Japanese destroyer Ume (1915)
{{Short description|Kaba-class destroyer}}
{{other ships|Japanese destroyer Ume}}
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|infobox caption= |display title= }} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= Sister ship {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sakaki|1915|2}} during speed trials off Sasebo, 1915 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Empire of Japan |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Empire of Japan|naval}} |Ship name=Ume |Ship builder=Kawasaki Shipbuilding, Kobe |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=27 February 1915 |Ship completed=31 March 1915 |Ship namesake= "Plum Tree" |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= November 1931 |Ship fate=Scrapped, 1932 |Ship decommissioned=1 April 1932 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass|Kaba|destroyer}} |Ship displacement=* {{convert|655|LT|t|lk=on}} (normal)
|Ship length=*{{convert|260|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (pp)
|Ship beam={{convert|24|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} |Ship draught={{convert|7|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on|1}} |Ship power=*4 water-tube boilers
|Ship propulsion=3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines |Ship speed={{convert|30|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range={{convert|1600|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn}} |Ship complement=92 |Ship armament=*1 × single QF 4.7-inch Mk I – IV naval gun
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{{nihongo|Ume|梅|"Plum Tree" }} was one of 10 {{sclass|Kaba|destroyer}}s built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I.
Design and description
The Kaba-class destroyers were improved versions of the preceding {{sclass|Sakura|destroyer|4}}. They displaced {{convert|665|LT|t|lk=on}} at normal load and {{convert|850|LT|t}} at deep load. The ships had a length between perpendiculars of {{convert|260|ft|m|1}} and an overall length of {{convert|274|ft|m|1}}, a beam of {{convert|24|ft|m|1}} and a draught of {{convert|7|ft|9|in|m|1}}. The Kabas were powered by three vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft using steam produced by four Kampon water-tube boilers.Friedman 1985, p. 242 Two boilers burned a mixture of coal and fuel oil while the other pair only used oil.Todaka, et al., p. 215 The engines produced a total of {{convert|9500|ihp|lk=on}} that gave the ships a maximum speed of {{convert|30|kn|lk=in}}.Watts & Gordon, p. 248 They carried a maximum of {{convert|100|LT|t|0}} of coal and {{convert|137|LT|t}} of oil which gave them a range of {{convert|1600|nmi|lk=in}} at a speed of {{convert|15|kn}}. Their crew consisted of 92 officers and ratings.Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 135
The main armament of the Kaba-class ships consisted of a single quick-firing (QF) QF 4.7-inch Mk I – IV naval gun located on the bow. They were also armed with four QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun on single mounts. Two guns were positioned abreast the middle funnel, one gun was on the aft superstructure and the fourth gun was on the stern. The destroyers' torpedo armament consisted of two twin rotating mounts for {{convert|450|mm|in|adj=on|1}}Friedman 2011, p. 349 torpedoes located between the superstructure and the stern gun.
Construction and career
Ume was launched on 27 February 1915 at Kawasaki's shipyard in Kobe and completed on 31 March. During World War I the ship patrolled the area around Singapore and later served as a convoy escort in the Mediterranean Sea.Halpern, p. 393 She was stricken from the navy list in November 1931, decommissioned on 1 April 1932 and subsequently broken up.
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Gray|editor2-first=Randal |title= Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|location=Annapolis|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-87021-907-3|name-list-style=amp|chapter=Japan|author=Friedman, Norman|author-link=Norman Friedman}}
- {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=Naval Weapons of World War One|publisher=Seaforth |location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK|year=2011|isbn=978-1-84832-100-7}}
- {{cite book |last=Halpern|first=Paul G. | authorlink = Paul G. Halpern| title = A Naval History of World War I|year=1995| publisher = UCL Press| isbn= 978-1-85728-498-0}}
- {{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 book |last1=Todaka |first1=Kazushige |last2=Fukui |first2=Shizuo |last3=Eldridge |first3=Robert D. |last4=Leonard |first4=Graham B. |title=Destroyers: Selected Photos from the Archives of the Kure Maritime Museum; the Best from the Collection of Shizuo Fukui's Photos of Japanese Warships |date=2020 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Maryland |isbn=978-1-59114-630-8 |series=Japanese Naval Warship Photo Album|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book
| last1 = Watts
| first1 = Anthony J.
| last2 = Gordon
| first2 = Brian G.
| year = 1971
| title = The Imperial Japanese Navy
| publisher = Macdonald
| location =London
| isbn = 0-35603-045-8|name-list-style=amp
}}
{{Kaba class destroyers}}
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Category:Kaba-class destroyers
Category:World War I destroyers of Japan
Category:Ships built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries