Japanese destroyer Kaede (1944)

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Disarmed Kaede after the surrender of Japan
History
Empire of Japan
NameKaede
BuilderYokosuka Naval Arsenal
Laid down4 March 1944
Launched25 July 1944
Completed30 October 1944
Stricken5 October 1945
FateTransferred to the Republic of China Navy, 6 July 1947
Republic of China
NameROCS Heng Yang
Acquired6 July 1947
ReclassifiedAs a training ship, 1 October 1949
Stricken1960
FateScrapped, 1962
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeMatsu-class escort destroyer
Displacement1,282 t (1,262 long tons) (standard)
Length100 m (328 ft 1 in) (
o/a
)
Beam9.35 m (30 ft 8 in)
Draft3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Installed power2 ×
kW
)
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 × geared
steam turbines
Speed27.8 knots (51.5 km/h; 32.0 mph)
Range4,680 nmi (8,670 km; 5,390 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement210
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
  • 1 × twin, 1 × single
    DP guns
  • 4 × triple, 13 × single
    AA guns
  • 1 × quadruple 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes
  • 2 × rails, 2 × throwers for 36 depth charges

Kaede (楓, "

repatriate Japanese troops until 1947. Mid-year the destroyer was turned over to the Republic of China; renamed Heng Yang she became a training ship and remained in service until the 1960s when she was scrapped
.

Design and description

Designed for ease of production, the Matsu class was smaller, slower and more lightly armed than previous destroyers as the IJN intended them for second-line duties like escorting convoys, releasing the larger ships for missions with the fleet.

kW) for a speed of 27.8 knots (51.5 km/h; 32.0 mph). The Matsus had a range of 4,680 nautical miles (8,670 km; 5,390 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph).[5]

The main armament of the Matsu-class ships consisted of three

amidships for 610-millimeter (24 in) torpedoes. They could deliver their 36 depth charges via two stern rails and two throwers.[2][6]

Construction and career

Authorized in the late 1942

822d Bombardment Squadron which damaged all three ships. Kaede was set on fire and badly damaged by a bomb hit that killed forty men and injured thirty. She returned to Takao for emergency repairs that were not finished until 21 February when she steamed to Kure for permanent repairs.[9][10]

The ship was turned over to Allied forces at Kure at the time of the

hulked and was classified as a training ship on 1 October 1949. She was stricken in 1960 and scrapped two years later.[11]

Notes

  1. ^ Stille, p. 38
  2. ^ a b Sturton, p. 196
  3. ^ Stille, p. 45
  4. ^ Whitley, p. 206
  5. ^ a b Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 151
  6. ^ a b Stille, p. 41
  7. ^ Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 152
  8. ^ Stille, p. 40
  9. ^ a b Nevitt
  10. ^ Futrell, p. 429
  11. ^ Dodson & Cant, pp. 237, 297

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    OCLC 314452548
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    .
  • Nevitt, Allyn D. (1998). "IJN Kaede: Tabular Record of Movement". www.combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  • Stille, Mark (2013). Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919–45 (2): Asahio to Tachibana Classes. Botley, UK: Osprey Publishing.
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    .
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