Japanese destroyer Kaya (1944)

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Kaya after the war in 1945
History
Empire of Japan
NameKaya
BuilderMaizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down10 April 1944
Launched30 July 1944
Completed30 September 1944
Stricken5 October 1945
FateTurned over to the Soviet Navy, 5 July 1947
Soviet Union
NameKaya
Acquired5 July 1947
Commissioned7 July 1947
Renamed
  • Volevoy (Волевой (Willful)), 22 July 1947
  • TsL-23, 17 June 1949
  • OT-61, 10 June 1958
ReclassifiedTarget ship, 17 June 1949
Stricken1 August 1959
FateOrdered to be scrapped, 2 September 1959
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 power
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

Kaya (榧, "torreya nucifera") was one of 18 Matsu-class escort destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Completed in late 1944, the ship began convoy escort duties in October. She was slightly damaged by American aircraft while escorting cruisers on a bombardment mission in the Philippines during Operation Rei in December. Kaya spent the rest of the war escorting convoys and capital ships after repairs.

The ship was surrendered to the

hulked in 1958 and ordered to be scrapped
the following year.

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

laid down on 10 April 1944 at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal and launched on 30 July.[8] Upon her completion on 30 September, Kaya was assigned to Destroyer Squadron 11 of the Combined Fleet for training. The ship escorted her first convoy to and from Taiwan during 25 October–18 November. She was assigned to Destroyer Division 43, Escort Squadron 31 of the 5th Fleet a week later. That same day Kaya escorted a convoy to Manila, the Philippines, via Taiwan, arriving at the former port on 11 December. The following day the ship sailed for Cam Ranh Bay in occupied French Indochina[9] to participate in Operation Rei, an attack on the American forces at San Jose on the island of Mindoro. Five destroyers, including Kaya, escorted two cruisers that departed on 24 December. They were attacked by American aircraft late the next day;[10] the ship was lightly damaged by strafing aircraft.[9]

Kaya arrived in

navy list on 5 October.[9] The destroyer was disarmed and used to repatriate Japanese personnel in 1945–1947. Kaya was turned over to the Soviet Union on 5 July of the latter year.[5]

The ship was

navy list on 1 August 1959 and ordered to be scrapped on 2 September.[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 c Nevitt
  10. ^ Rohwer, p. 380
  11. ^ Berezhnoy, p. 23

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