Matsu Class Destroyers Class Overview

Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
328'
Engines:
2 x Geared turbines
Beam:
30' 6"
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
10' 9" (modified 11')
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
1,262 std. / 1,530 full
SHP:
19,000
Modified 1,289 std. / 1,557 full
Speed:
28
Crew:
Aprox. 200
Range:
4,680 NM @ 16 knots


Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
3
5"/40 (12.7cm) DP
Single mount forward
Twin mount aft

16,185 yards @ 45° (9.1 miles)
AA ceiling 30,840' @ 75°
24
25mm/60 (1")
4 triple mounts
12 single mounts
8,200 yards (4.6 miles) @ 50°
AA ceiling 18,040' @ 85°
(max effective 9,843')

4
24" torpedo tubes
Quadruple launcher
Max. depending on type
43,700 yards (24 miles)
Speed 50 knots 1,080 lb. warhead

36
Depth Charges
(on standard units)
60
Depth charges
(on modified units)


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Matsu
Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan

Feb. 3, 1944
Apr. 28, 1944
N/A
Fate
Sunk Aug. 4, 1944 by USS Cogswell DD-651, USS Ingersoll DD-652 and
USS Knapp DD-653 after being damaged by US Aircraft from TG 58.1.

Location: North Pacific 50 miles NW of Chichi Jima, Bonin Islands.
(27.40N - 141.48E)

Six survived the sinking but one died of his wounds.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Momo
Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan
Mar. 25, 1944
June 10, 1944
N/A
Fate
Sunk Dec. 15, 1944 by USS Hawkbill SS-366 (torpedo)

Location: South China Sea 140 miles WSW Cape Boliano, Luzon, Philippines.
(16.00N - 117.39E)

92 crewmen killed, unknown number of survivors.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Take
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka, Japan
Mar. 28, 1944
June 16, 1944
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Maizuru, transferred to the UK at Singapore July 16, 1947,
and scrapped.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Ume
Fujinagata Zosensho
Osaka, Japan
Apr. 24, 1944
June 28, 1944
N/A
Fate
Sunk Jan. 31, 1945 by USAAF B-25's and P-38's from the 14th Air Force.

Location: South China Sea 20 miles S of Formosa (Taiwan). (22.30N - 120E)

77 crewmen killed, unknown number of survivors picked up by Shiokaze.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Kuwa
Fujinagata Zosensho
Osaka, Japan
May 25, 1944
July 25, 1944
N/A
Fate
Sunk Dec. 3, 1944 by USS Allen M. Sumner DD-692, USS Cooper DD-695 and
USS Moale DD-693.

Location: Ormoc Bay, Leyte, Philippines.

Unknown number of casualties or survivors.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Kiri
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka, Japan
May 27, 1944
Aug. 14, 1944
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Kure in Aug. 1944.
Transferred to Russia July 29, 1947, fate unknown.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Maki
Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan
June 10, 1944
Aug. 10, 1944
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Kure Aug. 1945. Transferred to the UK on Aug. 14, 1947 at
Singapore and scrapped.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Momi
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka, Japan
June 16, 1944
Sept. 7, 1944
N/A
Fate
Sunk Jan. 5, 1945 by US Aircraft from TF-77.4 (torpedo)

Location: South China Sea 45 miles WSW of Manila, Philippines.

No survivors.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Sugi
Fujinagata Zosensho
Osaka, Japan
July 3, 1944
Aug. 25, 1944
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Kure in Aug. 1947. Transferred to China July 31, 1947 and
renamed Hwei Yang. Wrecked in 1957.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Hinoki
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka, Japan
July 4, 1944
Sept. 30, 1944
N/A
Fate
Sunk by USS Charles Ausburne DD-570, USS Braine DD-630, USS Shaw DD-373
and USS Russell DD-414.

Location: South China Sea 100 miles W of Manila, Philippines. (14.30N - 119.30E)

No survivors.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Kaede
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka, Japan
July 25, 1944
Oct. 30, 1944
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Kure in Aug. 1945. Transferred to China July 6, 1947 and renamed
Hen Yang. Later scrapped.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Kaya
Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan
July 30, 1944
Sept. 30, 1944
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Kure in Aug. 1944. Transferred to Russia July 29, 1947,
fate unknown.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Kashi
Fujinagata Zosensho
Osaka, Japan
Aug. 13, 1944
Sept. 30, 1944
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Kure in Aug. 1945. Transferred to the USA Aug. 7, 1947.
Scrapped.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Sakura
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka, Japan
Sept. 6, 1944
Nov. 25, 1944
N/A
Fate
Sunk by mine July 11, 1945.

Location: Osaka Harbor, Japan. (34.36N - 135.28E)

130 crewmen killed.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Keyaki
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka, Japan
Sept. 30, 1944
Dec. 15, 1944
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Yokosuka in Aug. 1945. Transferred to the USA July 5, 1947.
Sunk as target off Yokosuka.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Tsubaki
Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan
Sept. 30, 1944
Nov. 30, 1944
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Kure in Aug. 1944.
Scrapped at Kure July 1948.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Nara
Fujinagata Zosensho
Osaka, Japan
Oct. 12, 1944
Nov. 26, 1944
N/A
Fate
Scrapped at Shimonoseki, Japan in July 1948.
(Nara hit a mine on June 30, 1944 6 miles WSW of Shimonoseki and had to be
towed to Moji. The ship remained there until the end of the war.)
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Tachibana (M)
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka, Japan
Oct. 14, 1944
Jan. 20, 1945
N/A
Fate
Sunk July 14, 1945 by US Aircraft from TF-38.

