Japanese destroyer Kiri (1944)

Kiri was a Matsu-class destroyer escort destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1944. The ship was named after Paulownia. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal laid her keel on 1 February 1944. She entered service in July 1947, having been launched on 27 May 1944.

Her class ran to 18 ships. The class followed the Ōtori-class torpedo boat.

She displaced 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 Kiri until 5 October 1945. She then passed to the Soviet Navy, serving as Kiri from 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 on 20 December 1969.

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