Photos and the story

Nire

Class	Tachibana class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Builder	Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Launched	1944-11-25
Commissioned	1945-01-31
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Scrapped in 1948.
Armament (class)	Further-simplified Matsu. One twin mount forward, one single aft, one funnel.
Command	Shimoda, Takeo Commanding officer from 31 January 1945; Relieved on 15 July 1945; Also captain of Sawakaze Honda, Toshiharu Commanding officer from 15 July 1945; Also captain of Nara and Tsubaki

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.

The pictures on this page are the originals.