Japanese destroyer Kaki (1919)

The Japanese destroyer Kaki (柿) was one of 21 Momi-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. She was converted to a training ship and survived the Pacific War as an auxiliary ship and was subsequently scrapped in 1948.

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Kaki.
Sister ship Kuri at anchor, 1937
History
Empire of Japan
NameKaki
BuilderUraga Dock Company, Uraga, Japan
Laid down27 February 1919
Launched20 October 1919
Completed2 August 1920
FateScrapped 1948
General characteristics (as built)
TypeMomi-class destroyer
Displacement
Length
  • 275 ft (83.8 m) (pp)
  • 280 ft (85.3 m) (o/a)
Beam26 ft (7.9 m)
Draft8 ft (2.4 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement110
Armament

Design and description

The Momi class was designed with higher speed and better seakeeping than the preceding Enoki-class second-class destroyers.[1] The ships had an overall length of 280 feet (85.3 m) and were 275 feet (83.8 m) between perpendiculars. They had a beam of 26 feet (7.9 m), and a mean draft of 8 feet (2.4 m). The Momi-class ships displaced 850 long tons (864 t) at standard load and 1,020 long tons (1,036 t) at deep load.[2] Kaki was powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by three Kampon water-tube boilers.[3] The turbines were designed to produce 21,500 shaft horsepower (16,000 kW) to give the ships a speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). The ships carried a maximum of 275 long tons (279 t) of fuel oil which gave them a range of 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). Their crew consisted of 110 officers and crewmen.[4]

The main armament of the Momi-class ships consisted of three 12-centimeter (4.7 in) Type 3 guns in single mounts; one gun forward of the well deck, one between the two funnels, and the last gun atop the aft superstructure. The guns were numbered '1' to '3' from front to rear. The ships carried two above-water twin sets of 533-millimeter (21 in) torpedo tubes; one mount was in the well deck between the forward superstructure and the bow gun and the other between the aft funnel and aft superstructure.[2]

Construction and career

Kaki, built at the Uraga Dock Company in Uraga, Japan, was launched on October 20, 1919, and completed on August 2, 1920. She was decommissioned on April 1, 1940, before being converted to a training ship. The ship was then re-converted to a auxiliary ship and was renamed Ōsu (大須). She served in that capacity throughout the Pacific War before being finally scrapped in 1948.

Notes
  1. Watts & Gordon, p. 259
  2. Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 137
  3. Friedman, p. 244
  4. Watts & Gordon, p. 260

References
  • Friedman, Norman (1985). "Japan". In Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-907-3.
  • Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter & Mickel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.
  • Watts, Anthony J. & Gordon, Brian G. (1971). The Imperial Japanese Navy. Garden City, New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0-35603-045-8.
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