Photos and the story

Sumire

Class	Tachibana class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Builder	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Launched	1944-12-27
Commissioned	1945-03-26
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Handed to the United Kingdom in August 1947 and sunk as a target.
Armament (class)	Further-simplified Matsu. One twin mount forward, one single aft, one funnel.
Command	Takayanagi, Chikamitsu Commanding officer from 26 March 1945; Promoted to lieutenant commander on 1 May 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.

The pictures on this page are the originals.