| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Tachibana |
| Launched: | 14 October 1914 |
| Completed: | 20 January 1945 |
| Struck: | 15 September 1945 |
| Fate: | Sunk by US aircraft, 14 July 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Tachibana-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,289 metric tons (1,269 long tons) |
| Length: | 100.0 m (328 ft 1 in) overall |
| Beam: | 9.35 m (30 ft 8 in) |
| Draft: | 3.41 m (11 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power: | 19,000 shp (14,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines 2 × Kampon water-tube boilers |
| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Range: | 4,680 nmi (8,670 km; 5,390 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
1 × Type 3 active sonar, 1 × Type 4 hydrophone |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
1 × 22-Gō surface search radar (wavelength 10 cm), 1 × 13-Gō early warning radar (wavelength 2 m) |
| Armament: | 1 × 2, 1 × 1 - 127 mm (5.0 in) L/40 Type 89 dual purpose guns 4 × 3, 13 × 1 - 25 mm (1 in) AA guns 4 × 610 mm (24 in) Type 92 torpedo tubes 4 × Type 93 torpedoes 60 × Type 2 depth charges |
Tachibana (橘) was a Japanese destroyer, the lead ship of the Tachibana class (also known as the "modified Type-D" class in some sources).[1] She was sunk by US aircraft on 14 July 1945.[2]
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