JDS Wakaba
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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Wakaba and Japanese ship Nashi.
JDS Wakaba (DE-261) was the former Imperial Japanese Navy ship Nashi, an escort destroyer of the Tachibana sub-class of the Matsu class built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the final stages of World War II. Nashi was sunk in July 1945, but salvaged in 1954 and refitted to join the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1956 as Wakaba, later being utilised as a radar trials ship, but stricken in 1971 and scrapped in 1972-1973.
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Wakaba trial run in 1956 | |
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Builder | Kawasaki, Kobe |
Laid down | 1 September 1944 |
Launched | 17 January 1945 |
Commissioned | 15 March 1945 |
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Recommissioned | 31 May 1956 |
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Stricken | 31 March 1971 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1972–1973 |
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Preceded by | N/A |
Succeeded by | Asahi class |
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Class and type | Tachibana sub-class of the Matsu-class escort destroyer |
Displacement | 1,309 t (1,288 long tons) |
Length | 100 m (328 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 9.35 m (30 ft 8 in) |
Draft | 3.31 m (10 ft 10 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 ×geared steam turbines |
Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
Range | 4,680 nmi (8,670 km; 5,390 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 175 |
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