The were a class of destroyer

Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...

 built for the Imperial Japanese Navy

Imperial Japanese Navy

The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...

 (IJN), who referred to them as .

Design basis

The Matsu class were built late in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, and they were intended to be more cost-effective in response to the changing character of naval warfare at that time. These ships were lighter and smaller than previous Japanese destroyers, with different armament such as enhanced anti-aircraft guns and anti-submarine weapons, and radar

Radar

Radar is an object-detection system which uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. The radar dish or antenna transmits pulses of radio...

. Since surface warfare

Surface warfare

Modern naval warfare is divided into three operational areas: surface warfare, air warfare and submarine warfare. Each area comprises specialized platforms and strategies used to exploit tactical advantages unique and inherent to that area....

 was believed to be less likely at this stage of the war, armament such as torpedo tubes that would be useful against surface ships was reduced.

As in other navies during the war, the IJN substantially simplified the design to speed up construction, and used Ōtori class

Otori class torpedo boat

The were a class of eight 840 ton fast torpedo boats of the Imperial Japanese Navy.-Development:The eight ships were ordered in 1934 and were commissioned between 1936 and 1937...

 machinery, because high speed was unnecessary for convoy

Convoy

A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection. Often, a convoy is organized with armed defensive support, though it may also be used in a non-military sense, for example when driving through remote areas.-Age of Sail:Naval...

 escort operations. However, mass production was not achieved.

The Matsu class design was subsequently further simplified, resulting in the or .
The Tachibana class destroyers adopted the first modular design in a Japanese destroyer. Matsu class destroyers whose construction was started late in the programme were completed as Tachibana class.

The IJN converted twelve destroyers to Kaiten

Kaiten

The Kaiten were manned torpedos and suicide craft, they were used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the final stages of World War II.-History:...

 mother ships to prepare for the Japanese mainland decisive battle

Operation Downfall

Operation Downfall was the Allied plan for the invasion of Japan near the end of World War II. The operation was cancelled when Japan surrendered after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet Union's declaration of war against Japan. The operation had two parts: Operation...

.

Matsu and Tachibana classes compared

	Matsu class	Tachibana class
Project number	F55	F55B
Building method	Ordinary	Modular design Modular design Modular design, or "modularity in design" is an approach that subdivides a system into smaller parts that can be independently created and then used in different systems to drive multiple functionalities...
Main materials	High-Tensile Strength steel (upper deck only) and Carbon steel	Carbon steel only
Hull Hull (watercraft) A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. Above the hull is the superstructure and/or deckhouse, where present. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline.The structure of the hull varies depending on the vessel type...	Double bottom Double hull A double hull is a ship hull design and construction method invented by Leonardo da Vinci where the bottom and sides of the ship have two complete layers of watertight hull surface: one outer layer forming the normal hull of the ship, and a second inner hull which is some distance inboard,...	Single bottom Double hull A double hull is a ship hull design and construction method invented by Leonardo da Vinci where the bottom and sides of the ship have two complete layers of watertight hull surface: one outer layer forming the normal hull of the ship, and a second inner hull which is some distance inboard,...
Bow Bow (ship) The bow is a nautical term that refers to the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is most forward when the vessel is underway. Both of the adjectives fore and forward mean towards the bow...	Knuckle bow	Straight bow
Stern Stern The stern is the rear or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail. The stern lies opposite of the bow, the foremost part of a ship. Originally, the term only referred to the aft port section...	Destroyer stern	Transom stern Transom (nautical) In naval architecture, a transom is the surface that forms the stern of a vessel. Transoms may be flat or curved and they may be vertical, raked forward, also known as a retroussé or reverse transom, angling forward from the waterline to the deck, or raked aft, often simply called "raked", angling...
Bilge Keel Bilge keel A bilge keel is used to reduce the hull's tendency to roll. Bilge keels are employed in pairs . A ship may have more than one bilge keel per side, but this is rare. Bilge keels increase hydrodynamic resistance to rolling, making the ship roll less...	Boxy (Solid)	Flat board
Active sonar	Type 93	Type 3
Hydrophone	Type 93	Type 4
Turbine Turbine A turbine is a rotary engine that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work.The simplest turbines have one moving part, a rotor assembly, which is a shaft or drum with blades attached. Moving fluid acts on the blades, or the blades react to the flow, so that they move and... s	high-pressure, intermediate-pressure, low-pressure, and cruising	high-pressure and low-pressure

