Matsu class

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Matsu class
The destroyer Momo in June 1944
The destroyer Momo in June 1944
Ship data
country JapanJapan (naval war flag) Japan
Ship type destroyer
draft F55
Shipyard Maizuru
naval shipyard Yokosuka naval shipyard
Fujinagata shipyard
Construction period 1943 to 1945
Launch of the type ship February 3, 1944
Units built 18 in service
09 construction canceled
47 construction canceled
period of service 1944 to 1945
Ship dimensions and crew
length
100 m ( Lüa )
98.0 m ( KWL )
92.1 m ( Lpp )
width 9.35 m
Draft Max. 3.3 m
displacement Standard : 1,262 ts / 1,282 t
Use: 1,530 ts / 1,554 t
 
crew 113 men
Machine system
machine 2 sets of geared turbines
2 Kampon boilers
Machine
performance
19,000 PS (13,974 kW)
Top
speed
27.8 kn (51 km / h)
propeller 2
Armament
Sensors
  • Type 13 aerial target radar
  • Type 22 marine target radar

The Matsu class ( Japanese 松 型 駆 逐 艦 , Matsu-gata kuchikukan ) was a class of eighteen destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy , which were used in World War II . The Japanese Navy also referred to the ships as D-class destroyers ( 丁 型 駆 逐 艦 , Tei-gata kuchikukan ).

General

The losses that occurred in 1942 ( Battle of Guadalcanal ) forced the admiral staff of the Imperial Japanese Navy to rethink the design policy of their destroyers. The standard draft for the naval destroyers built so far during the war, the Yūgumo class , had produced an excellent warship, but it took too long to complete. A faster construction pace was therefore the main requirement and, given the nature of the presumed use of these ships, the second requirement was a good survival of any damage. The torpedo armament and good flak equipment were also important. In order to be able to build as quickly as possible, the hull was designed as simply as possible and all superfluous curves were omitted. The electric welding process was also widely used.

For the first time on Japanese destroyers, the propulsion system was structured according to the unitary principle with alternating arrangement of boiler rooms and engine rooms. This arrangement would normally have increased the length of the ship. However, since only two steam boilers were used, the Matsu class was 19.17 m shorter than the Yūgumo class. However, this reduced the propulsion power by more than 60%, which resulted in a reduction in speed to 28 knots. However, since these destroyers were to be used mainly in escort service and supply trips, this did not play a major role. Another departure from the fleet destroyers was the use of the air-defensible 127 mm Type 89 gun instead of the Type 3 , which was based on this standard. Clearly recognizing the fact that torpedoes were of vital importance in close-range combat, the Matsu- class was originally intended to be equipped with a six-torpedo tube set. However, this could not be realized and so she received the standard quadruple torpedo tube set. Furthermore, no storage areas for reserve torpedoes were provided.

