Japanese destroyer Kaya (1944)
Kaya (榧, "torreya nucifera") was one of 18 Matsu-class escort destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Completed in late 1944, the ship began convoy escort duties in October. She was slightly damaged by American aircraft while escorting cruisers on a bombardment mission in the Philippines during Operation Rei in December. Kaya spent the rest of the war escorting convoys and capital ships after repairs.
Kaya after the war in 1945 | |
| History | |
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| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Kaya |
| Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down | 10 April 1944 |
| Launched | 30 July 1944 |
| Completed | 30 September 1944 |
| Stricken | 5 October 1945 |
| Fate | Turned over to the Soviet Navy, 5 July 1947 |
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | Kaya |
| Acquired | 5 July 1947 |
| Commissioned | 7 July 1947 |
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| Reclassified | Target ship, 17 June 1949 |
| Stricken | 1 August 1959 |
| Fate | Ordered to be scrapped, 2 September 1959 |
| 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) |
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| 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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The ship 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 Soviet Union and was commissioned that same year. She was renamed Volevoy (Волевой (Willful)) later that month. When the ship was converted into a target ship in 1949, she was renamed TsL-23. The vessel was hulked in 1958 and ordered to be scrapped the following year.