Name CD-63 Completed 15 October 1944 Construction started 1 July 1944 Length 68 m | Laid down 1 July 1944 Commissioned 15 October 1944 Launched 20 September 1944 Draft 2.9 m | |
Builder Mitsubishi, Kobe Shipyard Decommissioned Mined in Nanao Bay, 10 August 1945 | ||
CD-63 was an C Type class escort ship (Kaibokan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. She was laid down by Mitsubishi at their Kobe Shipyard on 1 July 1944, launched on 20 September 1944, and completed and commissioned on 15 October 1944. During the war CD-63 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-63, CD-75, CD-158 and CD-207.
On 10 August 1945 CD-63 struck a mine in Nanao Bay, and was badly damaged and beached to prevent sinking. Struck from the Navy List on 30 September 1945, she was scrapped by 30 April 1948.
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