Imperial Japanese Navy — Destroyer class

Matsu-class destroyer

Matsu class

The class in numbers

Type: Destroyer
Navy: Imperial Japanese Navy
Built: 1943–1945
In commission: 1944–1971
Preceded by: Ōtori-class torpedo boat
Builders: Yokosuka Naval Arsenal (14)
Maizuru Naval Arsenal (10)
Fujinagata Shipyards (7)
Kawasaki Dockyard Co. (1)
Subclasses: Tachibana class

Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.

Matsu class

Displacement, standard: 1,260 long tons (1,280 t)
Length: 100 m (328.1 ft) OA
Speed: 27.8 knots (51.5 km/h, 32 mph)
Complement: 211
Main gun: 127 mm (5 in)
Armament: (Matsu, April 1944)
3 × 127 mm L/40 Type 89 AA guns (1×2, 1×1)
24 × 25 mm (1") Type 96 AA guns (4×3, 12×1)
4 × 610 mm Type 92 torpedo tubes (1×4)
4 × Type 93 torpedoes
4 depth charge throwers
36 × Type 2 depth charges
(Take, March 1945)
3 × 127 mm L/40 AA guns (1×2, 1×1)
39 × 25 mm (1") Type 96 AA guns (4×3, 27×1)
4 × 610 mm Type 92 torpedo tubes (1×4)
4 × Type 93 torpedoes
4 depth charge throwers
48 × Type 2 depth charges

Tachibana class

Displacement, standard: 1,350 long tons (1,372 t)
Length: 100 m (328.1 ft) OA
Speed: 27.3 knots (50.6 km/h, 31.4 mph)
Main gun: 127 mm (5 in)
Armament: (Tachibana, January 1945)
3 × 127 mm L/40 Type 89 AA guns (1×2, 1×1)
25 × 25 mm (1") AA guns (4×3, 13×1)
4 × 610 mm Type 92 torpedo tubes (1×4)
4 × Type 93 torpedoes
48 × Type 2 depth charges

Kaiten carrier

Main gun: 127 mm (5 in)
Armament: (Take, 25 June 1945)
3 × 127 mm L/40 Type 89 AA guns (1×2, 1×1)
39 × 25 mm (1") AA guns (4×3, 27×1)
4 × 610 mm Type 92 torpedo tubes (1×4)
4 × Type 93 torpedoes
48-60 × Type 2 depth charges
1 × manned torpedo Kaiten Type 1

Vessel	Pennant	Commissioned	Fate
Japanese destroyer Hinoki (1944)	1944	1944	Sunk 1945
Japanese destroyer Kaede (1944)	1944	1944	Scrapped 1962
Japanese destroyer Kashi (1944)	1944	1944
Japanese destroyer Kaya (1944)	1944	1947	Scrapped 1959
Japanese destroyer Keyaki (1944)	1944	1944	Target 1947
Japanese destroyer Kiri (1944)	1944	1947	Scrapped 1969
Japanese destroyer Kuwa (1944)	1944	1944	Sunk 1944
Japanese destroyer Maki (1944)	1944	1944	Scrapped 1947
Japanese destroyer Matsu (1944)	1944	1944	Sunk 1944
Japanese destroyer Momi (1944)	1944	1944	Sunk 1945
Japanese destroyer Momo (1944)	1944	1944	Sunk 1944
Japanese destroyer Nara (1944)	1944	1944	Scrapped 1948
Japanese destroyer Sakura (1944)	1944	1944	Sunk 1945
Japanese destroyer Sugi (1944)	1944	1944	Scrapped 1954
Japanese destroyer Take (1944)	1944	1944	Scrapped 1947
Japanese destroyer Tsubaki (1944)	1944	1944	Scrapped 1948
Japanese destroyer Ume (1944)	1944	1944	Sunk 1945
Japanese destroyer Yanagi (1944)	1944	1944	Scrapped 1947

Facts harvested from Matsu-class destroyer on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.