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Hinoki

Class	Matsu class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Builder	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Launched	1944-07-04
Commissioned	1944-09-30
Fate	Sunk. 7 January 1945 while leaving Manila Bay, by American destroyer gunfire. Not credited to one ship.
Armament (class)	Simplified escort destroyer. One twin mount forward, one single aft, one funnel.
Command	Yamaguchi, Osamu Commanding officer from 30 September 1944; Promoted to lieutenant commander on 15 October 1944

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.

Matsu-class destroyer. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal.

The pictures on this page are the originals.