Patrol Escorts, Imperial Japanese Navy, World War II

The format for names is Japanese style: rank; last name, first name; Japanese name in Kaji;
(and in brackets the officer's graduating class of the Naval Academy at Etajima, if applicable).
(M) Behind the name indicates a merchant marine (civilian) officer.
Rank as was at the date he took command, whether as supervisor or captain.
If an officer is shown as being in command before the ship was commissioned, he was Chief Equipping Officer, becoming Commanding Officer on the date the ship was commissioned.
Dates are given thus: day.month.year
Commanders marked with * are known to have died.

Aguni 粟国ニグア
Aguni Island , off Okinawa
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohama
Ordered under the 1941 War Program, Contract No. 337
Laid Down:		21.09.1944
Launched:		21.09.1944
Completed:		02.12.1944
Service:
Kure Defense Sqdn, Kure ND		02.12.24–17.01.45
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		17.01.45–25.04.45
31st Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		25.04.45–02.09.45
Fate: Badly damaged 27.05.45 by mine off Maizuru. Surrendered on 02.09.45 unrepaired. Scrapped 20.05.48 at Maizuru.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
Resv LtCdr Higai Toshio	檜貝俊夫	02.12.44–02.09.45
Amakusa 天草サクマア
Amakusa Island , south of Nagasaki
Type ( Class ): Improved Type A Escort ( Etorofu )
Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		05.04.1943
Launched:		30.09.1943
Completed:		20.11.1943
Service:
2nd Maritime Escort, General Escort		20.11.43–18.07.44
Yokosuka ND		18.07.44–02.09.45
Fate: Sunk 09.08.45 by aircraft from HMS Formidable in Onagawa Harbor (38°26'N, 141°30'E). 71 dead; ? saved. Wreck scrapped 1946.
Removed from Navy List		02.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
Resv LtCdr Shinoda Yoshikazu		20.11.43–06.44
LtCdr Matsui Toshio (65)	松井利夫	06.44–02.45
LtCdr Naito Shigeru		02.45–07.45
LtCdr Sakano Masami		07.45–02.09.45
Amami 奄美ミマア
Amami Island, south of Nagasaki
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohama
Ordered under the 1941 War Program, Contract No. 336
Laid Down:		14.02.1944
Launched:		30.11.1944
Completed:		08.04.1945
Service:
Kure Defense Squadron, Kure ND		08.04.45–27.04.45
31st Coast Defense Sqdn, 1st Escort Fleet		27.04.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to Britain 20.12.47 at Hiroshima and scrapped.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
Resv LtCdr Kita Yasaburo	北弥三郎	08.04.45–02.09.45
Awaji 路ジワア
Awaji Island, in Osaka Bay
Type ( Class ): Type B Escort ( Mikura )
Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima
Ordered under the 1941 War Program, Contract No. 325
Laid Down:		01.06.1943
Launched:		30.10.1943
Completed:		25.01.1944
Service:
Kure Defense Sqdn, Kure ND		25.01.45–15.02.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		15.02.44–02.06.44
Fate: Sunk 02.06.44 at 02:45 by USS Picuda (SS-382) off Yasho Island, Taiwan (22°34'N, 121°51'E). 76 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.07.1944
Commanding Officers:
*REsv LtCdr Niki Kouzou	仁木幸造	30.12.43–02.06.44
Chiburi 千振リブチ
Chiburi Island, north of Matsue, Honshu
Type ( Class ): Type B Escort ( Mikura )
Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohoma
Ordered under the 1941 War Program, Contract No. 327
Laid Down:		20.07.1943
Launched:		30.11.1943
Completed:		03.04.1944
Service:
Kure Defense Squadron, Kure ND		03.04.44–24.05.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		24.05.44–10.07.44
1st Coast, 1st Maritime, General Escort		10.07.44–10.12.44
1st Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–10.03.45
Fate: Sunk 12.01.45 by aircraft of US Navy TF 38 some 45 miles E of Cape San Jacques (10°20'N, 107°50'E). 88 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List
Commanding Officers:
*Cdr Ishiyama Teizo	石山泰三	03.04.44–12.01.45
Chikuba 竹生ブクチ
Chikuba Island, in Shiga Prefecture
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		08.09.1944
Launched:		24.01.1944
Completed:		31.12.1944
Service:
Sasebo ND		31.12.44–26.02.45
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		26.02.45–25.04.45
22nd Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		25.04.45–02.09.45
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Transferred to Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1948. Renamed Atsumi (PL.103) in 1955. Scrapped 1962.

Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
Resv LtCdr Matsushima Takuo	松島卓男	31.12.44–02.09.45
Daito 大東トイダ
Daito Island, east of Okinawa
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima
Ordered under the 1941 War Program, Contract No. 335
Laid Down:		14.04.1944
Launched:		24.06.2014
Completed:		07.08.1944
Service:
?		07.08.44–11.09.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		11.09.44–15.11.44
101st Escort, 1st Escort Fleet		15.11.44–10.12.44
101st Escort, General Escort		10.12.44–25.03.45
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		25.03.45–25.04.45
22nd Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		25.04.45–02.09.45
Allied service as minesweeper		1945
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Sunk 16.11.45 by floating mine in Eastern Sound of Tsushima Strait. ? dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		?
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Uchizaki Tsuyoshi		07.08.44–05.45
*Resv LtCdr Nishibe Teizo		05.45–16.11.45
Etorofu 択捉フロトエ
Etorofu Island, in the Kuril Chain
Type ( Class ): Improved Type A Escort ( Etorofu )
Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima
Ordered under the 1941 War Program, Contract No. 310
Laid Down:		23.02.1942
Launched:		19.01.1943
Completed:		25.03.1943
Service:
Hatachi, Sakurajima (UC)		23.02.42–29.01.43
Hatachi, Sakurajima (FO)		29.01.43–25.03.43
Sasebo Defense Force		25.03.43–01.06.43
1st Maritime Escort, SW Area Fleet		01.06.43–15.11.43
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		15.11.43–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–25.12.44
Kuriles Base Force, 12th Air Fleet		25.12.44–10.04.45
104th Escort, 1st Escort Fleet		10.04.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to US Navy 05.08.47. Scrapped 13.10.47 at Kure.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
Cdr Maeda Saki (50)	前田　岬	15.05.43–20.08.43
Cdr Oka Iwao (50)	岡　厳	20.08.43–01.02.44
Cdr Ikeda Akira (50)	池田　暎	01.02.44–01.07.44
Resv Cdr Sugimoto Yasumasa		01.07.44–02.09.45
Fukue 福江エカフ
Fukue Island, off the west coast of Honshu
Type ( Class ): Improved Type A Escort ( Etorofu )
Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo
Ordered under the 1941 War Program, Contract No. 314
Laid Down:		30.10.1942
Launched:		02.04.1943
Completed:		15.07.1943
Service:
Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo
2nd Maritime Escort, 4th Fleet		15.07.43–15.11.43
2nd Maritime Escort, General Escort		15.11.43–10.04.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		10.04.44–10.07.44
Ominato Guard District		10.07.44–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to Britain in 1947 and scrapped.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Okabe Tsuyoshi	岡部毅	28.06.43–09.44
LtCdr Watanuki Yuji		09.44–07.45
LtCdr Tanihara Junzo		07.45–02.09.45
Habushi 羽節シブハ
Habushi Island, in Kagawa Prefecture, Shikoku
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Mitsui, Tamano
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		20.09.1944
Launched:		20.11.1944
Completed:		20.02.1945
Service:
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort Fleet		20.02.45–25.04.45
103rd Escort, 1st Escort Fleet		25.04.45–10.07.45
103rd Escort, 7th Fleet		10.07.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1946
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to US Navy 06.09.47 and scrapped.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
Cdr Matsushima Minoru	島稔中	15.11.44–02.09.45
Habuto 波太トブハ
Habuto Island,
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Hitahi, Sakurajima
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		03.12.1944
Launched:		28.02.1945
Completed:		10.06.1945
Service:
102nd Escort, 1st Escort, General Escort		10.06.45–05.07.45
2nd Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		05.07.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to Britain 16.07.47 and scrapped.
Removed from Navy List		23.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Ichinose Shiro (R)		07.04.45–02.09.45
Hachijo 八丈ジヨチハ
Hachijo Island, 290km south of Tokyo
Type ( Class ): Type A Escort ( Shimushu )
Call Sign: JVEA
Builder: Sasebo Navy Yard
Ordered under the 1937 Program as Contract No. 10
Laid Down:		03.08.1939
Launched:		10.04.1940
Completed:		31.03.1941
Service:
Ominato Guard District		31.03.41–15.03.44
Kuriles Base Force.NE Area Fleet		15.03.44–05.12.44
12th Air Fleet		05.12.44–10.04.45
104 Escort.Ominato Guard District		10.04.45–08.06.45
104 Escort.12 Air Fleet		08.06.45–02.09.45
Fate: Badly damaged on 11.05.45 at Kataoka Bay (50°55'N, 156°25'E); Surrendered 02.09.45. Scrapped 1948 at Maizuru.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Watanabe Shigeo (50)	渡辺薫雄	10.04.40–10.12.40
Cdr Fujimaki Yoshinori (46)	藤牧義徳	10.12.40–05.03.42
Cdr Isohisa Kenma (48)	磯久研磨	05.03.42–18.10.43
LtCdr Namiki Hideo (59)	並木秀夫	18.10.43–02.09.45
Hiburi 日振リブヒ
Hiburi Island, in Bungo Strait
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima
Ordered under the 1941 War Program, Contract No. 333
Laid Down:		03.01.1944
Launched:		10.04.1944
Completed:		27.06.1944
Service:
Kure Defense Squadron, Kure ND		27.06.44–04.08.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		04.08.44–10.10.44
Fate: Sunk 22.08.44 by USS Harder (SS-257) 35 miles WSW of Manila (14°15'N, 120°25'E).
Removed from Navy List		10.10.1944
Commanding Officers:
*LtCdr Ishikawa Hiroshi (64)	石川　浩	06.44–22.08.44
Hirado 平戸トラヒ
Hirado Island, northwest of Nagasaki
Type ( Class ): Improved Type A ( Etorofu )
Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima
Ordered under the 1941 War Program, Contract No. 318
Laid Down:		02.11.1942
Launched:		30.06.1943
Completed:		01.11.1943
Service:
2nd Maritime Escort, 4th Fleet		01.11.43–15.11.43
2nd Maritime Escort, General Escort		15.11.43–18.07.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		18.07.44–10.11.44
Fate: Sunk 12.09.44 at 02:00 by USS Growler (SS-215) some 250 miles E of Hainan Island (17°54'N, 114°49'E). 107 dead; 100 saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.11.1944
Commanding Officers:
*Resv Cdr Segawa Iwao		17.07.43–12.09.44
Hodaka 保高カダホ
Hodaka Island, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		27.11.1944
Launched:		28.01.1945
Completed:		30.03.1945
Service:
?		30.03.45–03.06.45
102nd Escort, 1st Escort, General Escort		03.06.45–05.07.45
2nd Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		05.07.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to US Navy 19.07.47. Scrapped 01.03.48 at Uraga.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Fujimoto Eizo (R )		30.03.45–02.09.45
Ikara 伊唐ラカイ
Ikara Island, Kagoshima Prefecture
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		26.12.1944
Launched:		22.02.1945
Completed:		30.04.1945
Service:
Kure Defense Sqdn, Kure ND		30.04.45–05.05.45
51st Coast Defense Sqdn, 1st Escort Fleet		05.05.45–23.07.45
1st Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		23.07.45–02.09.45
Fate: Sunk after damage 01.08.45 in Koguch Channel, Nano Wan (37°05'N, 137°00'E). Hull raised but sunk again as breakwater 1946.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
Resv LtCdr Matsumura Soichiro	松村総一郎	19.02.45–08.45
Iki 壱岐キイ
Iki Island, 30km off Kyushu
Type ( Class ): Improved Type A Escort (Etorofu )
Builder: Mitsui, Tamano
Ordered under the 1941 War Program, Contract No. 323
Laid Down:		02.05.1942
Launched:		05.02.1943
Completed:		31.05.1943
Service:
Kure Defense Sqdn, Kure ND		31.05.43–20.04.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		20.04.44–24.05.44
Fate: Sunk 24.05.44 at 02:40 by USS Raton (SS-270) 150 miles W of Sarawak, Borneo (01°17N, 107°53'E). 160 dead; 18 saved.