List of ships

Construction no. Surname Shipyard Keel laying Launch Commissioning Whereabouts
Kai-Maru 5 Keikaku
5481 Matsu
( ま つ )
Maizuru naval shipyard August 8, 1943 February 3, 1944 April 29, 1944 sunk on August 4, 1944 by artillery fire from the American destroyers
USS Ingersoll , USS Knapp and USS Cogswell , off Chichi-jima in the Ogasawara Islands
5482 Take
( )
Yokosuka naval shipyard October 15, 1943 March 28, 1944 June 16, 1944 Spoils of war RN : July 16, 1947
5483 Ume
( )
Fujinagata Shipyard, Osaka January 25, 1944 April 24, 1944 June 28, 1944 sunk on January 31, 1945 by air raid south of Formosa
5484 Momo
( )
Maizuru naval shipyard November 5, 1943 March 25, 1944 June 10, 1944 sunk on December 15, 1944 by americans Submarine USS Hawkbill , west southwest of Luzon
5485 Kuwa
( )
Fujinagata Shipyard, Osaka December 20, 1943 May 25, 1944 June 25, 1944 sunk on December 3, 1944 by artillery hits in combat with American destroyers.
5486 Kiri
( き り )
Yokosuka naval shipyard February 1, 1944 May 27, 1944 August 14, 1944 Spoils of war USSR: July 19, 1947
5487 Sugi
( す ぎ )
Fujunagata Shipyard, Osaka February 25, 1944 July 3, 1944 August 25, 1944 Spoils of war China and put into service as Hwei Yang
5488 Maki
( )
Maizuru naval shipyard February 19, 1944 June 10, 1944 August 10, 1944 Spoils of war RN: August 14, 1947
5489 Momi
( も み )
Yokosuka naval shipyard February 1, 1944 June 16, 1944 September 3, 1944 sunk by air raid on January 5, 1944, west-southwest of Manila
5490 Kashi
( か し )
Fujinagata Shipyard, Osaka May 5, 1944 August 13, 1944 September 30, 1944 Spoils of War USN : August 7, 1947
5492 Kaya
( か や )
Maizuru naval shipyard April 10, 1944 July 30, 1944 September 30, 1944 Spoils of war USSR: July 5, 1947
5493 Nara
( な ら )
Fujinagata Shipyard, Osaka June 10, 1944 October 12, 1944 November 26, 1944 scrapped: July 1948
5496 Sakura
( さ く ら )
Yokosuka naval shipyard June 2, 1944 September 6, 1944 November 25, 1944 sunk on July 11, 1945 - hit a mine in the port of Osaka
5497 Yanagi
( )
Fujinagata Shipyard, Osaka August 20, 1944 November 25, 1944 January 8, 1945 scrapped: April 1947
5498 Tsubaki
( 椿 )
Maizuru naval shipyard June 20, 1944 September 30, 1944 November 30, 1944 scrapped: July 1948
5502 Hinoki
( )
Yokosuka naval shipyard March 4, 1944 4th July 1944 September 3, 1944 sunk on January 7, 1945 by American destroyers, off Manila Bay
5505 Kaede
( か え で )
Yokosuka naval shipyard March 4, 1944 July 25, 1944 October 30, 1944 Booty China and as Hen Yang put into service
5508 Keyaki
( )
Yokosuka naval shipyard June 22, 1944 September 30, 1944 December 15, 1944 Spoils of War USN: July 5, 1947

technical description

hull

The hull of a Matsu- class destroyer was 100 meters long, 9.35 meters wide and had a draft of 3.3 meters with an operational displacement of 1,554 tons .

drive

It was driven by two geared turbines with two oil-fired steam generators - Kampon boilers of the Yarrow type - with which a total output of 19,000 PS (13,974 kW ) was achieved. The power was delivered to two shafts with one screw each . The maximum speed was 27.8 knots (51 km / h ) and the maximum distance traveled 4,680 nautical miles (8,667 km) at 16 knots.

crew

The crew had a strength of 113 men.

Armament

List of armaments in 1944

The artillery weapons consisting of three 12.7 cm guns of the type 89 B-1 in caliber length 40 in a single and a double carriage, these were in boat center line, a front of the bridge structure (single carriage) and placed behind the aft deck house (double carriage) . For air defense were twenty-four 2.5-cm machine guns of the type 96 is available, which were distributed in four Drillings- and twelve individual guns on the ship. Furthermore, a quadruple torpedor tube set in the caliber of 610 mm for torpedoes of the type 93 , two water bomb double launchers and two drain rails for 36 depth charges .

radar

Destroyer Momi in September 1944, the ladder antenna of type 13 in the aft mast and the double horn of type 22 at the end of the bridge structure

Japanese destroyers were not equipped with radio measurement technology from the beginning of the Pacific War . It was not until the middle of 1943 that the first selected units received the Type 22 radar . This system, capable of surveillance and fire control , which consisted of a double horn - one for sending and one for receiving - was mounted on a small mast at the rear of the bridge structure. Due to the fact that early Japanese radar devices were unreliable and their operating personnel were poorly trained, commanders tended not to take information from them seriously and to rely on classic reconnaissance methods , such as lookouts with optical devices. This trust became more and more problematic as the Americans introduced better and better radar systems and used them primarily for fire control.

In 1944, the remaining destroyers received type 13 devices for air surveillance , which had a long ladder antenna that was usually mounted on the aft mast.

literature

  • Hansgeorg Jentschura, Dieter Jung, Peter Mickel: Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1869-1945 . US Naval Institute Press, Annapolis 1977, ISBN 0-87021-893-X , pp. 151-153 .
  • Mark Stille: Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919–45 . tape 1 . Osprey Publishing , Oxford 2013, ISBN 978-1-84908-984-5 , pp. 7-8 .
  • Mark Stille: Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919–45 . tape 2 . Osprey Publishing , Oxford 2013, ISBN 978-1-84908-987-6 , pp. 38-46 .
  • Mike J. Whitley: Destroyer in World War II . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-613-01426-2 , p. 200-201 .

Web links

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