Japanese destroyer Kaki (1944)
{{short description|WWII-era Japanese escort destroyer}}
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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=Kaki |Ship ordered=1943 |Ship laid down=5 October 1944 |Ship launched=11 December 1944 |Ship completed=5 March 1945 |Ship namesake=Persimmon |Ship commissioned= |Ship builder=Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck=5 October 1945 |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship fate=Turned over to the US Navy, 4 July 1947, 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|Kaki|柿||"Persimmon"}} 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. Completed in March 1945 the ship was lightly damaged during an American airstrike later that month. She was used to repatriate Japanese personnel after the war until 1947. Mid-year the destroyer was turned over to the United States and subsequently scrapped.
Design and description
The Tachibana sub-class was a simplified version of the preceding {{sclass|Matsu|destroyer|4}} to make them even more suited for mass production. The ships measured {{convert|100|m|ftin|sp=us}} long overall, 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==
Kaki (Persimmon)Nevitt was ordered in Fiscal Year 1943 under the Modified 5th Naval Armaments Supplement Program as part of the Matsu class, but the design was simplified to facilitate production and the ship was one of those built to the modified design. She was laid down on 5 October 1944 by Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, launched on 11 December and completed on 5 March 1945.Stille, p. 40 The ship was assigned to the 11th Destroyer Squadron of the Combined Fleet to work up. Kaki sustained minor damage during when American carrier aircraft of Task Force 58 attacked Kure Naval Arsenal on 19 March.Rohwer, p. 400 The squadron was briefly attached to the Second Fleet on 1–20 April before rejoining the Combined Fleet. The ship was assigned to the Maizuru Naval District on 15 July with her damage unrepaired. After the surrender of Japan she was stricken from the navy list on 5 October. The destroyer was disarmed and used to repatriate Japanese personnel in 1945–1947. Kaki was turned over to the United States on 4 July of the latter year 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 Kaki: Tabular Record of Movement |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaki_t.htm |website=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=22 June 2020 |date=1998}}
- {{cite book|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2005|edition=Third Revised |isbn=1-59114-119-2|authorlink=Jürgen Rohwer}}
- {{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