Japanese destroyer Tachibana (1912)

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Tachibana.

Tachibana (橘) was a Sakura-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Sister ship Sakura at Sasebo, 1918
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Tachibana
Builder	Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down	29 April 1911
Launched	27 January 1912
Fate	Scrapped 1933
General characteristics
Class and type	Sakura class
Displacement	605 tons normal 830 tons full load
Length	83.6 m (274 ft)
Beam	7.3 m (24 ft)
Draught	2.2 m (7.2 ft)
Propulsion	reciprocating engines, 9,500 ihp (7,100 kW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	2,400 nautical miles (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	92
Armament	1 × 120 mm/40 cal Type 41 guns 4 × 76 mm/40 cal Type 41 guns 4 × 457 mm torpedo tubes

Design

Tachibana and her sister ship Sakura were at first planned to be large ocean-going vessels however due to financial problems they were redesigned to a smaller type. Unlike the preceding Umikaze class, which was powered by Parsons turbines, Sakura and Tachibana were installed with Kanpon vertical expansion engines.

Service

The ship, built at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal, was launched and completed in 1912, and entered service shortly afterward. After 20 years of service, Tachibana was decommissioned in 1932 and scrapped in 1933.

References

• Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946