Matsu-class destroyer
Momi, one of the members of this class | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name | Matsu class |
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| Preceded by |
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| Subclasses | Tachibana class |
| Built | 1943–1945 |
| In commission | 1944–1971 |
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| Completed |
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| Cancelled | 122 |
| Lost | 10 |
| Retired | 22 + 1 (JDS Wakaba) |
| General characteristics Matsu class | |
| Displacement |
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| Length |
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| Beam | 9.35 m (30 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 3.30 m (10 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 27.8 knots (32.0 mph; 51.5 km/h) |
| Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
| Complement | 211 |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 1 × 22-Gō surface search radar (wavelength 10 cm) |
| Armament |
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| General characteristics Tachibana class | |
| Displacement |
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| Length |
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| Beam | 9.35 m (30 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 3.41 m (11 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 27.3 knots (31.4 mph; 50.6 km/h) |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| General characteristics Kaiten carrier | |
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The Matsu-class destroyers (松型駆逐艦, Matsu-gata kuchikukan) were a class of destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late stages of World War II. The class was also designated the Type-D Destroyer (丁型駆逐艦, Tei-gata kuchikukan). Although sometimes termed Destroyer escorts, they were larger and more capable than contemporary United States Navy destroyer escorts or the Imperial Japanese Navy kaibōkan vessels.