Ships of the classes

Ship #	Japanese name & translation	Class	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
5481	Pine tree	Matsu	Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru Naval Arsenal was one of four principal naval shipyards owned and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. -History:The Maizuru Naval District was established at Maizuru, Kyoto in 1889, as the fourth of the naval districts responsible for the defense of the Japanese home islands. After the establishment of the...	8 August 1943	3 February 1944	28 April 1944	Sunk 4 August 1944
5482	Bamboo Bamboo Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family....	Matsu	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka Naval Arsenal was one of four principal naval shipyards owned and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy, and was located at Yokosuka city, Kanagawa prefecture on Tokyo Bay, south of Yokohama...	15 October 1943	28 March 1944	16 June 1944	Surrendered to United Kingdom on 16 July 1947 at Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... , scrapped
5483	Japanese apricot	Matsu	Fujinagata Shipbuilding Yard	25 January 1944	24 April 1944	28 June 1944	Sunk 31 January 1945
5484	Peach Peach The peach tree is a deciduous tree growing to tall and 6 in. in diameter, belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae of the family Rosaceae. It bears an edible juicy fruit called a peach...	Matsu	Maizuru Naval Arsenal	5 November 1943	25 March 1944	10 June 1944	Sunk 15 December 1944
5485	Mulberry Mulberry Morus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae. The 10–16 species of deciduous trees it contains are commonly known as Mulberries....	Matsu	Fujinagata Shipbuilding Yard	20 December 1943	25 May 1944	15 July 1944	Sunk 3 December 1944
5486	Paulownia Paulownia Paulownia is a genus of from 6 to 17 species of plants in the monogeneric family Paulowniaceae, related to and sometimes included in the Scrophulariaceae. They are native to much of China, south to northern Laos and Vietnam, and long cultivated elsewhere in eastern Asia, notably in Japan and Korea...	Matsu	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	1 February 1944	27 May 1944	14 August 1944	Delivered to Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....  on 29 July 1947 at Nakhodka Nakhodka Nakhodka is a port city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, situated on the Trudny Peninsula jutting into the Nakhodka Bay of the Sea of Japan, about east of Vladivostok... , renamed Vozrozhdionny (Возрождённый), converted to target ship TSL-25 (1949) and depot ship PM-65 (1957), scrapped in 1969.
5487	Cedar Cryptomeria Cryptomeria is a monotypic genus of conifer in the cypress family Cupressaceae formerly belonging to the family Taxodiaceae; it includes only one species, Cryptomeria japonica . It is endemic to Japan, where it is known as Sugi...	Matsu	Fujinagata Shipbuilding Yard	25 February 1944	3 July 1944	25 August 1944	Surrendered to Republic of China Republic of China The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...  on 6 July 1947 at Shanghai, renamed Huiyang, scrapped 1951
5488	Podocarpaceae Podocarpaceae Podocarpaceae is a large family of mainly Southern Hemisphere conifers, comprising about 156 species of evergreen trees and shrubs. It contains 19 genera if Phyllocladus is included and if Manoao and Sundacarpus are recognized....	Matsu	Maizuru Naval Arsenal	19 February 1944	10 June 1944	10 August 1944	Surrendered to United Kingdom on 14 August 1947 at Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... , scrapped 1947
5489	Abies firma	Matsu	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	1 February 1944	16 June 1944	3 September 1944	Sunk 5 January 1945
5490	Live oak Live oak Live oak , also known as the southern live oak, is a normally evergreen oak tree native to the southeastern United States...	Matsu	Fujinagata Shipbuilding Yard	5 May 1944	13 August 1944	30 September 1944	Surrendered to United States on 7 August 1947 at Sasebo Sasebo, Nagasaki is a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of 2011, the city has an estimated population of 259,800 and the density of 609 persons per km². The total area is 426.47 km². The locality is famed for its scenic beauty. The city includes a part of Saikai National Park... , scrapped 20 March 1948