Commanding Officers:
*LtCdr Nakao Kusuo (57)	中尾九州男	17.05.43–24.05.44
Ikino 生野ノキイ
Ikino Island, Hiroshima Prefecture
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		03.01.1945
Launched:		11.03.1945
Completed:		17.07.1945
Service:
51st Coast Defense Sqdn, 1st Escort Fleet		17.07.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to USSR 29.07.47.
Removed from Navy List		02.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
Resv LtCdr Nihei Kou	二瓶甲	03.03.45–02.09.45
Ikuno 生名ノクイ
Ikuno Island,
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		30.06.1944
Launched:		14.09.1944
Completed:		15.10.1944
Service:
Kure Defense Squadron, Kure ND		15.10.44–20.10.44
21st Coast, 1st Maritime, General Escort		20.10.44–10.12.44
21st Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–10.07.45
21st Coast, 7th Fleet		10.07.45–02.09.45
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Transferred to Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1948. Renamed Okija (PL.102) in 1955. Scrapped 1963.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Inoue Junzo		05.10.44–06.45
Lt Tsuji Shinichiro		06.45–02.09.45
Inagi 稲木ギナイ
Inagi Island, Kagawa Prefecture
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Mitsui, Tamano
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		15.05.1944
Launched:		25.09.1944
Completed:		26.01.1945
Service:
Kure Defense Sqdn, Kure ND		26.12.44–26.01.45
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		26.01.45–25.04.45
12th Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		25.04.45–02.09.45
Fate: Sunk 09.08.45 by HMS Formidable in Hachinohe Harbor (40°32'N, 141°30'E). 29 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		02.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
Cdr Yamada Chuuta	山田忠太	01.09.44–23.10.44
?		23.10.44–09.08.45
Ishigaki 石垣キガシイ
Ishigaki Island, southwest of Okinawa
Type ( Class ): Type A Escort ( Shimushu )
Call Sign: JVAA
Builder: Mitsui, Tamano
Ordered under the 1937 Program as Contract No. 12		1937
Laid Down:		15.08.1939
Launched:		14.09.1940
Completed:		15.02.1941
Service:
Ominato Guard District		15.02.41–15.03.44
Kuriles Base Force, NE Area Fleet		15.03.44–10.07.44
Fate: Sunk 31.05.44 by USS Herring (SS-233) 70 miles W of Matsuwa (48°30'N, 151°30'E). 167 dead, ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.07.1944
Commanding Officers:
Cdr Fujitani Ataka (46)	藤谷安宅	15.02.41–03.09.41
Cdr Kawano Yasushi (47)	河野　康	03.09.41–01.10.43
*LtCdr Seto Sueyoshi	瀬戸末吉	01.10.43–31.05.44
Iwo (Io) 伊王ウオイ
Iwo (Io) Island, in the Bonin Chain
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Maizuru Navy Yard
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		25.11.1944
Launched:		12.02.1945
Completed:		24.06.1945
Service:
Kure Defense Sqdn, Kure ND		24.06.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1946
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Scrapped 01.07.46 at Sasebo.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Kodera Touji	小寺藤治	14.03.45–02.09.45
Kanawa 金輪ワナカ
Kanawa Island, in Hiroshima Bay
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Mitsui, Tamano
Ordered:		?
Laid Down:		20.01.1944
Launched:		15.11.1944
Completed:		14.03.1945
Service:
Kure Guard Unit		14.03.45–05.05.45
103rd Escort, 1st Escort, General Escort		05.05.45–10.07.45
103rd Escort, 7th Fleet		10.07.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to Britain 14.08.47 and scrapped.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
Resv LtCdr Takahashi Atsushi		15.03.45–02.09.45
Kanju 干珠ジュンカ
Kanju Island
Type ( Class ): Improved Type A Escort (Etorofu )
Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo
Ordered under the 1941 War Program, Contract No. 333
Laid Down:		08.04.1943
Launched:		07.08.1943
Completed:		30.10.1943
Service:
1st Maritime Escort, SW Area Fleet		30.10.43–15.11.43
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		15.11.43–20.10.44
21st Coast, 1st Maritime, General Escort		20.10.44–10.12.44
21st Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		10.12.44–25.04.45
102nd Escort, 1st Escort Fleet		25.04.45–05.07.45
2nd Coast Defense Sqdn, 1st Escort Fleet		05.07.45–02.09.45
Fate: Sunk 15.08.45 by Soviet aircraft off Wonan, Korea (39°10'N, 127°27'E). ? dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		02.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Hijoka Torajiro		30.10.43–10.44
LtCdr Kuwahara Tetsuo (62)	桑原哲郎	10.44–02.09.45
Kasado 笠戸トサカ
Kasado Island, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Type ( Class ): Improved Type A Escort (Etorofu )
Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		10.08.1943
Launched:		09.12.1943
Completed:		30.03.1944
Service:
Combined Fleet		30.03.44–20.08.44
31st Squadron , Combined Fleet		20.08.44–20.10.44
21st Coast, 1st Maritime, General Escort		20.10.44–10.12.44
21st Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		10.12.44–25.12.44
Ominato Guard District		25.12.44–06.04.45
104th Escort		06.04.45–02.09.45
Fate: Badly damaged 22.06.45 by USS Crevelle (SS-291). 27 dead. Surrendered 02.09.45 unrepaired at Otaru, Hokkaido. Scrapped 31.05.48 at Sasebo.
Removed from Navy List		15.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Kawashima Noboru (R )	川島信	27.02.44–06.45
LtCdr Matsumura Masakatsu		06.45–02.09.45
Kozu 神津ズコ
Kozu Island
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Uraga Dock C., Tokyo
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		30.10.1944
Launched:		31.12.1944
Completed:		07.02.1945
Service:
?		07.02.45–03.05.45
1st Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		03.05.45–30.11.45
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to USSR on 28.07.48.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Kido Yoshihiko ( R)		07.02.45–02.09.45
Kuga 久賀ガク
Kuga Island, in the Goto Archipelago
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Sasebo Kaigun Koho
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		09.08.1944
Launched:		19.11.1944
Completed:		05.03.1945
Service:
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		05.03.45–25.04.45
12th Coast Defense Sqdn, 1st Escort Fleet		25.04.45–02.09.45
Fate: Badly damaged on 25.06.45 off Maizuru. Surrendered unrepaired on 02.09.45 at Maizuru. Scrapped 30.05.48 at Maizuru.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
Cdr Ito Toshihide ( R)	伊藤利秀	25.01.45–02.09.45
Kume 久米メク
Kume Island, north of Hokkaido
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		26.05.1944
Launched:		15.08.1944
Completed:		25.09.1944
Service:
Kure Defense Sqdn, Kure ND		25.09.44–04.11.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		04.11.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–28.01.45
103rd Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		20.01.45–10.03.45
Fate: Sunk 28.01.45 by USS Spadefish (SS-) SE of Tsingtau (33°54'N, 122°55'E).
Removed from Navy List		10.03.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Nihei Kou ( R)	二瓶甲	25.09.44–10.03.45
Kunashiri 国後リシナク
Kunashiri Island
Type ( Class ): Type A Escort ( Shimushu )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1937 Program as Contract No. 11		1937
Laid Down:		01.03.1939
Launched:		06.05.1940
Completed:		03.10.1940
Service:
Ominato Guard District		03.10.40–01.08.43
Chishma Guard District		13.08.43–10.04.45
104th Escort, 1st Escort Fleet		10.04.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1946
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Wrecked 04.06.46 off Omaezaki, Suruga Wan (34°35'N, 138°15'E); abandoned 25.06.46 and stricken.Scrapped 1946.
Removed from Navy List		1946
Commanding Officers:
Cdr Shimizu Toshio (46)	清水利夫	06.05.40–15.10.40
Cdr Kubota Toshi (46)	久保田　智	15.10.40–11.08.41
Cdr Kitamura Fumio (47)	北村富美雄	11.08.41–19.11.42
Cdr Ota Haruo (49)	大田春男	19.11.42–15.12.42
Cdr Kawashima Yoshio (48)	川島良雄	15.12.42–25.10.43
Resv LtCdr Ota Tsutomu	太田耕	25.10.43–02.09.45
Kurahashi 倉橋シハラク
Kurahashi Island, Hiroshima Prefecture
Type ( Class ): Type B Escort ( Mikura )
Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohoma
Ordered under the 1941 War Program, Contract No. 326
Laid Down:		01.06.1943
Launched:		15.10.1943
Completed:		19.02.1944
Service:
Kure Defense Squadron, Kure ND		19.02.44–15.03.44
Kuriles Base Force.NE Area Fleet		15.03.44–05.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		05.12.44–05.02.45
1st Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		05.02.45–02.09.45
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to Britain 14.09.47. Scrapped 1948.
Removed from Navy List
Commanding Officers:
Resv Lt Nikki Izaburo	仁木伊三郎	19.02.44–06.45
Resv Lt Morinaga Takashi		06.45–02.09.45
Kusagaki 草垣キガサク
Kusagaki Island
Type ( Class ): Type B Escort ( Mikura )
Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohoma
Ordered under the 1941 War Program, Contract No. 329
Laid Down:		07.09.1943
Launched:		22.01.1944
Completed:		31.05.1944
Service:
Kure Defense Squadron, Kure ND		30.06.44–24.07.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		24.07.44–27.08.44
Fate: Sunk 07.08.44 at 22:05 by USS Guitarro (SS-363) off Capones Island, Luzon (14°51'N, 119°59'E). 97 dead; 30(?) saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.10.1944
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Ozaki Sankan (60)	尾崎　隆	31.05.44–07.08.44
Manju 満珠ジュンマ
Manju Island, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Type ( Class ): Improved Type A Escort (Etorofu )
Builder: Mitsui, Tamano
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		15.02.1943
Launched:		31.07.1943
Completed:		30.11.1943
Service:
2nd Maritime Escort, General Escort		30.11.43–30.03.44
Combined Fleet		30.03.44–20.08.44
?		20.08.44–20.10.44
21st Coast, 1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		20.10.44–10.12.44
21st Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		10.12.44–01.06.45
2nd China Exp Fleet, China Area Fleet		01.06.45–02.09.45
Fate: Badly damaged 03.04.45 by aircraft at Hong Kong (22°17'N, 114°10'E). 52 dead; ? saved. Not repaired. Scrapped 1946.
