''CD-75'' was a C Type class escort ship (''

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during the

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History

She was laid down by Nipponkai Zosensho K.K. at their

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shipyard on 5 April 1944, launched on 5 August 1944, and completed and commissioned on 21 April 1945. During the war ''CD-75'' was mostly busy on escort duties. On 18 June 1945, in

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, the submarine was sunk by the combined efforts of the escort ships ''CD-75'', , '' CD-63'', '' CD-158'' and . On 10 August 1945, she departed from

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, and soon after ran aground. She was scuttled by her crew off

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. Some sources indicate she may have struck a mine. On 30 November 1945, she was struck from the

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