''Cha-2'' or ''No. 2'' (''Japanese'': 第二號驅潜特務艇) was a

No.1-class auxiliary submarine chaser The was a class of submarine chasers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during World War II. 200 vessels were built under the Maru Kyū Programme (Ship # 500–599) and the Maru Sen Programme (Ship # 2001–2100). Background In 193 ...

of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during World War II.

History

She was laid down on 7 February 1942 at the Ishinomaki shipyard of Shanxi Shipbuilding Iron Works Co., Ltd. ( 山西造船鉄工所) and launched on 5 August 1942. She was fitted with armaments at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, completed and commissioned on 15 March 1943, and assigned to the Yokosuka Defense Force, Yokosuka Naval District, where she served in waters around Japan as an escort and sub chaser. On 1 June 1943, she was reassigned to the Southwest Area Fleet. On 6 October 1944 she was attacked and sunk by gunfire from the British submarine ''Tally Ho'' west of

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at . She was removed from the Navy List on 3 May 1947.

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