Removed from Navy List		05.03.1947
Commanding Officers:
*LtCdr Kanazawa Masanori		30.11.43–03.04.45
Matsuwa 松輪ワツマ
Matsuwa Island
Type ( Class ): Improved Type A Escort (Etorofu )
Builder: Mitsui, Tamano
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		20.02.1942
Launched:		13.11.1942
Completed:		01.04.1943
Service:
1st Maritime Escort, SW Area Fleet		01.04.43–15.11.43
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		15.11.43–10.10.44
Fate: Sunk 22.08.44 by USS Harder (SS-257) 25 miles W of Manila (14°15'N, 120°25'E). 134 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.10.1944
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Odawara Kinichi (48)	小田原憲	23.03.43–11.43
LtCdr Fujimoto Eizo		11.43–01.44
*LtCdr Tsutitori Ei	土取英	01.44–22.08.44
Mikura 御蔵ラクミ
Mikura Island, in the Izu Archipelago
Type ( Class ): Type B Escort ( Mikura )
Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohoma
Ordered under the 1941 War Program, Contract No. 323
Laid Down:		01.10.1942
Launched:		16.07.1943
Completed:		31.10.1943
Service:
2nd Maritime Escort, 4th Fleet		31.10.43–15.11.43
2nd Maritime Escort, General Escort		15.11.43–10.07.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		10.07.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–01.01.45
101st Escort, 1st Escort Fleet		01.01.45–25.05.45
Fate: Sunk 28.02.45 by USS Threadfin (SS-410) off Cape Toi, Kyushu (31°45'N, 131°05'E). 210 dead; 0 saved.
Removed from Navy List		25.05.1945
Commanding Officers:
*Resv Cdr Oda Takashuke		30.10.43–28.03.45
Miyake 三宅ケヤミ
Miyake Island, in the Izu Archipelago
Type ( Class ): Type B Escort ( Mikura )
Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohoma
Ordered under the 1941 War Program, Contract No. 324
Laid Down:		22.02.1943
Launched:		30.08.1943
Completed:		30.11.1943
Service:
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		30.11.43–31.03.44
Combined Fleet		30.03.44–20.08.44
31st Squadron		20.08.44–20.10.44
21st Coast, 1st Maritime, General Escort		20.10.44–10.12.44
21st Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		10.12.44–25.12.44
Combined Fleet		25.12.44–05.03.45
1st Escort, General Escort		05.03.45–25.04.45
103rd Escort, 1st Escort, General Escort		25.04.45–10.07.45
103rd Escort, 7th Fleet		10.07.45–02.09.45
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Scrapped 01.07.48 at Sasebo.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Ota Yoshio	太田義雄	30.11.43–04.45
LtCdr Noma Tetsuo		04.45–02.09.45
Mokuto 目斗トクモ
Mokuto Island, near Taiwan
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		05.11.1944
Launched:		07.01.1945
Completed:		09.02.1945
Service:
Kure Guard Unit		19.02.45–02.09.45
Fate: Sunk 04.04.45 at 09:45 by mine in Shimonoseki Straits (33°53'N, 131°3'E). 27 dead.
Removed from Navy List		05.05.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Nagahashi Kimota		10.01.45–02.09.45
Murotsu 室津ツロム
Murotsu Island, off Hokkaido
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo
Ordered:		?
Laid Down:		?
Launched:		15.06.1945
Completed:		08.45 (?)
Fate: Scrapped.
Removed from Navy List		?
Mutsure 六連レツム
Mutsure Island, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Type ( Class ): Improved Type A Escort ( Etorofu )
Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		25.07.1942
Launched:		10.04.1943
Completed:		15.08.1943
Service:
2nd Maritime Escort, 4th Fleet		15.08.43–01.11.43
Fate: Sunk 02.09.43 at 14:13 by USS Snapper (SS-185) 85 miles NNW of Truk (08°40'N, 151°31'E). 46 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		01.11.1943
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Tomidokoro Kotao (52)	富所幸太郎	31.07.43–02.09.43
Nomi 野間ミノ
Nomi Island, Hiroshima Prefecture
Type ( Class ): Type B Escort ( Mikura )
Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohoma
Ordered under the 1941 War Program, Contract No. 328
Laid Down:		10.08.1943
Launched:		03.12.1943
Completed:		28.02.1944
Service:
2nd Maritime Escort, General Escort		15.03.44–18.07.44
Omiato ND		18.07.44–
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		01.11.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Esccrt		10.12.44–05.02.45
1st Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		05.02.45–25.05.45
Fate: Sunk 14.04.45 at 04:30 by USS Tirante (SS-420) NW of Chezhudo (23°25'N, 126°15'E). 134 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		25.05.1945
Commanding Officers:
Lt Hera Genzaburo		28.02.44–25.01.45
*LtCdr Sukigushi Genzaburo (same person as Hera?)		25.01.45–14.04.45
Oga (Ojika) 男鹿ガオ
Oga (Ojika) Island, in the Goto Archipelago
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Mitsui, Tamano
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		07.09.1944
Launched:		03.12.1944
Completed:		21.02.1945
Service:
Kure Defense Squadron, Kure ND		21.02.45–25.03.45
1st Escort, General Escort		05.04.45–25.04.45
103rd Escort, 1st Escort, General Escort		25.04.45–25.05.45
Fate: Sunk 02.05.45 by USS Springer (SS-414) in Yellow Sea (33°56'N, 122°49'E). 226 dead; 0 saved.
Removed from Navy List		25.05.1945
Commanding Officers:
*LtCdr		?
Oki 隠岐キオ
Oki Island, north of Honshu
Type ( Class ): Improved Type A Escort ( Etorofu )
Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo
Ordered under the 1941 War Program, Contract No. 311
Laid Down:		27.02.1942
Launched:		20.12.1942
Completed:		31.03.1943
Service:
2nd Maritime Escort, 4th Fleet		31.03.43–15.11.43
2nd Maritime Escort, General Escort		15.11.43–28.07.44
Yokosuka Defense Squadron		28.07.44–05.03.45
103rd Escort, 1st Escort Fleet		05.03.45–20.07.45
103rd Escort, 7th Fleet		20.07.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to China 29.08.47 as Chang Pai . Captured by Communists 1949. Scrapped 1982.
Removed from Navy List		20.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Aoki Kyuji (50)	青木久治	28.03.43–01.07.43
LtCdr Kobayashi Hinomoto		01.07.43–09.43
LtCdr Sugiyama Tadayoshi (61)	杉山忠嘉	09.43–08.01.44
LtCdr Ouchi Yoshibumi	大内成文	08.01.44–02.45
LtCdr Ishikawa Mutsuo (60)	石川満男	02.45–07.45
LtCdr Okami Kazuo		07.45–02.09.45
Okinawa 沖縄ワナキオ
Okinawa Island, south of Tokyo
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohama
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		10.12.1943
Launched:		19.06.1944
Completed:		16.08.1944
Service:
Kure Defense Sqdn, Kure ND		16.08.44–03.10.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		03.10.44–10.12.44
1st Escort, General Escort		10.12.44–25.12.44
31st Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		25.12.44–02.09.45
Fate: Sunk 30.07.45 at 14:30 by aircraft of US Navy TF 38 some 8 miles NNW of Maizuru (35°30'N, 135°21'E).1 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		02.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Sakamoto Osamu 16.08.44–02.09.45		坂本修
Otsu 大津ツオ
Otsu Island, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		?
Launched:		10.05.1945
Completed:		—
Fate: Probably sunk during fitting-out between 24.07.45 and August 1945 by aircraft of US Navy TF 38 (?). Scarpped 25.03.45.
Removed from Navy List		?
Sado 佐渡ドサ
Sado Island, 35km north of Honshu
Type ( Class ): Improved Type A Escort ( Etorofu )
Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohoma
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		22.02.1942
Launched:		13.11.1942
Completed:		01.04.1943
Service:
1st Maritime Escort, SW Area Fleet		01.04.43–15.11.43
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		15.11.43–10.10.44
Fate: Sunk 22.08.44 at 07:20 by USS Haddo (SS-255) 35 miles W of Manila (14°15'N, 120°25'E). 73 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.10.1944
Commanding Officers:
Cdr Matsubayashi Motonari (50)	松林元哉	20.02.43–02.10.43
*Cdr Taniguchi Nobuyoshi (45)	谷口信義	02.10.43–22.08.44
Sakito 崎戸トキサ
Sakito Island, Nagasaki Prefecture
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		07.09.1944
Launched:		29.11.1944
Completed:		10.01.1945
Service:
Kure Guard Unit		10.01.45–28.02.45
1st Escort, General Escort		28.02.45–25.04.45
22nd Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		25.04.45–02.09.45
Fate: Badly damaged on 27.06.45 off Sasebo. Surrendered unrepaired on 02.09.45 at Sasebo. Scrapped 30.11.48 at Sasebo.
Removed from Navy List		20.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Obayashi Kouji	小林恒治	10.01.45–02.09.45
Shiga 志賀ガシ
Shiga Island, in Hataka Bay
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Sasebo Navy Yard
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		25.11.1944
Launched:		09.02.1945
Completed:		20.03.1945
Service:
Kure Defense Sqdn, Kure ND		20.03.45–
21st Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		13.05.45–10.07.45
21st Coast, 7th Fleet		10.07.45–02.09.45
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Transferred to Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1948. Renamed Kojima (PL.106) in 1955. Scrapped 1998.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
Resv Cdr Nai Mitsuru		20.03.45–02.09.45
Shimushu 占守シムシ
Shimushu Island, in the Kuril Chain
Type ( Class ): Type A Escort ( Shimushu )
Call Sign: JVCA
Builder: Mitsui, Tamano
Ordered under the 1937 Program as Contract No. 9		1937
Laid Down:		29.11.1938
Launched:		13.12.1939
Completed:		?
