Name CD-207 Completed 15 October 1944 Decommissioned 1 December 1945 Launched 22 August 1944 Draft 2.9 m | Laid down 17 May 1944 Commissioned 25 November 1944 Construction started 17 May 1944 Length 68 m | |
Builder Naniwa Dock Co., Ltd., Osaka | ||
CD-207 was an C Type class escort ship (Kaibokan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. She was laid down by the Naniwa Dock Company at Osaka on 17 May 1944, launched on 22 August 1944, completed on 15 October 1944, and commissioned on 25 November 1944.
During the war CD-207 was mostly busy on escort duties. On 18 June 1945, in Toyama Bay, the submarine USS Bonefish (SS-223) was sunk by the combined efforts of the escort ships Okinawa, CD-207, CD-158, CD-75, and CD-63.
After the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945, CD-207 was demilitarized (stripped of all her offensive weapons) and under Allied direction served as a transport ship repatriating Japanese troops and civilians from 1 December 1945 until the end of 1946. On 4 July 1947 she was ceded to the USA as a war reparation, then scrapped.