5491	Prunus verecunda Antiqua	Tachibana	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	18 December 1944	17 March 1945		Discontinued on 23 June 1945 (60%). Sunk 18 July 1945 Attack on Yokosuka The attack on Yokosuka was an air raid conducted by the United States Navy on 18 July 1945 during the Pacific War. The Japanese battleship Nagato was the raid's main target, though anti-aircraft positions and other warships at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal were also attacked. Other U.S. Navy and...
5492	Torreya nucifera Torreya nucifera Torreya nucifera is a slow-growing, coniferous tree native to southern Japan and to South Korea's Jeju Island. It is also called ' or Japanese nutmeg-yew.-Description:It grows to 15-25 m tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m diameter...	Matsu	Maizuru Naval Arsenal	10 April 1944	30 July 1944	30 September 1944	Delivered to Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....  on 5 July 1947 at Nakhodka Nakhodka Nakhodka is a port city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, situated on the Trudny Peninsula jutting into the Nakhodka Bay of the Sea of Japan, about east of Vladivostok... , renamed Volevoy (Волевой), converted to target ship TSL-23 (1949), scrapped in 1959.
5493	Oak Oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 600 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...	Matsu	Fujinagata Shipbuilding Yard	10 June 1944	12 October 1944	26 November 1944	Scrapped 1 July 1948
5494	Arrow bamboo	Tachibana	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	2 January 1945	1 May 1945		Construction stopped 17 April 1945. Launched to empty the dock. Converted to breakwater, 1948
5495	Kudzu Kudzu Kudzu is a plant in the genus Pueraria in the pea family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It is a climbing, coiling, and trailing vine native to southern Japan and southeast China. Its name comes from the Japanese name for the plant, . It is a weed that climbs over trees or shrubs and grows so... or Phyllostachys bambusoides	Tachibana	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	19 March 1945			Discontinued on 17 April 1945.
5496	Cherry blossom	Matsu	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	2 June 1944	6 September 1944	25 November 1944	Sunk 11 July 1945
5497	Willow Willow Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...	Matsu	Fujinagata Shipbuilding Yard	20 August 1944	25 November 1944	8 January 1945	Sunk 9 August 1945
5498	Camellia Camellia Camellia, the camellias, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalaya east to Korea and Indonesia. There are 100–250 described species, with some controversy over the exact number...	Matsu	Maizuru Naval Arsenal	20 June 1944	30 September 1944	30 November 1944	Scrapped 28 July 1948
5499	Persimmon Persimmon A persimmon is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Diospyros in the ebony wood family . The word Diospyros means "the fire of Zeus" in ancient Greek. As a tree, it is a perennial plant...	Tachibana	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	5 October 1944	11 December 1944	5 March 1945	Surrendered to United States on 4 July 1947 at Qingdao Qingdao ' also known in the West by its postal map spelling Tsingtao, is a major city with a population of over 8.715 million in eastern Shandong province, Eastern China. Its built up area, made of 7 urban districts plus Jimo city, is home to about 4,346,000 inhabitants in 2010.It borders Yantai to the... . Sunk as target off 35°29′N 123°35′E, 19 August 1947
5500	Birch Birch Birch is a tree or shrub of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. The Betula genus contains 30–60 known taxa...	Tachibana	Fujinagata Shipbuilding Yard	15 October 1944	27 February 1945	29 May 1945	Surrendered to United States on 4 August 1947 at Sasebo Sasebo, Nagasaki is a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of 2011, the city has an estimated population of 259,800 and the density of 609 persons per km². The total area is 426.47 km². The locality is famed for its scenic beauty. The city includes a part of Saikai National Park... , scrapped 1 March 1948