Service:
2nd Exp Fleet		15.07.40–02.08.41
Southern Exp Fleet		02.08.41.41–10.01.42
1st Southern Exp Fleet		10.01.42–10.04.42
1st Southern Exp Fleet, SW Area Fleet		10.04.42–20.12.43
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		20.12.43–
1st Escort, General Escort		10.12.44–25.12.44
Kuriles Base Force, 12th Air Fleet		25.12.44–10.04.45
104th Escort, 1st Escort Fleet		10.04.45–02.09.45
Under Allied control for repatriation duties		1946–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to USSR 05.07.47. Scrapped 1959.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
Cdr Shoji Kiichiro (45)	荘司喜一郎	02.02.40–15.10.40
Cdr Arimura Fuji (47)	有村不二	15.10.40–22.08.42
Cdr Teranishi Takechiyo (46)	寺西武干代	22.08.42–28.10.43
LtCdr Shimamura Kazuchiyo		28.10.43–08.44
Shirataka 白鷹カタラシ		CM-AN / PE
Type (Class): Dual purpose minelayer/netlayer (Shirataka, only 1 in class)
Call Sign: JUCA
Builder: Ishigawajima Heavy Industries, Tokyo
Ordered under the 1923 Program
Laid Down:		24.11.1927
Launched:		25.01.1929
Completed:		09.04.1929
Service:
?		1929\1937
1st Base Force, 3rd Fleet		01.12.37\10.03.42
Reconstructed as escort vessel		11.1940
21st Base Force, 2nd South Exp Fleet		10.03.42\10.04.42
21st Base Force, 2nd South Exp, SW Area Fleet		10.04.42\01.08.42
8th Fleet		01.08.42\24.12.42
8th Fleet, SE Area Fleet		24.12.42\29.12.42
2nd Base Force, 8th Fleet, SE Area Fleet		29.12.42\15.11.43
9th Fleet, SE Area Fleet		15.11.43\25.03.44
9th Fleet, SW Area Fleet		25.03.44\05.04.44
1st Maritime Escort.General Escort		05.04.44\10.10.44
Fate: Sunk 31.08.44 at 11:15 by USS Sealion (SS-315) in Luzon Strait (20°55'N, 121°07'E). ? dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List:		10.10.1944
Commanding Officers:
Cdr Sonoda Shigeru (37)	園田　滋	15.01.29\05.11.29
Cdr Motoizumi Takashi (37)	元泉　威	05.11.29\
Cdr Yamamura Minoru (37)	山村　実	01.12.31\01.12.32
Cdr Kaneko Toyokichi (38)	小松輝久	01.12.32\15.11.33
Cdr Hozumi Tatsuo (38)	穂積龍雄	15.11.33\22.10.34
Cdr Ikeda Shichiro (38)	池田七郎	22.10.34\15.11.35
Cdr Inagaki Yoshiaki (40)	稲垣義穐	15.11.35\15.11.36
Cdr Itagaki Koichi (38)	板垣行一	15.11.36\28.07.37
Cdr Inada Yoshiaki		28.07.37\15.12.38
Capt Kanemasu Yoshio (40)	金枡義夫	15.12.38\15.11.39
Capt Imamura Yoshihiko (42)	今村幸彦	15.11.39\01.11.40
Cdr Morikawa Matao (44)	森川亦男	01.11.40\10.09.41
Cdr Hamano Motoichi (47)	浜野元一	10.09.41\15.05.42
Capt Wada Sumihasa (45)	和田純久	15.05.42\13.04.43
*Capt Miki Takahide (46)	三木高秀	13.04.43\31.08.44
Shinnan 新南ンナンシ
Shinnan Archipelago, in South China Sea
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		24.05.1944
Launched:		05.09.1944
Completed:		21.10.1944
Service:
Kure Defense Sqdn, Kure ND		21.10.44–26.11.44
1st Surface Escort, General Escort		26.11.44–10.12.44
1st Escort, General Escort		10.12.44–25.12.44
21st Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		25.12.44–10.07.45
21st Coast, 7th Fleet		10.07.45–02.09.45
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Transferred to Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1948. Renamed Tsugaru in 1955. Scrapped 1975.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
vLtCdr Ikeda Go		15.09.44–
LtCdr Ikeda Go		21.10.44–02.09.45
Shisaka 四阪カサシ
Shisaka Island, off Shikoku
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		21.08.1944
Launched:		10.34.44
Completed:		15.12.1944
Service:
Kure Defense Sqdn, Kure ND		15.12.44–27.01.45
Yokosuka Defense Sqdn		27.01.45–15.06.45
1st Special Attack Sqdn		15.06.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to China 06.07.47 as Hui An . Then to Communists in 1949. Scrapped 1955.
Removed from Navy List		02.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Sasaki Yoshimasa		15.12.44–02.09.45
Shonan 昭南ンナショ
Shonan Island; Japanese name for Singapore Island
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		23.02.1944
Launched:		19.05.1944
Completed:		03.07.1944
Service:
Kure Defense Sqdn, Kure ND		03.07.44–10.08.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		10.08.44–10.12.44
1st Escort, General Escort		10.12.44–20.01.45
103rd Escort, 1st Escort, General Escort		20.01.45–10.04.45
Fate: Sunk 25.02.45 at 04:20 by USS Hoe (SS-258) S of Hainan Island, off Indochina (17°20'N, 110°35'E). 198 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.04.1945
Commanding Officers:
*LtCdr Izuka Tomokichi		13.07.44–25.02.45
Takane 高根ネカタ
Takane Island, Hiroshima Prefecture
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Mitsui, Tamano
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		15.12.1944
Launched:		13.02.1945
Completed:		26.04.1945
Service:
Kure Defense Sqdn, Kure ND		26.04.45–05.05.45
51st Division. Maizuru ND		05.05.45–03.07.45
12th Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		03.07.45–02.09.45
Fate: Badly damaged 30.07.45 by aircraft of US Navy TF 38 near Maizuru. Surrendered unrepaired 02.09.45. Scrapped 27.11.47 at Maizuru.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Nakamura Fukujuro		26.04.45–02.09.45
Tomoshiri リシモト
Tomoshiri Island, off Hokkaido
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		05.03.1945
Only 20% completed at war's end.
Fate: Scrapped 23.10.47 at Osaka.
Tsushima 対馬マシシ
Tsushima Island, north of Kyushu
Type ( Class ): Improved Type A Escort ( Etorofu )
Builder: Tsurumi, Yokohoma
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		20.06.1942
Launched:		20.03.1943
Completed:		15.08.1943
Service:
1st Maritime Escort, SW Area Fleet		15.08.43–15.11.43
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		15.11.43–15.11.44
101st Escort, General Escort		15.11.44–10.12.44
101st Escort, 1st Escort Fleet		10.12.44–25.03.45
1st Escort, General Escort		25.03.45–25.04.45
22nd Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		25.04.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to China 31.07.47 as Lin An . Scrapped 1963.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Suzuki Mori		28.07.43–04.45
LtCdr Hanazawa Masao		04.45–02.09.45
Uku 宇久クウ
Uku Island, west of Nagasaki
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Sasebo Navy Yard
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		01.08.1944
Launched:		12.11.1944
Completed:		08.12.1944
Service:
Kure Defense Sqdn, Kure ND		08.12.44–08.02.45
1st Escort, General Escort		08.02.45–25.04.45
103rd Escort, 1st Escort, General Escort		25.04.45–10.07.45
103rd Escort, 7th Fleet		10.07.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to US Navy on 04.07.47 and scrapped.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Suzuki Seishiro		30.12.44–02.09.45
Ukuru 鵜来ラクウ
Ukuru Island, Kochi Prefecture
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Tsutumi, Yokohama
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		09.10.1943
Launched:		15.05.1944
Completed:		31.07.1944
Service:
Yokosuka Defense Sqdn, Yokosuka ND		31.07.44–16.10.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		16.10.44–15.11.44
101st Escort, General Escort		15.11.44–10.12.44
101st Escort, 1st Escort Fleet		10.12.44–25.03.45
1st Escort, General Escort		25.03.45–25.04.45
22nd Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		25.04.45–02.09.45
Allied service as tender for other minesweepers		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45.surrendered. Transferred to Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1948. Renamed Satsuma (PL.104) in 1955.
Removed from Navy List
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Kuwahara Tadao		31.07.44–08.03.45
Resv LtCdr Shimada Suetsugu	嶋田末次	08.03.45–02.09.45
Urumi 慰美ミルウ
Urumi Island, off the west coast of Korea
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		05.03.1945
Launched:		26.05.1945
Completed:		08.45 (?)
Fate: Scrapped.
Removed from Navy List		?
Wakamiya 若宮ヤミカワ
Wakamiya Island, in the Iki Archipelago
Type ( Class ): Improved Type A Escort ( Etorofu )
Builder: Mitsui, Tamano
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		16.07.1942
Launched:		19.04.1943
Completed:		25.08.1943
Service:
1st Maritime Escort, SW Area Fleet		25.08.43–15.11.43
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		15.11.43–05.01.44
Removed from Navy List		05.01.1944
Fate: Sunk 23.11.43 0330 by USS Gudgeon (SS-212) some 70 miles S of Shushan Island, China (28°38'N, 122°05'E). 131 dead; 4 saved.
Removed from Navy List		05.01.1944
Commanding Officers:
*LtCdr Matsuo Ginichi		10.08.43–23.11.43
Yaku 屋久クユ
Yaku Island, south of Kyushu
Type ( Class ): Improved Type B Escort ( Ukuru )
Builder: Uraga Dock Co., Tokyo
Ordered under the 1941 War Program
Laid Down:		24.05.1944
Launched:		05.09.1944
Completed:		23.10.1944
Service:
Kure Defense Sqdn, Kure ND		23.10.44–26.11.44
1st Surface Escort, General Escort		26.11.44–10.12.44
21st Coast, 1st Maritime, General Escort		05.12.44–10.12.44
21st Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		10.12.44–25.12.44
Combined Fleet		25.12.44–10.04.45
Fate: Sunk 23.02.45 at 12:10 by USS Hammerhead (SS-364) some 15 miles south of Cape Varella (12°44'N, 109°29'E). 133 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.04.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Yamada Chuuta		23 .10.44–
*Resv LtCdr Mitsui Kiyoi		16.12.44–04.02.45
Yashiro 屋代ロシヤ
Yashiro Island, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Type ( Class ): Type B Escort ( Mikura )
Builder: Hitachi Zosen, Sakurajima
Ordered under the 1941 War Program, Contract No. 330
Laid Down:		08.11.1943
Launched:		16.02.1944
Completed:		10.05.1944
Service:
Kure Defense Sqdn, Kure ND		10.05.44–03.06.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		03.06.44–10.12.44
1st Escort, General Escort		10.12.44–01.01.45
102nd Escort, 1st Escort, General Escort		01.01.45–05.07.45
2nd Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		05.07.45–02.09.45
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to China 29.08.47 as Cheng An . Scrapped 1963.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
*LtCdr Yamashita Tadayoshi (61)	山下貞義	10.05.44–19.01.45
LtCdr Honjyo Takuji		02.45–02.09.45
CD-1
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe
Ordered un1der the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2401
Laid Down:		15.09.1943
Launched:		29.12.1943
Completed:		29.02.1944
Service:
?
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		02.04.44–10.09.44
11th Coast, 1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		10.09.44–10.12.44
11th Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–25.05.45
Fate: Sunk 25.05.45 by USAAF 345th Bomb Group 40 miles SSW of Amoy, China (23°55'N, 117°40'E). 159 dead.
Removed from Navy List		25.05.1945
Commanding Officers:
Resv LtCdr Ebihara Yoshiichiro		19.02.44–
*LtCdr Arima Kunio		13.08.44–25.05.45
CD-2
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Yokosuka Navy Yard
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2701
Laid Down:		105.43
Launched:		20.12.1943
Completed:		28.02.1944
Service:
?
2nd Maritime Escort, General Escort		30.03.44–18.07.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		18.07.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–01.01.45
102nd Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		01.01.45–05.07.45
2nd Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		05.07.45–02.09.45
Fate: Sunk 30.07.45 by aircraft of US Navy TF 38 in shallow waters at Maizuru. Scrapped 20.07.48.
Removed from Navy List		20.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
Resv Lt Hara Toshihisa		28.02.44–
Resv Lt Moriyasu Sakae		06.45–
CD-3
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2402
Laid Down:		15.09.1943
Launched:		29.12.1943
Completed:		29.02.1944
Service:
Kure ND		29.02.44–30.03.44
2nd Maritime Escort, General Escort		30.03.44–18.07.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		18.07.44–10.09.44
11th Coast, 1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		10.09.44–10.12.44
11th Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–10.03.45
Fate: Sunk 09.01.45 by aircraft of US Navy TF 38 N of Keelung, Formosa (25°10'N, 121°45'E). 175 dead.
Removed from Navy List		10.03.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-4
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Yokosuka Navy Yard
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2702
Laid Down:		05.10.1943
Launched:		20.12.1943
Completed:		05.04.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Force		07.03.44–02.04.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		02.04.44–15.07.44
3rd Maritime Escort.Yokosuka ND		15.07.44–15.04.45
4th Special Attack.Yokosuka ND		15.04.45–13.08.45
Fate: Sunk 13.08.45 at 01:00 by USS Atule (SS-403) 50 miles off Cerino Saki, Hokkaido (42°16'N, 142°12'E). 196 dead; 0 saved.
