:Japanese destroyer Enoki (1945)
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= Japanese destroyer Nire 1945.jpg |Ship caption=Sister ship Nire in January or February 1945 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Empire of Japan |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Empire of Japan|naval}} |Ship name=Enoki |Ship ordered=1944 |Ship laid down=14 October 1944 |Ship launched=27 January 1945 |Ship completed=31 March 1945 |Ship namesake=Nettle tree |Ship commissioned= |Ship builder=Maizuru Naval Arsenal |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck=30 September 1945 |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship fate=Sunk by naval mine, 26 June 1945, and scrapped |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class=Tachibana sub-class of the {{sclass|Matsu|destroyer|0}} escort destroyer |Ship displacement={{cvt|1309|t|LT|lk=on}} (standard) |Ship length={{convert|100|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (o/a) |Ship beam={{convert|9.35|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draft={{convert|3.37|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship power=2 × water-tube boilers; {{cvt|19000|shp|lk=on}} |Ship propulsion=2 shafts, 2 × geared steam turbines |Ship speed={{convert|27.8|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range={{convert|4680|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|16|kn}} |Ship complement= |Ship sensors= |Ship armament=*1 × twin, 1 × single 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun DP guns
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{{nihongo|Enoki|榎||"nettle tree"}} was one of 23 escort destroyers of the Tachibana sub-class of the {{sclass|Matsu|destroyer|4}} built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the final stages of World War II. The ship was completed in early 1945 and was sunk by a naval mine in June. Her wreck was salvaged in 1948 and subsequently scrapped.
Design and description
The Tachibana sub-class was a simplified version of the preceding {{sclass|Matsu|destroyer|0}} escort destroyers to make them even more suited for mass production. The ships measured {{convert|100|m|ftin|sp=us}} in overall length, with a beam of {{convert|9.35|m|ftin|sp=us}} and a draft of {{convert|3.37|m|ftin|sp=us}}.Sturton, p. 196 They displaced {{convert|1309|t|LT|sp=us|lk=on}} at standard load and {{convert|1554|t|LT|sp=us}} at deep load.Whitley, p. 208 The ships had two Kampon geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by two Kampon water-tube boilers. The turbines were rated at a total of {{convert|19000|shp|lk=on}} for a speed of {{convert|27.8|kn|lk=in}}. The Tachibanas had a range of {{convert|4680|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|16|kn}}.Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 153
The main armament of the Tachibana sub-class consisted of three 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun dual-purpose guns in one twin-gun mount aft and one single mount forward of the superstructure. The single mount was partially protected against spray by a gun shield. The accuracy of the Type 89 guns was severely reduced against aircraft because no high-angle gunnery director was fitted. They carried a total of 25 Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun anti-aircraft guns in 4 triple and 13 single mounts. The Tachibanas were equipped with Type 13 early-warning and Type 22 surface-search radars.Stille, p. 41 The ships were also armed with a single rotating quadruple mount amidships for {{convert|610|mm|in|adj=on|0|sp=us}} torpedoes. They could deliver their 60 depth charges via two stern rails and two throwers.
==Construction and service==
Enoki (Nettle Tree)Nevitt was ordered in Fiscal Year 1944 under the Wartime Naval Armaments Supplement Program and she was laid down at Maizuru Naval Arsenal on 14 October 1944. The ship was launched on 27 January 1945 and completed on 31 March.Stille, p. 40 The destroyer was assigned to the 11th Destroyer Squadron of the Second Fleet the following day for working up. Enoki began training in the Seto Inland Sea on 8 April and continued to do so until 27 May. During this time, the squadron was reassigned to the Combined Fleet on 20 April.
On 26 June the ship's stern struck a naval mine which caused the aft magazine to explode, sinking the ship in shallow water at {{Coord|35|28|N|135|44|E|display=inline}} near Obama, Fukui. The number of survivors is not known. Enoki was stricken from the navy list on 30 September. Her wreck was refloated on 1 July 1948 and subsequently broken up.
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Bibliography
- {{cite book| last = Jentschura| first = Hansgeorg| first2 = Dieter |last2=Jung|first3=Peter |last3=Mickel| year = 1977| title = Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945| publisher = United States Naval Institute| location = Annapolis, Maryland| isbn = 0-87021-893-X|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite web |last1=Nevitt |first1=Allyn D. |title=IJN Enoki: Tabular Record of Movement |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/enoki_t.htm |website=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=22 June 2020 |date=1998}}
- {{cite book |last1=Stille |first1=Mark |title=Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919–45 (2): Asahio to Tachibana Classes |date=2013 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |location=Botley, UK |isbn=978-1-84908-987-6}}
- {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger |publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich, UK|year=1980|isbn=0-85177-146-7|chapter=Japan|author-first=Ian|author-last=Sturton}}
- {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1 |location=Annapolis, Maryland |authorlink=Michael J. Whitley}}
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Category:Tachibana-class destroyers
Category:Ships built by Maizuru Naval Arsenal