Japanese destroyerKaki(1919)

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TheJapanese destroyerKaki(Thị)was one of 21Momi-classdestroyersbuilt for theImperial Japanese Navy(IJN) in the late 1910s. She was converted to atraining shipand survived thePacific Waras anauxiliary shipand was subsequentlyscrappedin 1948.

Sister shipKuriat anchor, 1937
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Kaki
Builder	Uraga Dock Company,Uraga, Japan
Laid down	27 February 1919
Launched	20 October 1919
Completed	2 August 1920
Fate	Scrapped1948
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Momi-classdestroyer
Displacement	850long tons(864t) (normal) 1,020 long tons (1,036 t) (deep load)
Length	275 ft (83.8 m) (pp) 280 ft (85.3 m) (o/a)
Beam	26 ft (7.9 m)
Draft	8 ft (2.4 m)
Installed power	3 × Kamponwater-tube boilers 21,500shp(16,000kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 × gearedsteam turbines
Speed	36knots(67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	3,000nmi(5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	110
Armament	3 × single12 cm (4.7 in) guns 2 × twin 533 mm (21 in)torpedo tubes

Design and description

TheMomiclass was designed with higher speed and betterseakeepingthan the precedingEnoki-classsecond-class destroyers.The ships had anoverall lengthof 280 feet (85.3 m) and were 275 feet (83.8 m)between perpendiculars.They had abeamof 26 feet (7.9 m), and a meandraftof 8 feet (2.4 m). TheMomi-class ships displaced 850long tons(864t) atstandard loadand 1,020 long tons (1,036 t) atdeep load.Kakiwas powered by twoParsonsgearedsteam turbines,each driving onepropeller shaftusing steam provided by threeKamponwater-tube boilers.The turbines were designed to produce 21,500shaft horsepower(16,000kW) to give the ships a speed of 36knots(67 km/h; 41 mph). The ships carried a maximum of 275 long tons (279 t) offuel oilwhich gave them a range of 3,000nautical miles(5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). Their crew consisted of 110 officers and crewmen.

The main armament of theMomi-class ships consisted of three12-centimeter (4.7 in) Type 3 gunsin single mounts; one gun forward of thewell deck,one between the twofunnels,and the last gun atop the aftsuperstructure.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.

Construction and career

Kaki,built at theUraga Dock Companyin Uraga, Japan, waslaunchedon October 20, 1919, and completed on August 2, 1920. She was decommissioned on April 1, 1940, before being converted to atraining ship.The ship was then re-converted to aauxiliary shipand was renamedŌsu( đại cần ). She served in that capacity throughout thePacific Warbefore being finally scrapped in 1948.

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.ISBN0-87021-907-3.
• Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter & Mickel, Peter (1977).Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945.Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute.ISBN0-87021-893-X.
• Watts, Anthony J. & Gordon, Brian G. (1971).The Imperial Japanese Navy.Garden City, New York: Doubleday.ISBN0-35603-045-8.