Removed from Navy List		16.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
Lt Mizutani Katsuji (R )	水谷勝二	07.03.44–02.04.45
Lt Ito Toshio (R )		02.04.45–13.08.45
CD-5
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2403
Laid Down:		22.10.1943
Launched:		15.01.1944
Completed:		19.03.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Force		19.03.44–11.04.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		11.04.44–10.09.44
11th Coast, 1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		10.09.44–10.12.44
11th Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–25.05.45
Fate: Sunk 21.09.44 at 19:00 by aircraft of US Navy TF 38 near Masinloc, Luzan 15°30'N, 119°50'E). 17 dead.
Removed from Navy List		25.05.1945
Commanding Officers:
*LtCdr Kiriyama Katsuzo		–21.09.44
CD-6
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Yokosuka Navy Yard
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2703
Laid Down:		05.10.1943
Launched:		30.12.1943
Completed:		15.03.1944
Service:
Yokosuka Guard Force		15.03.44–05.04.44
2nd Maritime Escort, General Escort		05.04.44–18.07.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		18.07.44–01.11.44
Yokosuka ND		01.11.44–05.01.45
21st Coast		05.01.45–13.08.45
Fate: Bady damaged on 24., 25, and 28.07.45 by US aircraft off Toba in Miie Prefecture (34°28'N, 136°42'E). Broken up at Tokai 30.06.48.
Removed from Navy List		02.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
*Resv Cdr Ando Hideo		–13.08.45
CD-7
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Turumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2404
Laid Down:		23.10.1943
Launched:		18.01.1944
Completed:		10.03.1944
Service:
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		18.04.44–10.09.44
11th Coast, 1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		10.09.44–10.12.44
11th Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–10.01.45
Fate: Sunk 14.11.44 at 22:18 by USS Ray (SS-271) 165miles NW Cape Bolinao, Luzon (17°46'N, 117°57'E). 165 dead.
Removed from Navy List		10.01.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-8
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2704
Laid Down:		23.10.1943
Launched:		11.01.1944
Completed:		29.02.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Force		29.02.44–25.03.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		25.03.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–05.01.45
22nd Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		05.01.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to Britain 16.07.47, scrapped.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
Resv LtCdr Kawamoto Genzo		10.01.44–
CD-9
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2405
Laid Down:		15.10.1943
Launched:		15.01.1944
Completed:		10.03.1944
Service:
?		?
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		25.03.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–10.04.45
Fate: Sunk 14.02.45at 21:00 by USS Gato (SS-212) West of Cheju (Chezhudo), Korea (32°43'N, 125°37'E). ? dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.04.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-10
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2705
Laid Down:		23.10.1943
Launched:		11.01.1944
Completed:		29.02.1944
Service:
Sasebo Guard Force		29.02.44–25.03.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		25.03.44–10.11.44
Fate: Sunk 27.09.44 by USS Plaice (SS-390) 100 miles NNW of Amami-Oshima (29°26'N, 128°50'E). 148 dead; 8 saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.11.1944
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-11
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2406
Laid Down:		15.10.1943
Launched:		15.01.1944
Completed:		15.03.1944
Service:
Maizuru Guard Force		15.03.44–05.04.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		05.04.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–10.01.45
Fate: Sunk 10.11.44 by USAAF off Ormuc, Leyte (10°51'N, 124°32'E). 89 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.01.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Hashi Kamata		15.03.44–
CD-12
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Yokosuka Navy Yard
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2706
Laid Down:		05.10.1943
Launched:		15.01.1944
Completed:		14.03.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Force		22.03.44–14.04.44
2nd Maritime Escort, General Escort		14.04.44–18.07.44
Yokosuka ND		18.07.44–
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		05.03.45–20.04.45
Maizuru ND		20.04.45–
105th Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.07.45–02.09.45
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1946
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered at Maizuru. Ceded to US 05.09.47 and scrapped at Sasebo.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-13
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2407
Laid Down:		18.11.1943
Launched:		25.01.1944
Completed:		03.04.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Force		03.04.44–26.04.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		26.04.44–20.11.44
1st Coast, 1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		20.11.44–10.12.44
1st Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–15.09.45
Fate: Sunk 14.08.45 at 12:55 by USS Torsk (SS-423) WNW of Maizuru (35°41'N, 134°35'E). 28 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		15.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-14
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Yokosuka Navy Yard
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2707
Laid Down:		05.10.1943
Launched:		25.01.1944
Completed:		27.03.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Force		27.03.44–05.05.44
2nd Maritime Escort, General Escort		05.05.44–18.07.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		18.07.44–20.10.44
12th Coast, 1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		20.10.44–10.12.44
12th Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Ceded to China 06.07.47 as Chieh 5 . Taken over by Communists 1949 as Wu Chang . Scrapped 1982.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-15
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2408
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Laid Down:		18.11.1943
Launched:		21.02.1944
Completed:		08.04.1944
Service:
?		?
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		01.05.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–10.05.45
Fate: Sunk 06.06.44 at 2225 by USS Raton (SS-270) SE of Nishinotorishima (Cape San Jacques) (08°57'N, 109°17'E). 104 dead; 34 saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.05.1945
Commanding Officers:
*Lt Kondo Masatsugu (64)	近藤正次	08.04.44–06.06.44
CD-16
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Yokosuka Navy Yard
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2708
Laid Down:		05.10.1943
Launched:		25.01.1944
Completed:		25.04.1944
Service:
2nd Maritime Escort, General Escort		25.04.44–18.07.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		18.07.44–20.10.44
12th Coast, 1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		20.10.44–10.12.44
12th Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–02.09.45
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered at Muroran. Handed over to Britain on 14.08.47 and scrapped at Singapore.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-17
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2409
Laid Down:		15.02.1943
Launched:		25.02.1944
Completed:		13.04.1944
Service:
?		?
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		07.05.44–10.07.44
1st Coast, 1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		10.07.44–10.12.44
1st Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–10.03.45
Fate: Sunk 12.01.45 at 08:52 by aircraft of US Navy TF 38 SE of Cape San Jacques (10°20'N, 107°50'E). 159 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.03.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-18
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2709
Laid Down:		01.11.1943
Launched:		11.01.1944
Completed:		08.03.1944
Service:
Sasebo Guard Force		08.03.44–18.04.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		18.04.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–20.01.45
103rd Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		20.01.45–25.05.45
Fate: Sunk 29.03.45 by USAAF 110 miles N of Cape Varella (14°44'N, 109°26'E). 184 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		25.05.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-19
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2410
Laid Down:		15.12.1943
Launched:		25.01.1944
Completed:		28.04.1944
Service:
?		?
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		20.05.44–10.07.44
1st Coast, 1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		10.07.44–10.12.44
1st Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–02.09.45
Fate: Sunk 12.01.45 at 08:52 by aircraft of US Navy TF 38 SE of Cape San Jacques (10°20'N, 107°50'E). ? dead; ? saved.
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-20
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2710
Laid Down:		01.11.1943
Launched:		11.01.1944
Completed:		11.04.1944
Service:
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		11.04.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–25.05.45
Fate: Sunk 20.12.44 by USAAF aircraft in San Fernando Harbor, Luzon (16°43'N, 120°18'E). 52 dead; ? saved.
Removed From Navy List		25.05.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-21
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihonkai Dock
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No.2411:
Laid Down:		01.12.1943
Launched:		15.03.1944
Completed:		08.07.1944
Service:
?		?
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		18.08.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–10.01.45
Fate: Sunk 06.10.44 at 1757 by USS Seahorse (SS-304) 140 miles NW of Cape Bojeador, Luzon (19°45'N, 118°22'E). 170 dead; 0 saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.01.1945
Commanding Officers:
*LtCdr Hatakeyama Shigenori		18.07.44–06.10.44
CD-22
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2711
Laid Down:		27.01.1944
Launched:		24.04.1944
Completed:		24.04.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Force		24.04.44–22.07.44
Combined Fleet		22.07.44–20.08.44
31st Escort, 5th Fleet, NE Area Fleet		20.11.44–25.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		25.12.44–25.04.45
31st Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		25.04.45–02.09.45
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered at Maizuru. Handed over to the US Navy 05.09.47 and scrapped 10.47 at Sasebo.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-23
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihonkai Dock
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2412
Laid Down:		10.02.1944
Launched:		20.05.1944
Completed:		15.09.1944
Service:
Sasebo Guard Force		15.09.44–29.10.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		29.10.44–15.11.44
101st Escort , General Escort		15.11.44–10.12.44
101st Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–25.03.45
Fate: Sunk 12.01.45 by aircraft of US Navy TF 38 N of the Bay of Quinhon (14°15'N, 109°10'E). 155 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		25.03.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-24
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2712
Laid Down:		01.11.1943
Launched:		27.01.1944
Completed:		28.03.1945
Service:
?		?
Combined Fleet		28.04.44–20.08.44
Fate: Sunk 28.06.44 by USS Archerfish (SS-311) 30 miles SW of Iwo Jima (24°44'N, 140°20'E). 0? dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		20.08.1944
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-25
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2413
Laid Down:		01.02.1944
Launched:		14.05.1944
Completed:		30.07.1944
Service:
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		30.07.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–20.01.45
103rd Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		20.01.45–25.05.45
Fate: Sunk at 2300 by USS Springer (SS-414) in 180 miles WSW of Mokpo, Korea (Yellow Sea) (33°56'N, 122°49'E). 175 dead; 0 saved.
Removed from Navy List		?
Commanding Officers:
*Cdr Nakao Takeo		–03.05.45
CD-26
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2713
Laid Down:		01.02.1944
Launched:		11.04.1944
Completed:		31.05.1944
Service:
?		?
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		26.06.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–25.04.45
31st Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		25.04.45–02.09.45
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to US Navy 06.09.47, and scrapped 13.10.47 at Kure.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?

CD-27
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder:
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2414
Laid Down:
Launched:
Completed:		20.07.1944
Service:
Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi (UC)		16.02.44–03.06.44
Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi (FO)		03.06.44–16.08.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		16.08.44–15.11.44
101st Escort , General Escort		15.11.44–10.12.44
101st Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–10.03.45
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		25.03.45–15.04.45
21st Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		15.04.45–10.07.45
21st Coast, 7th Fleet		10.07.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered at Sasebo. Handed over to Britain and crapped 08.47 at Singapore.
Removed from Navy List		02.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-28
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2714
Laid Down:		01.02.1944
Launched:		11.04.1944
Completed:		03.05.1944
Service:
?		?
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		26.06.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–10.02.45
Fate: Sunk 14.12.44 at 2334 by USS Blenny (SS-324) 3 miles W of Hermana Island, Luzon (15°50'N, 119°45'E). 115 dead; 0 saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.02.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-29
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2415
Laid Down:		02.03.1944
Launched:		26.06.1944
Completed:		08.08.1944
Service:
?		?
31st Escort, 5th Fleet, NE Area Fleet		20.11.44–25.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		25.12.44–25.04.45
102nd Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		25.04.45–25.06.45
Sasebo ND		25.06.45–
Fate: Badly damaged 28.03.45 by mine off Sasebo (33°07', 129°44'E). Not repaired. 02.09.45 surrendered at Sasebo and scrapped there 01.02.48.
