Japanese destroyer Kaede (1944)
Service
- as Kaede? — 5 October 19452,193 days of the war
- as ROCS Heng Yang6 July 1947 — 1960
- Name
- Kaede
- Pennant / hull number
- 1944
- Builder
- Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
- Laid down
- 4 March 1944
- Launched
- 25 July 1944
- Struck
- 5 October 1945
- Fate
- Scrapped, 1962 (1962)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,262 long tons (1,282 t)
- Length
- 100 m (328.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.35 m (30.7 ft)
- Draught
- 3.3 m (10.8 ft)
- Speed
- 27.8 knots (51.5 km/h, 32 mph)
- Range
- 4,680 nmi (8,667 km)
- Complement
- 210
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Kaede was a Matsu-class destroyer escort destroyer in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1944. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal laid her keel on 4 March 1944. She was launched on 25 July 1944.
Her class ran to 18 ships. The class followed the Ōtori-class torpedo boat.
Displacement was 1,262 long tons. She measured 100 m (328 ft) long with a beam of 9.3 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 27.8 knots, and she carried a complement of 210.
Her main battery was one 127 mm (5 in) guns. Her machinery developed 19,000 shp through two shafts.
She served with the Imperial Japanese Navy as Kaede until 5 October 1945. She then passed to the Chinese Navy, serving as ROCS Heng Yang from 6 July 1947. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 5 October 1945.
She was broken up for scrap in 1962.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts, 2 × geared steam turbines
- Power
- 2 × water-tube boilers; 19000 shp
- Armament
- 1 × twin, 1 × single 127 mm DP guns
- 4 × triple, 13 × single 25 mm AA guns
- 1 × quadruple 610 mm torpedo tubes
- 2 × rails, 2 × throwers for 36 depth charges
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Hinoki (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Kashi (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Kaya (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Keyaki (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Kiri (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Kuwa (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Maki (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Matsu (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Momi (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Momo (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Nara (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Sakura (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Sugi (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Take (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Tsubaki (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Ume (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Yanagi (1944)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Kaede (1944) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Presumed official IJN or USN photographer — http://musashinonavalarsenal.web.fc2.com/products/take.html — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons