JDS Wakaba (DE-261)
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| Career (Japan) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | JDS Wakaba |
| Builder: | Kawasaki, Kobe |
| Laid down: | 1st September 1944 |
| Launched: | 17th January 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 15th March 1945 (as IJN Nashi) |
| Out of service: | 28th July 1945 (sunk) |
| Renamed: | 31st May 1956 |
| Refit: | 1958 (weapons & radar) 1960 (sonar) |
| Struck: | 31st March 1971 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General Characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Tachibana class |
| Displacement: | 1289 tonnes |
| Length: | 100m |
| Beam: | 9.35m |
| Draught: | 3.28m |
| Propulsion: | 2xKanhon Type 3 mod C turbines (19000PS) 2xKanhon Type 3 mod B2 boilers |
| Speed: | 25.5 knots |
| Complement: | 175 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Radar (added 1958) :
• Mk34 Fire Control • AN/SQR-4/SQA-4 • AN/SQS-11A |
| Armament: | (all added in 1958) • Mk63 GFCS • Type 68/Mk 33 3in/50(II) • Type 54/Mk 10 Hedgehog • 4xType 54/Mk 6 K-Gun • 2xType 54 DC Rack |
The JDS Wakaba was the former IJN Nashi, a Tachibana-class destroyer. The Nashi was sunk in July 1945, but salvaged in 1954 as the Wakaba, later being refitted as a radar trials ship. As such she was the only ship of the wartime navy to become part of the post-war Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and for some time was the biggest ship in the JMSDF.
'Nashi' is a type of pear. 'Wakaba' means "Fresh Verdure" in Japanese, suggesting the "green shoots" of recovery, a symbol of a new start after the war.
[edit] History
- 15th March 1945 - completed at Kobe and under Lieutenant Commander Takada Toshio was assigned to Desron 11,Combined Fleet for training.
- May 1945 - assigned to Desdiv 52, Escort Squadron 31
- 22nd June 1945 - escaped an attack on Kure harbour by B-29's
- 28th July 1945 - sunk at Mitajirizaki, Kure (34.14N, 132.30E) by aircraft from Halsey's Taskforce 38. Takada and most of the crew escape alive.
- 15th September 1945 - officially struck off
- 31st September 1954 - refloated and then repaired at Kure
- 31st May 1956 - joins the JMSDF as the Wakaba
- 1958 - Major refit for use as a radar trials ship
- 1960 - Sonar added
- 31st March 1971 - Deleted
- 1972-3 Scrapped
[edit] See also
Wakaba, a Hatsuharu-class destroyer sunk at the Battle of Leyte Gulf
- Pictures of the salvage and refit of the Nashi
- Details of TF38 operations including the sinking of the Nashi
Combatant ship classes of the JMSDF