Removed from Navy List		20.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-30
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2714
Laid Down:		15.02.1944
Launched:		10.05.1944
Completed:		26.07.1944
Service:
4th Maritime Escort.Sasebo ND		25.07.44–10.05.45
Osaka Naval Guard		10.05.45–01.06.45
6 Special Attack Sqdn		01.06.45–02.09.45
Fate: Sunk 28.07.45 by aircraft from US TF 38 in Yura Straits (34°20'N, 135°00'E). 98 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		15.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-31
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2416
Laid Down:		31.03.1944
Launched:		04.07.1944
Completed:		21.08.1944
Service:
?		?
31st Escort, 5th Fleet, NE Area Fleet		20.11.44–25.12.44
Fifth Fleet		25.12.44–05.03.45
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		05.03.45–25.04.45
Fate: Sunk 14.04.45 at 05:00 by USS Tirante (SS-420) near Chezhudo, NW of Saishu Island (33°25'N, 126°??'E). 39 dead; 166 saved.
Removed from Navy List		25.05.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Kubo Takashi		21.08.44–
CD-32
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2716
Laid Down:		15.02.1944
Launched:		10.05.1944
Completed:		30.06.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Force		30.06.44–30.07.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		30.07.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–05.01.45
22nd Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		05.01.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered at Sasebo. Handed over to Britain 16.07.47 and scrapped.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
LtCdr Taguchi Akira		10.07.45–
CD-33
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihn Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2417
Laid Down:		526.44
Launched:		22.07.1944
Completed:		31.08.1944
Service:
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		13.10.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–01.01.45
102nd Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		01.01.45–25.05.45
Fate: Sunk 28.03.45 by aircraft of US Navy TF 58 some 58 miles SSE of Miyazaki (31°45'N, 131°45'E). 170 dead; 0 saved.
Removed from Navy List		25.05.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Morimoto Masaharu (60)		31.08.44–
CD-34
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Ishigawajima Heavy Industries, Tokyo
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2717
Laid Down:		25.03.1944
Launched:		06.07.1944
Completed:		25.08.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Force		25.08.44–04.10.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		04.10.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–01.01.45
102nd Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		01.01.45–05.07.45
2nd Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		05.07.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to USSR 05.07.47. Scrapped 1960.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Yoshino Iwao		25.08.44–
LtCdr Nishida Yushi		?
CD-35
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2418
Laid Down:		30.05.1944
Launched:		04.09.1944
Completed:		11.10.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Force		01.10.44–21.11.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		21.11.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–01.01.45
102nd Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		01.01.45–10.03.45
Fate: Sunk 12.01.45 by aircraft of US Navy TF 38 some 7 miles SW of Cape Padaran (11°10'N, 108°55'E). 69 dead; 0? saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.03.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-36
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Fujinagata Heavy Industries, Osaka
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2718
Laid Down:		20.05.1944
Launched:		19.09.1944
Completed:		21.10.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Force		21.10.44–28.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		28.12.44–20.01.45
11th Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		20.01.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to US Navy 19.07.47, and scrapped 02.48.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Hinokio Tadakazu		21.10.44–
CD-37
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Dock
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2419
Laid Down:		05.04.1944
Launched:		05.08.1944
Completed:		03.11.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Unit		03.11.44–15.12.44
Yokosuka Gun School		15.12.44–15.07.45
No.1 Special Attack Sqdn		15.07.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to US Navy 1947; scrapped 30.11.47.
Removed from Navy List		02.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Okami Kazuo		03.11.44–
LtCdr Kusudo Koichi		–02.09.45
CD-38
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Kobe
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2719
Laid Down:		02.04.1944
Launched:		15.06.1944
Completed:		10.08.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Unit		10.08.44–06.10.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		06.10.44–20.10.44
12th Coast, 1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		20.10.44–10.12.44
12th Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–10.01.45
Fate: Sunk 25.11.44 by USS Hardhead (SS-365) off Corregidor (14°22'N, 119°57'E). 85 dead; 93 saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.01.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Hayashi Chiichi		10.08.44–25.11.44
CD-39
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2420
Laid Down:		10.06.1944
Launched:		13.08.1944
Completed:		27.09.1944
Service:
Yokosuka Guard Unit		27.09.44–09.11.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		09.11.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–05.01.45
1st Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		05.01.45–10.09.45
Fate: Sunk 07.08.45 by US aircraft off Kyosai (Kuche) Island (35°06'N, 129°03'E). 33 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-40
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Fujinagata Heavy Industries, Osaka
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2720
Laid Down:		20.03.1944
Launched:		15.11.1944
Completed:		24.12.1944
Service:
?		?
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		01.02.45–20.04.45
Maizuru ND		20.04.45–
105th Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.07.45–02.09.45
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to China as Cheng An. Scrapped 1963.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-41
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2421
Laid Down:		01.07.1944
Launched:		08.09.1944
Completed:		06.10.1944
Service:
Yokosuka Guard Unit		16.10.44–26.11.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		26.11.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–25.04.45
102nd Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		25.04.45–05.07.45
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		05.07.45–10.08.45
Fate: Sunk 09.06.45 at 04:55 by USS Sea Owl (SS-405) 50 miles SE of Mokpo, Korea (34°18'N, 127°18'E). 173 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.08.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-42
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2721
Laid Down:		15.04.1944
Launched:		07.07.1944
Completed:		25.08.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Unit		25.08.44–01.11.44
Sasebo Guard Unit		01.11.44–10.01.45
Fate: Sunk 10.01.45 at 05:00 by USS Puffer (SS-268) W of Kume Island (27°01'N, 126°34'E). 170 dead; 0 saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.03.1945
Commanding Officers:
*Resv LtCdr Egashira Tomiya		–10.01.45
CD-43
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2422
Laid Down:		10.04.1944
Launched:		22.06.1944
Completed:		31.07.1944
Service:
?		?
31st Escort Sqdn		20.08.44–20.11.44
5th Fleet		20.11.1944
Fate: Sunk 12.01.45 by aircraft of US Navy TF 38 some 7 miles SW Cape Padaran (11°10'N, 108°55'E). 29 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.03.1945
Commanding Officers:
Lt Saito Yuichi (64)		31.07.44–
CD-44
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2722
Laid Down:		15.04.1944
Launched:		07.07.1944
Completed:		21.08.1944
Service:
?		?
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to US Navy on 05.07.57, sunk 25.08.47 as target (34°48'N, 139°42'E).
Removed form Navy		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-45
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihonkai Dock
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2422
Laid Down:		25.05.1944
Launched:		05.10.1944
Completed:		23.12.1944
Service:
?		?
Fate: Sunk 28.07.45 by aircraft of US Navy TF 38 in Owase Bay (34°05'N, 136°15'E). 30 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List 30.11.45
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-46
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder:
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2723
Laid Down:		01.05.1944
Launched:		30.06.1944
Completed:		08.10.1944
Service:
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		08.10.44–20.10.44
12th Coast, 1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		20.10.44–10.12.44
12th Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–02.09.45
Fate: Sunk 17.08.45 by mine off Mokpo, Korea (34°51'N, 126°02'E). ?dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		02.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-47
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2424
Laid Down:		15.07.1944
Launched:		29.09.1944
Completed:		12.11.1944
Service:
?		12.11.44–05.08.45
2nd Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		05.08.45–02.09.45
Fate: Sunk 14.08.45 at 1035 by USS Torsk (SS-423) 14 miles WNW of Maizuru (35°41'N, 134°38'E). ? dead; ?saved.
Removed from Navy List		02.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
*Resv LtCdr Chiba Fukuji		14.09.44–14.08.45
CD-48
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Fujinagata Zoensho, Osaka
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2724
Laid Down:		15.05.1944
Launched:		20.09.1944
Completed:		15.03.1945
Service:
?		12.11.44–05.08.45
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to USSR 28.08.47.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-49
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsuurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2425
Laid Down:		31.07.1944
Launched:		04.09.1944
Completed:		16.11.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Unit		16.11.44–18.01.45
Yokosuka Guard Unit		18.01.45–02.09.45
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to USA on 01.09.47, and scrapped 02.01.48 at Shimizu.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-50
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Ishigawajima Heavy Industries, Tokyo
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2725
Laid Down:		08.07.1944
Launched:		09.09.1944
Completed:		05.12.1944
Service:
3rd Maritime Escort.Yokosuka ND		05.12.44–15.04.45
4th Special Attack.Yokosuka ND		15.04.45–
Fate: Badly damaged 01.05.45 by USS Sennet (SS-408) off Wakayama, Kii Suido (34°15'N, 135°05'E). Towed to Osaka; not repaired. Surrendered 02.09.45. Scrapped 30.04.48 at Osaka.
Removed from Navy List		20.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-51
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2426
Laid Down:		01.05.1944
Launched:		20.08.1944
Completed:		21.09.1944
Service:
Sasebo Guard Unit		21.09.44–29.10.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		29.10.44–15.11.44
101st Escort , General Escort		15.11.44–10.12.44
101st Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–10.03.45
Fate: Sunk 12.01.45 at 14:00 by aircraft of US Navy TF 38 N of Quinhon Bay (14°15'N, 109°10'E). 159 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.03.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-52
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2726
Laid Down:		15.05.1944
Launched:		07.08.1944
Completed:		25.09.1944
Service:
?		?
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		01.11.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–05.01.45
22nd Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		05.01.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to USSR on 29.07.47. Scrapped 1958.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
LtCdr Ikeda Tarao (52)		25.09.44–
CD-53
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2427
Laid Down:		15.08.1944
Launched:		29.10.1944
Completed:		28.11.1944
Service:
?		?
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		18.01.45–10.04.45
Fate: Sunk 07.02.45 at 10:50 by USS Besugo (SS-) near Cainrahn Bay (11°53'N, 109°22'E). ? dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List 10.04.45
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-54
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2727
Laid Down:		15.05.1944
Launched:		07.08.1944
Completed:		30.09.1944
Service:
?		30.09.44–03.11.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		03.11.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–10.02.45
Fate: Sunk 15.12.44 by aircraft of US Navy TF 38 N of Calayan Island, Luzon (19°25'N, 121°25'E). ? dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.02.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-55
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2428
Laid Down:		20.08.1944
Launched:		21.10.1944
Completed:		20.12.1944
Service:
?		?
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		01.02.45–25.04.45
11th Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		25.04.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to Britain and scrapped 1947.
Removed from Navy List 05.10.45
Commanding Officers:
CD-56
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Kobe
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2728
Laid Down:		01.06.1944
Launched:		30.07.1944
Completed:		27.09.1944
Service:
?		?
Fate: Sunk 16.02.45 by USS Bowfin (SS-287) 5 miles E of Mikura Jima (33°54'N, 139°43'E). 177 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List 25.05.45
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-57
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2429
Laid Down:		15.10.1944
Launched:		16.11.1944
Completed:		13.01.1945
Service:
?		?
11th Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		25.04.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Scrapped 1948.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-58
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Fujinagata Heavy Industries, Osaka
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2729
Laid Down:		15.05.1944
Launched:		1945
Completed after surrender:		?
Service:
?		?
Allied Repatriation Service		1946–1947
Fate: Surrendered incomplete 02.09.45. Handed over to US Navy on 31.07.47 and scrapped at Sasebo 1948.
Removed from Navy List		?