Location: Hakodate Bay, Hokkaido, Japan (41.48N - 141.41E)

135 crewmen killed.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Tsuta (M)
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka, Japan
Nov. 2, 1944
Feb. 8, 1945
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Kure in Aug. 1945. Transferred to China and renamed Hua Yang.
Later scrapped.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Nire (M)
Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan
Nov. 25, 1944
Jan. 31, 1945
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Kure in Aug. 1945. Scrapped at Kure in Apr. 1948.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Yanagi (M)
Fujinagata Zosensho
Osaka, Japan
Nov. 25, 1944
Jan. 18, 1945
N/A
Fate
Scrapped at Ominato, Japan in Apr. 1947.
(Yanagi was severely damaged by US aircraft on July 14, 1945 in the Tsugaru Strait
near Ashizaki, Japan and had to be towed to Ominato for repair. While at Ominato
the ship was damaged in an air raid on Aug. 9, 1945 and never saw service again.)
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Hagi (M)
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka, Japan
Nov. 27, 1944
Mar. 1, 1945
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Kure in Aug. 1945. Transferred to the UK on July 16, 1947.
Scrapped at Singapore.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Kaki (M)
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka, Japan
Dec. 11, 1944
Mar. 5, 1945
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Maizuru in Aug. 1945. Transferred to the USA on July 4, 1947.
Scrapped.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Sumire (M)
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka, Japan
Dec. 27, 1944
Mar. 26, 1945
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Maizuru in Aug. 1945. Transferred to the UK Aug. 20, 1947
at Singapore. Sunk as target off Stonecutters Island near Singapore.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Shii (M)
Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan
Jan. 13, 1945
Mar. 13, 1945
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Kure in Aug. 1945. Transferred to Russia July 5, 1947.
Fate unknown.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Nashi (M)
(Later Wakaba DE-261)
Kawasaki Jyuko Co.
Kobe, Japan
Jan. 17, 1945
Mar. 15, 1945
N/A
Fate
Scrapped in 1972.
(Sunk by US aircraft July 28, 1945 at Kure. Raised in 1954 and repaired at Kure.
Recommissioned into the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force as Wakaba. The
only ship of the Imperial Navy to serve with the JMSDF.)
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Kusunoki (M)
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka, Japan
Jan. 18, 1945
Apr. 28, 1945
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Maizuru in Aug. 1945. Transferred to the UK at Singapore
July 16, 1947. Later scrapped.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Enoki (M)
Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan
Jan. 27, 1945
Mar. 31, 1945
N/A
Fate
Sunk June 26, 1945 by a mine. (Aft magazine exploded and sank in shallow water.)

Location: Obama Bay 22 miles east of Maizuru, Japan. (35.28N - 135.44E)
*Position given is slightly incorrect.

Unknown number of casualties or survivors.

Raised and scrapped in 1948.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Hatsuzakura (M)
(ex Sutsuki)
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka, Japan
Feb. 10, 1945
May 28, 1945
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Yokosuka in Aug. 1945. Transferred to Russia July 29, 1947 and
renamed TSL-24. Fate unknown.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Kaba (M)
Fujinagata Zosensho
Osaka, Japan
Feb. 27, 1945
May 29, 1945
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Kure in Aug. 1945. Transferred to the USA Aug. 4, 1947.
Later scrapped.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Odake (M)
Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan
Mar. 10, 1945
May 15, 1945
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Maizuru in Aug. 1945. Transferred to the USA July 4, 1947.
Later scrapped.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Hatsuyume (M)
Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan
Apr. 25, 1945
June 18, 1945
N/A
Fate
Surrendered at Maizuru in Aug. 1945. Transferred to China July 6, 1947 and
renamed Hsin Yang. Fate unknown.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Azusa (M)
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka, Japan
N/A
N/A
N/A
Fate
Construction cancelled in March 1945 and scrapped on the ways.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Hishi (M)
Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan
N/A
N/A
N/A
Fate
Construction cancelled in March 1945 and scrapped on the ways.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Kuzu (M)
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka, Japan
N/A
N/A
N/A
Fate
Construction cancelled in March 1945 and scrapped on the ways.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Sakaki (M)
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka, Japan
N/A
N/A
N/A
Fate
Construction cancelled in March 1945 and scrapped on the ways.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Wakazakura (M)
Fujinagata Zosensho
Osaka, Japan
N/A
N/A
N/A
Fate
Construction cancelled in March 1945 and scrapped on the ways.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Katsura (M)
Fujinagata Zosensho
Osaka, Japan
June 23, 1945
N/A
N/A
Fate
Construction cancelled in June 1945. Scrapped between 1946-48.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Tochi (M)
Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan
N/A
N/A
N/A
Fate
Construction cancelled in June 1945. Scrapped between 1946-48.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Yadake (M)
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka, Japan
N/A
N/A
N/A
Fate
Construction cancelled in June 1945. Scrapped between 1946-48.
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Yaezakura (M)
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka, Japan
N/A
N/A
N/A
Fate
Construction cancelled in June 1945. Scrapped between 1946-48.


Overall Statistics for class
142 ships total planned for class.

80 never ordered.
11 of the standard units ordered but cancelled before laid down.
10 of the modified units ordered but cancelled before laid down.

41 units built.
(17 standard / 24 modified)

8 sunk in combat.
(2 additional ships were combat losses but later raised and scrapped and 2 others were damaged beyond
repair in combat and later scrapped)

16 units scrapped.
(including the 4 mentioned above)

1 wrecked, total loss.
(after the war in Chinese custody)

2 sunk as targets.

9 scrapped incomplete in various stages of construction.

5 fate unknown.
(4 in Russian custody and 1 in Chinese custody, it is likely all have been scrapped by now)

0 remaining.


Class Notes:

(M) = Modified Version

None of the ships in this class ever scored a combat victory.