5501	The Prunus mume which bloomed early	Tachibana	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal				Cancelled in 1945.
5502	Chamaecyparis obtusa Chamaecyparis obtusa Chamaecyparis obtusa is a species of cypress native to central Japan.It is a slow-growing tree which grows to 35 m tall with a trunk up to 1 m in diameter. The bark is dark red-brown...	Matsu	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	4 March 1944	4 July 1944	30 September 1944	Sunk 7 January 1945
5503	Cercidiphyllum	Tachibana	Fujinagata Shipbuilding Yard	30 November 1944	23 June 1945		Construction stopped 23 June 1945. Converted to breakwater.
5504	A sacred Prunus mume at Dazaifu Tenman-gū Dazaifu Tenman-gu is a Shinto shrine in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is built over the grave of Sugawara no Michizane and is one of the main shrines dedicated to Tenjin, the deified form of Michizane....	Tachibana	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal				Cancelled in 1945.
5505	Maple Maple Acer is a genus of trees or shrubs commonly known as maple.Maples are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or together with the Hippocastanaceae included in the family Sapindaceae. Modern classifications, including the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system, favour inclusion in...	Matsu	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	4 March 1944	25 June 1944	30 October 1944	Surrendered to Republic of China Republic of China The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...  on 6 July 1947 at Shanghai, renamed Hengyang, scrapped 1962
5506	Wisteria Wisteria Wisteria is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, that includes ten species of woody climbing vines native to the eastern United States and to China, Korea, and Japan. Aquarists refer to the species Hygrophila difformis, in the family Acanthaceae, as Water Wisteria...	Tachibana	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal				Cancelled in 1945.
5507	Young cherry blossom	Tachibana	Fujinagata Shipbuilding Yard	15 January 1945			Discontinued on 11 May 1945, scrapped.
5508	Zelkova serrata Zelkova serrata Zelkova serrata is a species of Zelkova native to Japan, Korea, eastern China, and Taiwan. It is often grown as an ornamental tree, and used in bonsai.-Description:...	Matsu	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	22 June 1944	30 September 1944	15 December 1944	Surrendered to United States on 5 July 1947 at Yokosuka Yokosuka, Kanagawa is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. As of 2010, the city had an estimated population of 419,067 and a population density of 4,160 people per km². It covered an area of 100.62 km²... , Sunk as target off 34°44′N 140°01′E, 29 October 1947
5509	Cherry blossom at mountain	Tachibana	Fujinagata Shipbuilding Yard				Cancelled in 1945.
5510	Phragmites Phragmites Phragmites, the Common reed, is a large perennial grass found in wetlands throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world. Phragmites australis is sometimes regarded as the sole species of the genus Phragmites, though some botanists divide Phragmites australis into three or four species...	Tachibana	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal				Cancelled on 26 March 1945.
5511	Citrus tachibana	Tachibana	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	8 July 1944	14 October 1944	20 January 1945	Sunk 14 July 1945
5512	Simon bamboo	Tachibana	Fujinagata Shipbuilding Yard				Cancelled in 1945.
5513	Artemisia vulgaris Artemisia vulgaris Artemisia vulgaris is one of several species in the genus Artemisia which have common names that include the word mugwort. This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood, Old uncle Henry, Sailor's Tobacco, Naughty Man, Old Man or St...	Tachibana	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal				Cancelled in 1945.
5514	Parthenocissus tricuspidata Parthenocissus tricuspidata Parthenocissus tricuspidata is a flowering plant in the grape family native to eastern Asia in Japan, Korea, and northern and eastern China...	Tachibana	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	31 July 1944	2 November 1944	8 February 1945	Surrendered to Republic of China Republic of China The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...  on 31 July 1947 at Shanghai, renamed Huayang.
