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Kaki

Class	Tachibana class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Builder	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Launched	1944-12-11
Commissioned	1945-03-05
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Handed to the United States in July 1947 and sunk as a target.
Armament (class)	Further-simplified Matsu. One twin mount forward, one single aft, one funnel.
Command	Hamazaki, Chotaro Commanding officer from 5 March 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. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal.

The pictures on this page are the originals.