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Hatsuume

Class	Tachibana class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Builder	Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Launched	1945-04-25
Commissioned	1945-06-18
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Handed to China on 6 July 1947.
Armament (class)	Further-simplified Matsu. One twin mount forward, one single aft, one funnel.
Command	Sawaoka, Noboru Commanding officer from 18 June 1945

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Tachibana-class destroyer. Maizuru Naval Arsenal.

The pictures on this page are the originals.