Name Tachibana Struck 15 September 1945 Weight 1,289 tons | Completed 20 January 1945 Launched 14 October 1944 | |
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Fate Sunk by US aircraft, 14 July 1945 Class and type Tachibana-class destroyer Displacement 1,289 metric tons (1,269 long tons) | ||
Tachibana (橘) was the lead ship of her sub-class (also known as the "modified Type-D" class in some sources) of Matsu-class escort destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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Design and description
The Tachibana sub-class was a simplified version of the preceding Matsu class to make them even more suited for mass production. The ships measured 100 meters (328 ft 1 in) overall, with a beam of 9.35 meters (30 ft 8 in) and a draft of 3.37 meters (11 ft 1 in). They displaced 1,309 metric tons (1,288 long tons) at standard load and 1,554 metric tons (1,529 long tons) at deep load.
The ships had two Kampon geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by two Kampon water-tube boilers. The turbines were rated at a total of 19,000 shaft horsepower (14,000 kW) for a designed speed of 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph). They had a range of 4,680 nautical miles (8,670 km; 5,390 mi) at a speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph).
The main armament of the Tachibana sub-class consisted of three Type 89 127-millimeter (5.0 in) dual purpose guns in one twin-gun mount aft and one single mount forward of the superstructure. They carried a total of twenty-four Type 96 25-millimeter (1.0 in) anti-aircraft guns in four triple and a dozen single mounts. The ships were also armed with four 610-millimeter (24.0 in) torpedo tubes in a single quadruple traversing mount and 60 depth charges.
Construction and career
Tachibana was launched by Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on 14 October 1944 and completed on 20 January.Captain Hayashi. It was scheduled to go to Yamato and Okinawa. 1945 Mission of the transport ship escort in Hokkaido 1945. She was sunk by US aircraft from Carrier Task Force 38 on 14 July 1945 in Kattoshimisaki lighthouse Hokuto Hokkaido