5515	Malvaceae Malvaceae Malvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species. Judd & al. Well known members of this family include okra, jute and cacao...	Tachibana	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal				Cancelled in 1945.
5516	White petal of Prunus mume	Tachibana	Fujinagata Shipbuilding Yard				Cancelled in 1945.
5517	Lespedeza Lespedeza Lespedeza is a genus of some 40 species of flowering plants in the pea family , commonly known as bush clovers or Japanese clovers...	Tachibana	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	11 September 1944	27 November 1944	1 March 1945	Surrendered to United Kingdom on 16 July 1947 at Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... , scrapped
5518	Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemums, often called mums or chrysanths, are of the genus constituting approximately 30 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Asteraceae which is native to Asia and northeastern Europe.-Etymology:...	Tachibana	Fujinagata Shipbuilding Yard				Cancelled in 1945.
5519	Daimyo oak Daimyo Oak Quercus dentata, the Daimyo Oak is a species of oak native to Japan, Korea and China.It is a deciduous tree growing up to 20-25 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter...	Tachibana	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal				Cancelled in 1945.
5520	Viola	Tachibana	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	21 October 1944	27 December 1944	26 March 1945	Surrendered to United Kingdom on 23 August 1947 at Hong Kong, sunk as target 1947
5521	Cinnamomum camphora	Tachibana	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	9 November 1944	8 January 1945	28 April 1945	Surrendered to United Kingdom on 1947
5522	Year's first cherry blossom	Tachibana	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	4 December 1944	10 February 1945	18 May 1945	Delivered to Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....  on 29 July 1947 at Nakhodka Nakhodka Nakhodka is a port city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, situated on the Trudny Peninsula jutting into the Nakhodka Bay of the Sea of Japan, about east of Vladivostok... , renamed Vetrenny and soon Vyrazitel'ny (Выразительный), converted to target ship TSL-26 (1949), scrapped in 1958.
4801	Yellow chrysanthemum	Tachibana					Cancelled in March 1945.
4802	Year's first chrysanthemum	Tachibana					Cancelled in March 1945.
4803	Madder Madder Rubia is a genus of the madder family Rubiaceae, which contains about 60 species of perennial scrambling or climbing herbs and sub-shrubs native to the Old World, Africa, temperate Asia and America...	Tachibana					Cancelled in March 1945.
4804	White Chrysanthemum	Tachibana					Cancelled in March 1945.
4805	Grass Grass Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...	Tachibana					Cancelled in March 1945.
4806	Spring grass	Tachibana					Cancelled in March 1945.
4807	Summer grass	Tachibana					Cancelled in March 1945.
4808	Autumn grass	Tachibana					Cancelled in March 1945.
4809	Elm Elm Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the genus Ulmus in the plant family Ulmaceae. The dozens of species are found in temperate and tropical-montane regions of North America and Eurasia, ranging southward into Indonesia. Elms are components of many kinds of natural forests...	Tachibana	Maizuru Naval Arsenal	14 August 1944	25 November 1944	31 January 1945	Scrapped April 1948
4810	Pyrus pyrifolia Pyrus pyrifolia Pyrus pyrifolia is a pear tree species native to China, Japan, and Korea. The tree's edible fruit is known by many names, including: Asian pear, Chinese pear, Korean pear, Japanese pear, Taiwan pear, and sand pear.....	Tachibana	Kōbe-Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yard	1 September 1944	17 January 1945	15 March 1945	Sunk 26 July 1945. Salvaged on 30 September 1954, Transferred to JDS Wakaba JDS Wakaba (DE-261) JDS Wakaba was the former IJN Nashi, a Tachibana-class destroyer. The Nashi was sunk in July 1945, but salvaged in 1954 as the Wakaba, later being refitted as a radar trials ship...  on 31 May 1956.
