and completed with No.3 (CD-3) on 29 February 1944. Service The Type C escorts were assigned to the Destroyer Divisions and Escort Divisions for convoy escort operations. However, by 1944 the advantage had passed to the US, and many Type C vessels became casualties as the Japanese merchant fleet was devastated by the American submarine offensive. There were 53 finished during the war of the 300 planned, and several completed after World War II ended. 26 were sunk during the war. Successes was sunk on 8 November 1944 by CD-19 with Mikura-class escort ship Chiburi and destroyer . was sunk on 28 March 1945 by CD-33 and CD-59 with Mikura. was sunk on 19 June 1945 by Type C vessels CD-63, CD-75 and CD-207 with Okinawa and CD-158. was rendered unfit for further service by damage from CD-33 and CD-29 with CD-22 on 30 October 1944. Ships in class Under the Wartime Naval Armaments Supplement Programme, it was proposed to build 300 Type C and 200 Type D escorts. These were assigned the Programme numbers #2401-#2700 for the Type C vessels, with #2701-#2900 for the Type D vessels. In view of the vast number intended, no names were allocated, but only numbers; odd numbers from No.1 upwards were assigned to Type C escorts, while even numbers from No.2 upwards were assigned to Type D escorts. The first 132 of the Type C escorts were authorised under the 1943 Fiscal Year, but just 53 were completed and the others cancelled. The remaining 168 Type C vessels were authorised under the 1944 Fiscal Year, but no contracts were ever issued. See also Hiburi-class escort ship Shimushu-class escort ship Type D escort ship Destroyer escort Tacoma-class frigate Flower-class corvette Notes References Kaibokan combinedfleet.com (Retrieved 4 May 2009) C type escorts IJN (Retrieved 4 May 2009) US Submarine losses NavalHistory&Heritage (Retrieved 4 May 2009) :ja:丙型海防艦 Worth, Richard, Fleets of World War II, Da Capo Press (2001), Escort ship classes Ships of the Republic of China Navy Ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy