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Kure Maritime
Museum. Via Wikipedia
Commons.
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Tonnage |
1262 tons standard |
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Dimensions |
328'1" by 30'8" by 10'10" 100m by 9.35m by 3.3m |
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Maximum speed |
27.8 knots |
| Complement |
211 |
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Armament |
1x2, 1x1 5"/40
dual-purpose guns 4x3, 12x1 25mm/60 AA guns 1x4 24" Long Lance torpedo tubes; no reloads 2 depth charge tracks (36 depth charges) 2 depth charge throwers |
| Machinery |
2-shaft Kampon geared turbine
(19,000 shp) 2 Kampon boilers |
| Bunkerage |
370 tons |
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Range |
4680 nautical miles (8640km) at 16 knots |
| Sensors |
Type 13 radar Type 22 radar |
| Modifications |
Take
and others modified to transport Kaiten |
The Matsus were Japan's first attempt at an escort destroyer
suitable for mass construction. Conceived in 1942, they were very
loosely based on the Yugumos
but had only two boilers and used a hull form that eliminated as many
curved plates as possible. The weatherproof gun houses used by Japanese
destroyers since the late 1920s were abandoned for simpler, more antiaircraft-capable mounts that
were only partially shielded. Electric welding was used extensively in
their construction. The Matsus
were the
first Japanese destroyer type ships to alternate boiler and engine
rooms, as survivability was
a priority in their design.
Eleven additional units were ordered but cancelled
in favor of simpler designs.
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Completed 1944-4-28 (Maizuru)
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Sunk
by aircraft
and gunfire 1944-8-4 50
miles northwest of Chichi-jima |
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| Momo |
Completed 1944-6-10 (Maizuru) | Torpedoed
1944-12-15 by Hawkbill off Luzon |
| Take |
Completed 1944-6-16 (Yokosuka)
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| Ume |
Completed 1944-6-28 (Osaka) |
Sunk by aircraft 1945-1-31 off Formosa |
| Kuwa |
Completed 1944-7-25 (Osaka) | Sunk by gunfire 1944-12-3 off Ormoc |
| Maki |
Completed 1944-8-10 (Maizuru) | |
| Kiri |
Completed 1944-8-14 (Yokosuka) | |
| Sugi |
Completed 1944-8-25 (Osaka) | |
| Momi |
Completed 1944-9-7 (Yokosuka) |
Sunk by aircraft 1945-1-5 off Manila |
| Hinoki |
Completed 1944-9-30 (Yokosuka) | Sunk by gunfire 1945-1-7 off Manila |
| Kashi |
Completed 1944-9-30 (Osaka) | |
| Kaya |
Completed 1944-9-30 (Maizuru) | |
| Kaede |
Completed 1944-10-30 (Yokosuka) |
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| Sakura |
Completed 1944-11-25 (Yokosuka) |
Mined 1945-7-11 at Osaka |
| Nara |
Completed 1944-11-26 (Osaka) | |
| Tsubaki
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Completed 1944-11-30 (Maizuru) |
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| Keyaki |
Completed 1944-12-15 (Yokosuka) |
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| Yanagi |
Completed 1945-1-18 (Osaka) |
References
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 2007-12-27)
Gogin (2010; accessed 2012-12-29)
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