Japanese destroyer Kaede (1944)

	Disarmed Kaede after the surrender of Japan
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Kaede
Builder	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Laid down	4 March 1944
Launched	25 July 1944
Completed	30 October 1944
Stricken	5 October 1945
Fate	Transferred to the Republic of China Navy, 6 July 1947
Republic of China
Name	ROCS Heng Yang
Acquired	6 July 1947
Reclassified	As a training ship, 1 October 1949
Stricken	1960
Fate	Scrapped, 1962
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
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 36 depth charges;

Kaede (楓, "maple") was one of 18 Matsu-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the final stages of World War II. Completed in late 1944, the ship was assigned to convoy escort duties in January 1945. After escorting one convoy to southern China, she joined two other destroyers tasked to evacuate Japanese airmen from the Philippines. En route the ships were attacked by American bombers that badly damaged Kaede. The ship returned to Japan for repairs and was inactive for the rest of the war. She was surrendered to the Allies at the end of the war and used to repatriate Japanese troops until 1947. Mid-year the destroyer was turned over to the Republic of China; renamed Heng Yang she became a training ship and remained in service until the 1960s when she was scrapped.

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