Japanese escort ship CD-207
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image= | Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= Japan | Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|Empire of Japan|naval}} | Ship name=CD-207 | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=Naniwa Dock Co., Ltd., Osaka | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down=17 May 1944 | Ship launched=22 August 1944 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed=15 October 1944 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned=25 November 1944 | Ship decommissioned=1 December 1945 | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship fate=*Ceded to the USA, 4 July 1947 | Ship notes= | Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class=Type C escort ship | Ship type= | Ship tonnage= | Ship displacement={{convert|745|LT|t|0}} (standard) | Ship length= {{convert|67.5|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship beam= {{convert|8.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | Ship draught= {{convert|2.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion=*Geared diesel engines
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CD-207 was a C Type class escort ship (Kaibōkan) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.
History
She was laid down by the Naniwa Dock Company at Osaka on 17 May 1944, launched on 22 August 1944, completed on 15 October 1944, and commissioned on 25 November 1944.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/CD-207_t.htm |title=IJN Escort CD-207: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2012 |accessdate=20 January 2012}}
During the war CD-207 was mostly busy on escort duties. On 18 June 1945, in Toyama Bay, the submarine {{USS|Bonefish|SS-223}} was sunk by the combined efforts of the escort ships {{Ship|Japanese escort ship|Okinawa||2}}, CD-207, CD-158, CD-75, and {{Ship|Japanese escort ship|CD-63||2}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1945.html |title=Chapter VII: 1945 |work=The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II |year=2006 |accessdate=20 January 2012}}
After the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945, CD-207 was demilitarized (stripped of all her offensive weapons) and under Allied direction served as a transport ship repatriating Japanese troops and civilians from 1 December 1945 until the end of 1946. On 4 July 1947 she was ceded to the US as a war reparation and sunk as a target on 13 August 1947 at 35-20N, 122-41E.
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