page_title: Japanese destroyer Shii
hierarchical_section_title: Japanese destroyer Shii
caption_attribution_description: English: Nire(II), new-Matsu class destroyer(Tachibana class) of the Imperial Japanese Navy, off Maizuru(presumption). 日本語: 日本海軍改松型（橘型）駆逐艦「楡」、舞鶴沖（推定）。
context_page_description: Shii was one of 23 escort destroyers of the Tachibana sub-class of the Matsu class built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the final stages of World War II. Completed in March 1945, she struck a mine in June, but was only lightly damaged. The ship was used to repatriate Japanese personnel after the war until 1947. Mid-year the destroyer was turned over to the Soviet Union and was commissioned that same year. She was renamed TsL-24 and converted into a target ship two years later; the ship was ordered to be scrapped scrapped in 1960.
context_section_description: Shii (榎, "Oak") was one of 23 escort destroyers of the Tachibana sub-class of the Matsu class built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the final stages of World War II. Completed in March 1945, she struck a mine in June, but was only lightly damaged. The ship was used to repatriate Japanese personnel after the war until 1947. Mid-year the destroyer was turned over to the Soviet Union and was commissioned that same year. She was renamed TsL-24 and converted into a target ship two years later; the ship was ordered to be scrapped scrapped in 1960.
caption: Sister ship Nire in January or February 1945
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