Japanese submarine chaser CH-24

The Japanese submarine chaser CH-24 was a of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She was built by the Ōsaka Iron Works, Sakurajima and completed on 20 December 1941. On 24 August 1942, she left Rabaul as part of Operation RE, for the landings at Milne Bay. On March 15, 1943 she, along with CH-22 and Satsuki, sank a submarine, possibly , north west of the Admiralty Islands.

Fate

She was sunk during Operation Hailstone by the destroyer west of Truk on 17 February 1944.

References

• Ships of the World special issue Vol.45, Escort Vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy, , (Japan), February 1996
• Model Art Extra No.340, Drawings of Imperial Japanese Naval Vessels Part-1, (Japan), October 1989
• The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.49, Japanese submarine chasers and patrol boats, (Japan), March 1981

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