Japanese destroyer Kiri (1944)

	Kiri after the war, 1945
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Kiri
Namesake	Paulownia
Builder	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Laid down	1 February 1944
Launched	27 May 1944
Completed	14 August 1944
Stricken	5 October 1945
Fate	Transferred to the Soviet Navy, 29 July 1947
Soviet Union
Name	Kiri
Acquired	29 July 1947
Commissioned	July 1947
Renamed	Vozrozhdionny (Возрождённый (Resurrected)), July 1947 ; TsL-25, 17 June 1949; PM-65, 3 October 1957;
Reclassified	Target ship, 17 June 1949; Floating workshop, 16 September 1957;
Stricken	20 December 1969
Fate	Scrapped after 20 December 1969
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;

Kiri (桐, "Paulownia") was one of 18 Matsu-class escort destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Completed in mid-1944, the ship played a minor role in the Battle off Cape Engaño in October and began escorting convoys the following month. She was moderately damaged by American aircraft while escorting a troop convoy in December. Kiri returned to Japan in January 1945 for repairs and escorted a convoy to Japanese Formosa later that month. Her activities for the rest of the war are unknown.

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 into the Soviet Navy. She was renamed Vozrozhdionny (Возрождённый (Resurrected)). When the ship was converted into a target ship in 1949, she was renamed TsL-25. The vessel was hulked and renamed PM-65 in 1957 and ordered to be scrapped in 1969.

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