Japanese destroyer Tsuta (1921)

	Patrol Boat No.35
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Tsuta
Builder	Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kobe
Laid down	16 October 1920
Launched	9 May 1921
Completed	30 June 1921
Stricken	10 February 1943
Fate	Sunk by American aircraft, 2 September 1942
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Momi-class destroyer
Displacement	850 long tons (864 t) (normal); 1,020 long tons (1,036 t) (deep load);
Length	275 ft (83.8 m) (pp); 280 ft (85.3 m) (o/a);
Beam	26 ft (7.9 m)
Draft	8 ft (2.4 m)
Installed power	3 × Kampon water-tube boilers; 21,500 shp (16,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	110
Armament	3 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) guns; 2 × twin 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes;

The Japanese destroyer Tsuta (蔦) was one of 21 Momi-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. In 1940, she was converted into a No.31-class patrol boat and renamed Patrol Boat No. 35 (第三十五号哨戒艇 Dai-35-Gō shōkaitei). She was sunk by American aircraft in September 1942.

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