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-59
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2430
Laid Down:		05.10.1944
Launched:		22.11.1944
Completed:		05.04.1945
Service:
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		05.04.45–25.04.45
103rd Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		25.04.45–10.07.45
103rd Escort, 7th Fleet		10.07.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1946
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Hulked at Kure 05.46. Scrapped at Kure 1947.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
Resv LtCdr Nagao Yanagishiro		15.11.44–
CD-60
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Kobe
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2730
Laid Down:		16.06.1944
Launched:		15.09.1944
Completed:		20.01.1945
Service:
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		16.12.44–20.01.45
103rd Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		20.01.45–10.07.45
103rd Escort, 7th Fleet		10.07.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to Britain 14.08.47 and scrapped.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-61
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Maizuru Navy Yard
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2431
Laid Down:		01.04.1944
Launched:		25.07.1944
Completed:		20.11.1944
Service:
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		20.11.44–05.12.44
31st Coast, 1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		05.12.44–10.12.44
31st Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–02.09.45
Fate: Badly damaged 09.02.45 by mine 10 miles off Cape San Jacques (10°10'N, 106°55'E). Towed to Saigon, but not repaired. 02.09.45 surrendered. Scrapped in 1947 at Saigon.
Removed from Navy List		05.03.1947
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-62
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Hitchi Heavy Industries, Mukojima
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2731
Laid Down:		12.01.1945
Launched:		15.03.1945
Completed after surrender:		1946
Service:
Allied Repatriation Service		1946–1947
Fate: Sank from leak on 14.01.46 in Kure. Raised 27.03.46. Scrapped 31.05.48.
CD-63
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2432
Laid Down:		01.07.1944
Launched:		20.09.1944
Completed:		15.11.1944
Service:
Guard Unit		15.11.44–21.11.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		21.11.44–05.12.44
31st Coast, 1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		05.12.44–10.12.44
31st Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–02.09.45
Fate: Badly damaged 10.08.45 at 18:30 by mine at Ogudii Seto, Nanao Bay (37°08'N, 136°50'E). 0 dead; ? saved. Scrapped 25.06.48 at Nanao.
Removed from Navy List		05.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-64
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2732
Laid Down:		08.07.1944
Launched:		05.09.1944
Completed:		19.10.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Unit		19.10.44–21.11.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		21.11.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–10.02.45
Fate: Sunk 03.12.44 at 06.07 by USS Pipefish (SS-388) SE of Hainan Island (18°36'N, 111°54'E). 184 dead; 0 saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.02.1945
Commanding Officers:
*Cdr Sakaguchi Saburo		–03.12.44
?		?
CD-65
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihonkai Dock,
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2433
Laid Down:		10.08.1944
Launched:		30.11.1944
Completed:		01.04.1945
Service:
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		01.04.45–05.05.45
105th Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.07.45–02.09.45
Fate: Sunk 15.07.45 by aircraft of US Navy TF 38 some 15 miles S of Muroran (42°21'N, 140°59'E). ? dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		02.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-66
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2733
Laid Down:		08.07.1944
Launched:		05.09.1944
Completed:		21.10.1944
Service:
Sasebo ND		21.10.44–26.11.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		26.11.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–05.01.45
22nd Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		05.01.45–25.04.45
Fate: Sunk 13.03.45 at 12:35 by US aircraft E of Swatow, China (23°30', 117°10'E). 175 dead; 12 saved.
Removed from Navy List		25.04.1945
Commanding Officers:
*LtCdr Tomita Ichiroku		21.10.44–13.03.45
CD-67
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Maizuru Navy Yard
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2434
Laid Down:		15.06.1944
Launched:		15.09.1944
Completed:		28.12.1944
Service:
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		28.12.44–20.01.45
103rd Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		20.01.45–10.07.45
103rd Escort, 7th Fleet		10.07.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Transferred to China on 06.07.47 as Ying Kou, later Swe An, and then in 1955 as Jui An. Scrapped 1963.
Removed from Navy List		25.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-68
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Kobe
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2734
Laid Down:		03.07.1944
Launched:		30.09.1944
Completed:		20.11.1944
Service:
?		?
Fate: Sunk 24.03.45 by aircraft from US TF 58 some 200 miles NW Okinawa (30°00'N, 126°26'E). ? dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.05.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-69
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2435
Laid Down:		24.08.1944
Launched:		25.10.1944
Completed:		01.02.1945
Service:
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		01.02.45–10.05.45
Fate: Bady damaged by US aircraft 8 miles E of Hainan Island (19°02'N, 111°50'E). Sank under tow on 16.03.45 at 07:14 off Cape Hong Kong. (22°00'N, 113°40'E). 26 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List 05.10.45
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-70
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Hiachi Heavy Industries, Mukojima
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2735
Laid Down:		1945
Fate: Work stopped in March 1945.
CD-71
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2436
Laid Down:		05.10.1944
Launched:		05.11.1944
Completed:		12.03.1945
Service:
?		?
11th Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		20.05.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to USSR on 28.08.47.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
Resv LtCdr Asada Etsuro		15.07.45–
CD-72
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Ishigawajima Heavy Industries, Tokyo
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2736
Laid Down:		18.08.1944
Launched:		23.10.1944
Completed:		31.01.1945
Service:
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		30.01.45–25.04.45
1st Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		25.04.45–02.09.45
Fate: Sunk 01.07.45 by USS Haddo (SS-255) near Changshan, Korea (38°08'N, 124°38'E). ? dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
*Resv Lt Yasunaga Buntomo		22.10.44–01.07.45
CD-73
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2432
Ordered (Contract No. 2432):		1943
Laid Down:		08.10.1944
Launched:		10.12.1944
Completed:		05.04.1945
Service:
?		?
Fate: Sunk 16.04.45 by USS Sunfish (SS-281) 2 miles off Todoskai (Kamaishi) (39°36'N, 142°05'E).
Removed from Navy List		05.05.1945
Commanding Officers:
*Resv LtCdr Kawamoto Kazuo		10.12.44–16.04.45
CD-74
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2732
Laid Down:		01.08.1944
Launched:		02.11.1944
Completed:		10.12.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Unit		10.12.44–
Fate: Sunk 14.07.45 by aircraft of US TF 38 some 15 miles S of Muroran, Hokkaido (42°21'N, 140°59'E). 22 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		02.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
Resv LtCdr Tamaki Makoto		20.11.44–
CD-75
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihonkai Dock
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2438
Laid Down:		05.04.1944
Launched:		05.08.1944
Completed:		25.04.1945
Service:
?		?
11th Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		15.06.45–02.09.45
Fate: Lost 10.08.45. Probably sunk by mines off Niigata enroute from Wakhanai to Hokkaido, ? dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-76
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2738
Laid Down:		01.08.1944
Launched:		18.11.1944
Completed:		20.02.1945
Service:
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		20.02.45–25.04.45
1st Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		25.04.45–02.09.45
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to USSR on 28.08.47.
Removed from Navy List		03.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-77
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2439
Laid Down:		02.11.1944
Launched:		18.12.1944
Completed:		31.03.1945
Service:
?		?
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Hanned over to USSR on 28.08.47.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.2004
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-78
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Senshu
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2739
Laid Down:		07.11.1944
Launched:		08.01.1945
Completed after surrender:		04.04.1946
Service:
Allied Reparation Service		1946–1947
Fate: Surrendered incomplete. Handed over to USSE on 29.07.47.
Removed from Navy List		?
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-79
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2440
Laid Down:		15.12.1944
Launched:		27.12.1944
Completed:		06.05.1945
Service:
?		?
11th Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		16.07.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to USSR on 29.07.47.
Removed from Navy List		25.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-80
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Hitachi Heavy Industries, Mukojima
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2740
Laid Down:		01.03.1945
Fate: Work stopped in March 1945.
CD-81
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Maizuru Navy Yard
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2441
Laid Down:		07.08.1944
Launched:		15.10.1944
Completed:		05.12.1944
Service:
?		?
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		25.01.45–25.04.45
31st Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		25.04.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to China as Mukden on 29.08.47. Later renamed Huang An. Then in 1949 became Communist Sheng Yang. Sunk by air attack on 16.03.49 some 100 miles off Takao (Hsuchow).
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
Resv Lt Sakamoto Masanobu		15.12.44–
CD-82
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2741
Laid Down:		06.09.1944
Launched:		18.11.1944
Completed:		31.12.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Unit		31.12.44–15.02.45
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		15.02.45–25.04.45
102nd Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		25.04.45–05.07.45
2nd Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		05.07.45–02.09.45
Fate: Sunk 10.08.45 by Soviet aircraft 7 miles SSW of Kumsudan, Korea.(41°21'N, 131°12'E). 118 dead; 93 saved.
Removed from Navy List		15.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
*LtCdr Mori Masaka (Takeshi) (61)		–10.08.45
CD-83
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Naniwa Dock Co., Osaka
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2442
Laid Down:
Launched:		16.01.1945
Not completed:
Fate: Surrendered 02.09.45 after being towed incomplete to Osaka. Scrapped 17.03.48 in Naniwa.
CD-84
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2741
Laid Down:		06.09.1944
Launched:		18.11.1944
Completed:		31.12.1944
Service:
?		?
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.02.45–10.05.45
Fate: Sunk 29.03.45 at 07:10 by USS Hammerhead (SS-364) 115 miles N of Cape Varella, Indochina (14°40'N, 109°16'E). ? dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.05.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-85
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2443
Laid Down:		20.11.1944
Launched:		27.01.1945
Completed:		31.05.1945
Service:
?		?
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to China as Shin An in 1947. Taken over by Communists in 1949, and later hulked.
Removed from Navy List		25.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-87
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2444
Laid Down:		27.11.1944
Launched:		15.02.1945
Completed:		20.05.1945
Service:
?		?
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to US Navy on 29.07.47 and scrapped 15.05.48 at Kawanami.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-89
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihonkai Dock
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2445
Laid Down:		?
Launched:		03.05.1945
Not completed
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered without machinerey at Nihonkai, Toyama. Scrapped 30.11.47 at Toyana.
CD-95
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Niho Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2448
Laid Down:		27.11.1944
Launched:		12.04.1945
Completed:		04.07.1945
Service:
?		?
Fate: Badly damaged 05.07.45 in collision in Tsurumi Harbor, Tokyo Bay; damaged again by mine 08.07.45 in Yokosuka, not repaired. Scrapped 20.07.48 at Tsurumi.
Removed from Navy List		02.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-97
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Niho Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2449
Laid Down:		05.10.1944
Launched:		20.05.1945
Completed post war for repatriation duties:		12.12.1945
Service:
?		?
Allied Repatriation Service		1946–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered incomplete at Kure. Owing to shortages of spares, never made a journey. Scrapped 27.11.47 at Kure.
Removed from Navy List		Sep.45
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-102
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2751
Laid Down:		05.10.1944
Launched:		04.12.1944
Completed:		20.01.1945
Service:
?		?
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		03.03.45–10.04.45
7th Fleet		10.04.45–02.09.45
Allied mine clearing service		1946–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to USSR 28.08.47.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-104
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2752
Laid Down:		05.10.1944
Launched:		16.12.1944
Completed:		31.01.1945
Service:
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		15.03.45–10.04.45
7th Fleet		10.04.45–02.09.45
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to China 29.08.47 as Tai An. Scrapped 1960.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-105
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2453
Laid Down:		24.12.1944
Launched after surrender for repatriation duties:		Jan.46
Completed:		Apr.46
Allied Repatriation Service		1946–1947
Fate: Surrendered incomplete, Completed. Handed over to USSR on 05.05.47.
Removed from Navy List		02.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-106
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Isigawajima Heavy Industries, Tokyo
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2753
Laid Down:		05.10.1944
Launched:		14.01.1945
Completed:		05.03.1945
Service:
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		05.03.45–10.04.45
7th Fleet		10.04.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to US Navy 06.07.47, and scrapped.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-107
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2454
Laid Down:		03.01.1945
Launched after surender:		16.03.1946
Completed:		May.46
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered incomplete. After completion handed over to China on 29.08.47 as Chao An.