4811	Castanopsis Castanopsis Castanopsis is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the beech family, Fagaceae. The genus contains about 120 species, which are today restricted to tropical and subtropical eastern Asia. A total of 58 species are native to China, with 30 endemic; the other species occur further south, through...	Tachibana	Maizuru Naval Arsenal	18 September 1944	13 January 1945	13 March 1945	Delivered to Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....  on 5 July 1947 at Nakhodka Nakhodka Nakhodka is a port city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, situated on the Trudny Peninsula jutting into the Nakhodka Bay of the Sea of Japan, about east of Vladivostok... , renamed Vol'ny (Вольный), converted to target ship TSL-24 (1949), scrapped in 1960.
4812	Japanese Hackberry Japanese Hackberry Celtis jessoensis, known as the Japanese Hackberry or Jesso Hackberry is a species of hackberry native to Japan and Korea. It is a deciduous tree growing to 20–25 m tall. The leaves are 5–9 cm long and 3–4 cm broad, with a sharply serrated margin, glaucous beneath and downy on the leaf...	Tachibana	Maizuru Naval Arsenal	14 October 1944	27 January 1945	31 March 1945	Sunk 26 June 1945, scrapped 1948
4813	Catalpa Catalpa Catalpa, commonly called catalpa or catawba, is a genus of flowering plants in the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae, native to warm temperate regions of North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia....	Tachibana	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	29 December 1944			Discontinued on 17 April 1945.
4814	Fat tall Bamboo	Tachibana	Maizuru Naval Arsenal	5 November 1944	10 March 1945	15 May 1945	Surrendered to United States on 14 July 1947 at Qingdao Qingdao ' also known in the West by its postal map spelling Tsingtao, is a major city with a population of over 8.715 million in eastern Shandong province, Eastern China. Its built up area, made of 7 urban districts plus Jimo city, is home to about 4,346,000 inhabitants in 2010.It borders Yantai to the... . Sunk as target off 35°29′N 122°52′E, 17 September 1947
4815	Year's first Prunus mume	Tachibana	Maizuru Naval Arsenal	8 December 1944	25 April 1945	18 June 1945	Surrendered to Republic of China Republic of China The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...  on 6 July 1947 at Shanghai, renamed Hsinyang, scrapped 1961
4816	Aesculus Aesculus The genus Aesculus comprises 13-19 species of woody trees and shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere, with 6 species native to North America and 7-13 species native to Eurasia; there are also several hybrids. Species are deciduous or evergreen...	Tachibana	Maizuru Naval Arsenal	23 January 1945	(28 May 1945)		Discontinued on 18 May 1945. Converted to breakwater.
4817	Water caltrop Water caltrop The water caltrop, water chestnut, buffalo nut, bat nut, devil pod or Singhara or Pani-fol is either of two species of the genus Trapa: Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis...	Tachibana	Maizuru Naval Arsenal	10 February 1945			Discontinued on 17 April 1945.
4818	Miscanthus sinensis Miscanthus sinensis Miscanthus sinensis Miscanthus sinensis Miscanthus sinensis (Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, maiden grass, zebra grass, Susuki grass, porcupine grass; syn. Eulalia japonica Trin., Miscanthus sinensis f. glaber Honda, Miscanthus sinensis var. gracillimus Hitchc., Miscanthus sinensis var....	Tachibana					Cancelled in March 1945.
4819	Aster	Tachibana					Cancelled in March 1945.
4820	Sakaki Sakaki Sakaki is a flowering evergreen tree native to warm areas of Japan, Korea and mainland China. It can reach a height of 10 m. The leaves are 6–10 cm long, smooth, oval, leathery, shiny and dark green above, yellowish-green below, with deep furrows for the leaf stem. The bark is dark reddish...	Tachibana	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	29 December 1944			Discontinued on 17 April 1945.
4821 to 4832	12 destroyers	Tachibana					Cancelled in March 1945.
	80 destroyers	Kai-Tachibana					Cancelled on 30 June 1945.

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• , History of Pacific War Vol.43 Matsu class destroyers, Gakken
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