29 July 1946:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers.
7 August 1946:
Enters dockyard at Maizuru for repairs.
20 August 1946:
Repairs are completed.
25 August 1946:
Departs Hakata.
28 August 1946:
Arrives at Korojima. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
30 August 1946:
Departs Korojima.
1 September 1946:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers.
4 September 1946:
Departs Hakata.
7 September 1946:
Arrives at Korojima. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
15 September 1946:
Departs Korojima.
18 September 1946:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers.
1 October 1946:
Enters drydock at Maizuru for repairs.
15 October 1946:
Repairs are completed.
16 October 1946:
Departs Hakata.
19 October 1946:
Arrives at Korojima. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated.
21 October 1946:
Departs Korojima.
24 October 1946:
Arrives at Hakata. Disembarks troops and passengers.
29 November 1946:
Enters dockard at Sasebo for repairs.
30 November 1946:
Repairs are completed.
7 December 1946:
Departs Kagoshima.
8 December 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later the same day.
10 December 1946:
Arrives at Kagoshima. Disembarks troops and passengers.
14 December 1946:
Departs Kagoshima.
15 December 1946:
Arrives at Okinawa. Embarks troops and passengers to be repatriated and departs later the same day.
18 December 1946:
Arrives at Kagoshima.
7 July 1947:
Shanghai. Ceded to the Republic of China as a war reparation. Renamed SHIN AN.
1949:
Taken over by the People’s Republic of China.
Authors' Note:
[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 Jeff Donahoo of Iowa, USa and Gilbert Casse of France.
-Bob Hackett and Peter Cundall
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