Tachibana Class
Information on this class has been compiled by Jeff Donahoo
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katanana and hull numbers of this class
Standard
Displacement: 1,289 tons
Complement: 210
Length: 328’-1"
Beam: 30’8”
Draught: 11’
Armament:
3-5”/40cal
24-25mm
4-24” torpedo tubes
Machinery:2 shaft
Kanpon turbines
Boilers: 2 Kanpon
S.H.P.: 19,000=27.8 knots
Oil: 395 tons
Radius: 4,680 miles @ 16 knots
| Name |
Builder |
Laid
Down |
Launched |
Completed |
Fate |
| Enoki |
Maizuru |
10/14/44 |
1/27/45 |
3/31/45 |
sunk,
6/26/45 |
| Hagi |
Yokosuka
DY |
9/11/44 |
11/27/44 |
3/1/45 |
scrapped,
1947 |
| Hatsuzakura |
Yokosuka
DY |
12/4/44 |
2/10/45 |
5/28/45 |
USSR,
1947 |
| Kaba |
Fujinagata |
10/15/44 |
2/27/45 |
5/29/45 |
scrapped,
1948 |
| Kaki |
Yokosuka
DY |
10/5/44 |
12/11/44 |
3/5/45 |
scrapped,
1947 |
| Kunosaki |
Yokosuka
DY |
11/9/44 |
1/18/45 |
4/28/45 |
scrapped,
1947 |
| Nashi |
Kawasaki,
Kobe |
9/1/44 |
1/17/45 |
3/15/45 |
sunk,
7/28/45, raised scrapped 1970 |
| Nire |
Maizuru |
8/14/44 |
11/25/44 |
1/31/45 |
scrapped,
1947 |
| Odake |
Maizuru |
11/5/44 |
3/10/45 |
5/15/45 |
scrapped,
1947 |
| Shii |
Maizuru |
9/18/44 |
1/13/45 |
3/13/45 |
USSR,
1947 |
| Sumire |
Yokosuka
DY |
10/21/44 |
12/27/44 |
3/26/45 |
target,
1947 |
| Tachibana |
Yokosuka
DY |
7/8/44 |
10/14/44 |
1/20/45 |
sunk,
7/14/45 |
| Tsuta |
Yokosuka
DY |
7/31/44 |
11/2/44 |
2/8/45 |
China, 1947
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HATSUYUME
GROUP 2
| Name |
Builder |
Laid
Down |
Launched |
Completed |
Fate |
| Azusa |
Yokosuka |
12/29/44 |
--------- |
-------- |
cancelled
4/45 |
| Hatsuyume |
Maizuru |
2/10/45 |
4/25/45 |
6/18/45 |
China,
1947 |
| Hishi |
Maizuru |
2/10/45 |
---------- |
--------- |
cancelled,
5/45 |
| Katsura |
Fujinagata |
1945 |
6/23/45 |
--------- |
cancelled,
8/45 |
| Kuzu |
Yokosuka |
3/2/45 |
---------- |
--------- |
cancelled,
3/45 |
| Sakaki |
Yokosuka |
12/29/44 |
--------- |
--------- |
cancelled,
3/45 |
| Tochi |
---------- |
1945 |
5/28/45 |
-------- |
cancelled,
8/45 |
| Wakazakura |
Fujinagata |
1/15/45 |
---------- |
-------- |
cancelled,
5/45
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Note: Nashi was raised in 1955 and re-commissioned
as Wakaba. She was the only warship to serve in the IJN and the
JMSDF
Names:
Enoki –Chinese Nettle Tree
Azura-Indian
Bean Catalpa
Hagi –Bush Clover
Hatsuyume-First Bow
Hatsuzakura –First Cherry Blossoms
Hishi –Water Caltrops
Kaba –Birch Tree
Katsura –Maple Tree
Kaki – Persimmon Tree
Kuzu –Arrow Root
Kunosaki –Camphor Tree
Sakaki – “Cleyera japonica
Nashi – Pear Tree
Tochi – Horse Chestnut
Nire –Elm Tree
Wakazakura –Young Cherry Tree
Odake -Bamboo
Shii –“Quercus cuspidata”
Sumire –a type of violet
Tachibana –Orange Tree
Tsuta- a type of Ivy
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