Kaba-class destroyer

	Kaba departing Ryojun, 1925
Class overview
Name	Kaba class
Builders	Mitsubishi Shipyards (2); Kawasaki Dockyard Co. (2); Kure Naval Arsenal (1); Maizuru Naval Arsenal (1); Osaka Iron Works (1); Sasebo Naval Arsenal (1); Uraga Dock Company (1); Yokosuka Naval Arsenal (1);
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Urakaze class
Succeeded by	Isokaze class
Subclasses	Arabe class (French Navy)
In commission	1915–1932
Completed	10
Retired	10
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	655 long tons (666 t) (normal); 810 long tons (820 t) (full load);
Length	260 ft (79.2 m) (pp); 274 ft (83.5 m) (o/a);
Beam	24 ft (7.3 m)
Draught	7 ft 9 in (2.4 m)
Installed power	4 water-tube boilers; 9,500 ihp (7,100 kW);
Propulsion	3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	92
Armament	1 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) gun; 4 × single 3 in (76 mm) guns; 2 × twin 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes;

The Kaba-class destroyers (樺型駆逐艦, Kabagata kuchikukan) were a class of ten destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Each was named after a variety of tree.

Class overview
Kaba departing Ryojun, 1925
Name	Kaba class
Builders	Mitsubishi Shipyards (2) Kawasaki Dockyard Co. (2) Kure Naval Arsenal (1) Maizuru Naval Arsenal (1) Osaka Iron Works (1) Sasebo Naval Arsenal (1) Uraga Dock Company (1) Yokosuka Naval Arsenal (1)
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Urakaze class
Succeeded by	Isokaze class
Subclasses	Arabe class (French Navy)
In commission	1915–1932
Completed	10
Retired	10
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	655 long tons (666 t) (normal) 810 long tons (820 t) (full load)
Length	260 ft (79.2 m) (pp) 274 ft (83.5 m) (o/a)
Beam	24 ft (7.3 m)
Draught	7 ft 9 in (2.4 m)
Installed power	4 water-tube boilers 9,500 ihp (7,100 kW)
Propulsion	3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	92
Armament	1 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) gun 4 × single 3 in (76 mm) guns 2 × twin 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes