Japanese destroyer Hatsuzakura

	Hatsuzakura bringing envoys, Tokyo Bay, 27 August 1945. The bow of USS Nicholas is in the foreground.
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Hatsuzakura
Namesake	Early-blooming Cherry
Ordered	1943
Builder	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Laid down	12 April 1944
Launched	10 February 1945
Completed	28 May 1945
Stricken	15 September 1945
Fate	Turned over to the Soviet Navy, 29 July 1947
Soviet Union
Name	Vyrazitelny (Выразительный
Acquired	29 July 1947
Commissioned	29 July 1947
Renamed	TsL-26, 17 June 1949
Reclassified	Target ship, 17 June 1949
Stricken	11 March 1958
Fate	Scrapped after 19 February 1959
General characteristics
Class and type	Tachibana sub-class of the Matsu-class escort destroyer
Displacement	1,309 t (1,288 long tons) (standard)
Length	100 m (328 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam	9.35 m (30 ft 8 in)
Draft	3.37 m (11 ft 1 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)
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × Type 22 search radar; 1 × Type 13 early-warning radar;
Armament	1 × twin, 1 × single 127 mm (5 in) DP guns; 4 × triple, 13 × single 25 mm (1 in) AA guns; 1 × quadruple 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes; 2 × rails, 2 × throwers for 60 depth charges;

Hatsuzakura (初櫻, "Early-blooming Cherry") was one of 23 escort destroyers of the Tachibana sub-class of the Matsu class built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the final stages of World War II. The ship was used to repatriate Japanese personnel after the war until 1947. Mid-year the destroyer was turned over to the Soviet Union and was commissioned that same year. She was renamed Vyrazitelny (Выразительный (Expressive)) later that year. When the ship was converted into a target ship in 1949, she was renamed TsL-26. The vessel was ordered to be scrapped a decade later.

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