Japanese destroyer Tsuta (1944)
Tachibana sub-class of the Matsu-class destroyer escort destroyer
Service
- as Tsuta? — 5 October 19452,193 days of the war
- as ROCS Hua Yang31 July 1947 — 1954
- Name
- Tsuta
- Pennant / hull number
- 1944
- Namesake
- Ivy
- Builder
- Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
- Ordered
- 1943
- Laid down
- 31 July 1944
- Launched
- 2 November 1944
- Struck
- 5 October 1945
- Fate
- Wrecked, 1949 (1949)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,288 long tons (1,309 t)
- Length
- 100 m (328.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.35 m (30.7 ft)
- Draught
- 3.37 m (11.1 ft)
- Speed
- 27.8 knots (51.5 km/h, 32 mph)
- Range
- 4,680 nmi (8,667 km)
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Tsuta was a Tachibana sub-class of the Matsu-class destroyer escort destroyer, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1944. She was named for Ivy. Her keel was laid at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on 31 July 1944. She was launched on 2 November 1944.
Displacement was 1,288 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.
Her main battery was one 127 mm (5 in) guns. 19,000 shp drove two shafts.
She served with the Imperial Japanese Navy as Tsuta until 5 October 1945. She then passed to the Chinese Navy, serving as ROCS Hua Yang from 31 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 wrecked in 1949.
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 60 depth charges
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Enoki (1945)
- Japanese destroyer Hagi (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Hatsuume
- Japanese destroyer Hatsuzakura
- Japanese destroyer Kaba (1945)
- Japanese destroyer Kaki (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Kusunoki (1945)
- Japanese destroyer Nire (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Odake
- Japanese destroyer Shii
- Japanese destroyer Sumire (1944)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Tsuta (1944) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Presumed offical US Navy photographer — Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons