Japanese destroyer Tade

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Tade, 1933
History
Empire of Japan
NameTade
BuilderFujinagata Shipyards, Osaka, Japan
Laid down20 December 1920
Launched15 March 1922
Completed31 July 1922
Stricken1 July 1943
FateTorpedoed South of Yonaguni (23.45N, 122.45E) by USS Seawolf 23 April 1943
General characteristics as built
TypeMomi-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 864 t (850 long tons) (normal)
  • 1,036 t (1,020 long tons) (
    deep load
    )
Length
  • 83.8 m (275 ft) (pp)
  • 85.3 m (280 ft) (
    o/a
    )
Beam7.9 m (26 ft)
Draft2.4 m (8 ft)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 × Brown-Curtis steam turbines
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement110
Armament
  • 3 × single
    12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns
  • 2 × twin 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes

The Japanese destroyer Tade (蓼) was one of 21 Momi-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. She was converted into a patrol boat in 1940 and was sunk south of Yonaguni at 23°27′N 122°27′E / 23.45°N 122.45°E / 23.45; 122.45 (Patrol Boat No. 39) by the United States Navy submarine USS Seawolf on 23 April 1943.

Design and description

The Momi class was designed with higher speed and better

kW) to give the ships a speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). The ships carried a maximum of 275 long tons (279 t) of fuel oil which gave them a range of 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). Their crew consisted of 110 officers and crewmen.[4]

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

12-centimeter (4.7 in) Type 3 guns in single mounts; one gun forward of the well deck, one between the two funnels, and the last gun atop the aft superstructure. The guns were numbered '1' to '3' from front to rear. The ships carried two above-water twin sets of 533-millimeter (21 in) torpedo tubes; one mount was in the well deck between the forward superstructure and the bow gun and the other between the aft funnel and aft superstructure.[2]

In 1940, Tade was converted into a patrol boat. Her torpedo tubes,

ballast had to be added which increased her displacement to 950 metric tons (935 long tons).[5][6]

Construction and career

Patrol Boat No. 39 sinking after being torpedoed by USS Seawolf on 23 April 1943.

Tade, built at the

launched on 15 March 1922 and completed on 31 July 1922. During 1940, she was converted into a patrol boat and was renamed Patrol Boat No. 39 on 1 April 1940. The ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea south of Yonaguni at 23°27′N 122°27′E / 23.45°N 122.45°E / 23.45; 122.45 (Patrol Boat No. 39) by the United States Navy submarine USS Seawolf
on 23 April 1943. She was struck from the naval list on 1 July 1943.

Notes

  1. ^ Watts & Gordon, p. 259
  2. ^ a b Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 137
  3. ^ Friedman, p. 244
  4. ^ Watts & Gordon, p. 260
  5. ^ Hackett, Kingsepp & Cundall
  6. ^ Gardiner & Gray, p. 244

References

  • ISBN 0-87021-907-3
    .
  • Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander & Cundall, Peter (15 November 2018). "IJN Patrol Boat No. 39: Tabular Record of Movement". SHOKAITEI! Stories and Battle Histories of the IJN's Patrol Boats. Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  • Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter & Mickel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute.
    ISBN 0-87021-893-X
    .
  • Watts, Anthony J. & Gordon, Brian G. (1971). The Imperial Japanese Navy. Garden City, New York: Doubleday.
    ISBN 0-35603-045-8
    .
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