Removed from Navy List		—
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-112
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Senshu
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2756
Laid Down:		25.09.1944
Launched:		24.10.1944
Completed:		08.12.1944
Service:
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		08.12.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–20.04.45
Maizuru ND		20.04.45–
105th Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.07.45–02.09.45
Fate: Sunk 18.07.45 by USS Barb (SS-220) in Bay of Aniwa (46°03'N, 142°16'E). 200 dead; 4 saved.
Removed from Navy List		15.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
*Cdr Ishiwatari Shunichiro –18.07.45
CD-116
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Ishigwajima Heavy Industries, Tokyo
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2758
Laid Down:		05.03.1945
Launched:		15.08.1945
Completed after surrender:		28.11.1945
Service:
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1946
Fate: Grounded 25.03.46 at Makurazaki and wrecked (31°16'N, 130°18'E). Scrapped.
CD-118
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder:
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2759
Laid Down:		08.06.1944
Launched:		20.11.1944
Completed:		27.12.1944
Service:
?		?
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to China 31.07.47 as Chieh 12, became Communist Chang Sha in 1949.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-124
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Senshu
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2762
Laid Down:		10.05.1944
Launched:		05.09.1944
Completed:		24.10.1944
Service:
?		?
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Scrapped 10.02.48 at Kawanami.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-126
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Senshu
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2763
Laid Down:		07.11.1944
Launched:		25.02.1945
Completed:		26.03.1945
Service:
?		?
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to Britain 14.08.47, and scrapped 1948.
Removed from Navy List		13.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-130
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Harima Shipbuildong Co., Harima
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2765
Laid Down:		22.02.1944
Launched:		24.05.1944
Completed:		07.09.1944
Service:
?		?
11th Coast, 1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		20.11.44–10.12.44
11th Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–10.05.45
Fate: Sunk 29.03.45 at 23:30 by US aircraft 105 miles N of Cape Varella (14°39'N, 109°16'E). 178 dead; 0 saved.
Removed from Navy List 10.05.45
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-132
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Harima Shipbuildong Co., Harima
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2766
Laid Down:		10.04.1944
Launched:		25.06.1944
Completed:		07.09.1944
Service:
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		18.10.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–20.01.45
12th Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		20.01.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Scrapped at Sasebo 01.07.48.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
*LtCdr		–24.10.44
CD-134
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Harima Shipbuildong Co., Harima
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2767
Laid Down:		26.05.1944
Launched:		29.07.1944
Completed:		30.09.1944
Service:
?		?
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		1.11.44–20.11.44
11th Coast, 1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		20.11.44–10.12.44
11th Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–10.05.45
Fate: Sunk 25.05.45 by USAAF 345th Bomb Group 50 miles SSW of Amoy, China (23°55'N, 117°40'E).
Removed from Navy List		10.05.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-138
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Harima Shipbuildong Co., Harima
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2769
Laid Down:		27.06.1944
Launched:		Sep.44
Completed:		05.12.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Force		23.11.44–05.12.44
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		05.12.44–10.12.44
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–10.03.45
Fate: Sunk 02.01.45 by US aircraft off San Fernando, Luzon. 82 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.03.1945
Commanding Officers:
*LtCdr Takahashi Minoru –02.01.45
CD-142
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Senshu
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2771
Laid Down:		05.02.1945
Launched:		08.05.1945
Completed after surrender:		07.07.1946
Allied Repatriation Service		1946–1947
Fate: Surrendered 02.09.45 incomplete. Completed. Handed over to USSR on 29.07.47.
Removed from Navy List		?
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-144
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Harima Shipbuildong Co., Harima
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2772
Laid Down:		01.08.1944
Launched:		10.10.1944
Completed:		23.11.1944
Service:
Kure Guard Unit		23.11.44–05.01.45
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		05.01.45–10.04.45
Fate: Sunk 02.02.45 at 01:00 by USS Besugo (SS-321) E of Cape Laguan, Malaya (04°11'N, 104°35'E). 89 dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		10.04.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-150
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Harima Heavy Industries., Harima
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2775
Laid Down:		04.09.1944
Launched:		15.11.1944
Completed:		08.02.1945
Service:
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		08.02.45–20.04.45
Maizuru ND		20.04.45–
105th Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.07.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to US Navy 05.07.47 and sunk 18.08.47 as a target (35°28'N, 123°25'E).
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-154
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Harima Shipbuildong Co., Harima
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2777
Laid Down:		12.10.1944
Launched:		26.12.1944
Completed:		23.03.1945
Service:
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		23.03.45–10.04.45
7th Fleet		10.04.45–02.09.45
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1946
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to Britain 10.09.47. Scrapped 01.03.48 at Takuma.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
Resv Captain Kumabe Itsuo		08.01.45–
CD-156
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Harima Shipbuildong Co., Harima
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2778
Laid Down:		17.11.1944
Launched:		25.01.1945
Completed:		08.03.1945
Service:
?		?
12th Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		23.07.45–02.09.45
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to Britain on 04.09.47. Scrapped 11.12.47 at Maizuru.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-158
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Harima Shipbuildong Co., Harima
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2779
Laid Down:		28.12.1944
Launched:		23.02.1945
Completed:		13.04.1945
Service:
?		?
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to US Navy 25.07.47. Scrapped 31.12.47 at Maizuru.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-160
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Harima Shipbuildong Co., Harima
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2780
Laid Down:		27.01.1945
Launched:		10.04.1945
Completed:		16.08.1945
Service:
?		?
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to Britain —8.09.47. Scrapped 10.02.48.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-186
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2793
Laid Down:		11.04.1944
Launched:		20.12.1944
Completed:		15.02.1945
Service:
?		?
Fate: Sunk 02.04.45 by aircraft of US Navy TF 58 i N of Bay of Swai, off Amami-Oshima (28°07'N, 129°09'E). ? dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		25.05.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-190
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki 三菱重工業 (長崎
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2795
Laid Down:		20.11.1944
Launched:		16.01.1945
Completed:		21.02.1945
Service:
?		?
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Scrapped 01.04.48.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-192
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2796
Laid Down:		03.12.1944
Launched:		30.01.1945
Completed:		28.02.1945
Service:
?		?
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		20.04.45–25.04.45
103rd Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		25.04.45–10.07.45
103rd Escort, 7th Fleet		10.07.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to China 31.07.47 as Tung An.
Removed from Navy List		25.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-194
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2797
Laid Down:		18.12.1944
Launched:		15.02.1945
Completed:		31.03.1945
Service:
?		?
21st Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		05.05.45–10.07.45
21st Coast, 7th Fleet		10.07.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to China 06.07.47 as Chieh 6; later renamed Wei Hai. Later, under Communist ownership, renamed Chi An.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-196
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2798
Laid Down:		31.12.1944
Launched:		26.02.1945
Completed:		31.03.1945
Service:
?		?
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to USSR 05.07.47.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-198
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2799
Laid Down:		31.12.1944
Launched:		26.02.1945
Completed:		31.03.1945
Service:
?		?
21st Coast, 1st Escort, General Escort		20.05.45–10.07.45
21st Coast, 7th Fleet		10.07.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to China 31.07.47 as Chieg 14. Later, under Communist ownership, was renamed Si Nam.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-200
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2800
Laid Down:		31.01.1945
Launched:		19.03.1945
Completed:		30.04.1945
Service:
?		?
Fate: Badly damaged 17.05.45 by mine in Bay of Miyazu, W of Maizuru. Surrendered 02.09.45. Scrapped 01.07.48 in Maizuru.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-202
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2801
Laid Down:
Launched:		02.04.1945
Completed:		07.07.1945
Service:
?		?
Fate: Surrenderd 02.09.45 with mine damage. Scrapped 31.12.47 at Sasebo.
Removed from Navy List		?
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-204
Type ( Class ): Type D Escort ( CD-2 )
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2802
Laid Down:
Launched:		14.04.1945
Completed:		11.07.1945
Service:
?		?
Fate: Damaged 17.07.45 in Bay of Senzaki, Honsho. Surrendered damaged 01.09.45. Scrapped 31.01.48 in Nagazaki.
Removed from Navy List		?
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-205
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nigata Iron Works
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2503
Laid Down:		10.05.1944
Launched:		15.08.1944
Completed:		30.10.1944
Service:
?		?
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		16.12.44–05.05.45
?		?
105th Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.07.45–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to China 31,07.47 as Hsin An. Wrecked 26.09.54 in Pescadores Islands; hulked and renamed Chang An. Scrapped 1960.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-207
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Naniwa Dock Co., Osaka
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2504
Laid Down:		17.05.1944
Launched:		22.08.1944
Completed:		15.10.1944
Service:
?		?
1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		21.11.44–05.12.44
31st Coast, 1st Maritime Escort, General Escort		05.12.44–10.12.44
31st Coast, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		10.12.44–02.09.45
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to US Navy on 04.07.47 and sunk as target 13.08.47 (35°20'N, 122°411'E).
Removed from Navy List		?
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-213
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2507
Laid Down:		24.09.1944
Launched:		01.01.1945
Completed:		12.02.1945
Service:
?		?
1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		23.03.45–25.04.45
103rd Escort, 1st Escort Fleet, General Escort		25.04.45–10.07.45
103rd Escort, 7th Fleet		10.07.45–02.09.45
Fate: Sunk 18.08.45 by Soviet aircraft off Pusan, Korea (35°10'N, 129°00'E).
Removed from Navy List		02.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-215
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nigata Iron Works
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2508
Laid Down:		20.07.1944
Launched:		10.11.1944
Completed:		30.12.1944
Service:
?		?
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to China 06.06.47 as Liao Hai; later hulked and renamed Tsing Pai.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-217
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2509
Laid Down:		01.12.1944
Launched:		26.02.1945
Completed:		15.07.1945
Service:
?		?
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to Britain on 05.09.47, and scrapped 10.02.48.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-219
Class CD-1:
Builder: Naniwa Dock Co., Osaka
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2510
Laid Down:		02.09.1944
Launched:		30.11.1944
Completed:		12.01.1945
Service:
?		?
Fate: Sunk 15.07.45 by aircraft of US TF 38 SW of Hakodate (41°48'N, 140°41'E). ? dead; ? saved.
Removed from Navy List		02.09.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-221
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nigata Iron Works
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2511
Laid Down:		11.09.1944
Launched:		26.12.1944
Completed:		02.04.1945
Service:
?		?
Allied Repatriation Service		1945–1947
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to USSR on 29.07.47.
Removed from Navy List		30.11.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-223
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nigata Iron Works
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2512
Laid Down:		?
Launched:		04.07.1945
Incomplete
Fate: Surrendered incomplete on 02.09.45 at Kure. Scrapped 23.10.47 at Kobe.
CD-225
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Nigata Iron Works
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2513
Laid Down:		25.11.1944
Launched:		26.03.1945
Completed:		28.05.1945
Service:
?		?
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered at Kure. Scrapped at Kure April 1948.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?
CD-227
Type ( Class ): Type C Escort ( CD-1 )
Builder: Naniwa Dock Co., Osaka
Ordered under the 1943-44 Program, Contract No. 2514
Laid Down:		05.12.1944
Launched:		10.02.1945
Completed:		15.06.1945
Service:
?		?
Allied mine clearing service		1945–1946
Fate: 02.09.45 surrendered. Handed over to USSR on 05.07.47.
Removed from Navy List		05.10.1945
Commanding Officers:
?		?