CH-4 class submarine chasers




Displacement291t standard, 304t trial
Length54.00m pp, 55.50m wl
Width5.60m
Draught2.15m
Machinery2-shaft diesel, 2600bhp
Speed20kt
Armament2-40mm AA, 36 DCs
Complement59



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
CH-4Osaka IWks1938. 1.191938. 9.131938.12.28CH1940. 4. 1 CH
1945. 8.13 sunk
(mined, Soerabaya Channel)
1947. 5. 3 disc
CH-5Mitsubishi, Yokohama1938. 1.251938. 7.281938.12. 6CH1940. 4. 1 CH
1946. 7.11 scuttled
(S of Singapore)
1946. 8.10 disc
CH-6Tsurumi SB1938. 7. 51939. 2. 61939. 5.20CH1940. 4. 1 CH
1944. 3.30 sunk
(air attack, at Palau)
1944.10.10 disc
CH-7Tsurumi SB1937.10.301938. 6.101938.11.15CH1940. 4. 1 CH
1945. 4.11 sunk
(air attack, Carr Nicobar Is)
[08.57N, 93.38E]
1945. 5.25 disc
CH-8Tama SB1938. 1.101938. 8. 91938.11.30CH1940. 4. 1 CH
1945. 3. 4 sunk
(action, Malacca Strait)
[04.04N, 100.35E]
1947. 5. 3 disc
CH-9Mitsubishi, Yokohama1938. 5.101938.10.151939. 5. 9CH1940. 4. 1 CH
1945.12.20 disc
1947.10. 3 to Chi
CH-10Osaka IWks1938. 9.161939. 1.311939. 6.15CH1940. 4. 1 CH
1944. 5. 2 sunk
(wrecked, at Palau)
[07.20N, 134.30E]
1944.11.10 disc
CH-11Tsurumi SB1938. 1.191938. 6.281939. 2. 2CH1940. 4. 1 CH
1943.11. 6 sunk
(air attack, near Buka)
1945. 9.30 disc
CH-12Tama SB1938. 7.151939. 2. 81939. 4.30CH1940. 4. 1 CH
1944. 7.13 sunk
(mined, E of Mindanao)
1945. 9.30 disc



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