Board Thread:Event Community Discussion/@comment-25730832-20170511175819/@comment-1637496-20170511214502

Jffgvzl wrote: On the matter of the CD designation.

I know wikipedia is far from the higher source material ever, but on the page of  the kaibokan classes from Shimushu-class and its successors (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukuru-class_escort_ship   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikura-class_escort_ship) where they mention the battles of the ships, they mention other kaibokans who had no name, just hull designation of the  CD-number style (CD-48, CD-32 sinking uss subs and stuff) doesn`t  that means that the IJN used CD for the lesser Kaibokans and just named the "stronger" classes of it? (if so, wouldn`t they would still be classified as CD or with CD(random letter here)? it's an informal abbreviation, the IJN didn't use Romaji and they named the long way, 第一号海防艦 (Dai Ichi Go Kaibokan) would be CD-1. Even during the repatriation duties they were only painted with their number, without letters, unlike the No.1 class transports which received the T1, etc. names that are still sometimes used today, so it probably didn't originate with the occupation.