Japanese destroyer Tachibana (1944)

	Right profile and plan drawing of Tachibana
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Tachibana
Builder	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Laid down	8 July 1944
Launched	14 October 1944
Completed	20 January 1945
Stricken	10 August 1945
Fate	Sunk by US aircraft, 14 July 1945
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;

Tachibana (橘) was the lead ship of her sub-class (also known as the "modified Type-D" class) of the Matsu-class escort destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the final stages of World War II. Completed in early 1945, the ship was assigned to convoy escort duties in home waters. She was sunk on 14 July with the loss of 135 crewmen by American carrier aircraft attacking targets in southern Hokkaido.

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