Japanese destroyer Yanagi (1944)
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Yanagi (柳, "Willow") was one of 18 Matsu-class escort destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Completed in early 1945, the ship was deployed to northern Japan for convoy escort duties in May. She was badly damaged during the American attacks on Hokkaido and northern Honshu in mid-July and was further damaged when they repeated those attacks on 9 August. Yanagi was scrapped in 1947.
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Sister ship Momi, 4 September 1944 | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Yanagi |
Namesake | Willow |
Ordered | 1942 |
Builder | Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka |
Laid down | 20 August 1944 |
Launched | 25 November 1944 |
Completed | 18 January 1945 |
Stricken | 20 November 1945 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1 April 1947 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Matsu-class escort destroyer |
Displacement | 1,282 t (1,262 long tons) (standard) |
Length | 100 m (328 ft 1 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 9.35 m (30 ft 8 in) |
Draft | 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) |
Installed power | 2 × water-tube boilers; 19,000 shp (14,000 kW) |
Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 × geared steam turbines |
Speed | 27.8 knots (51.5 km/h; 32.0 mph) |
Range | 4,680 nmi (8,670 km; 5,390 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 210 |
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