Japanese destroyer Hatsuume
Design and description. The "Tachibana" sub-class was a simplified version of the preceding to make them even more suited for mass production. The ships measured long overall, with a beam of and a draft of . They displaced at standard load and at deep load. The ships had two Kampon geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by two Kampon water-tube boilers. The turbines were rated at a total of for a speed of . The "Tachibana"s had a range of at . The main armament of the "Tachibana" sub-class consisted of three  Type 89 dual-purpose guns in one twin-gun mount aft and one single mount forward of the superstructure. The single mount was partially protected against spray by a gun shield. The accuracy of the Type 89 guns was severely reduced against aircraft because no high-angle gunnery director was fitted. They carried a total of 25 Type 96 anti-aircraft guns in 4 triple and 13 single mounts. The "Tachibana"s were equipped with Type 13 early-warning and Type 22 surface-search radars. The ships were also armed with a single rotating quadruple mount amidships for torpedoes. They could  deliver their 60 depth charges via two stern rails and two throwers. Construction and service. "Hatsuume" (early-blooming plum) was ordered in Fiscal Year 1944 under the Wartime Naval Armaments Supplement Program and she was laid down at Maizuru Naval Arsenal on 8 December 1944. The ship was launched on 25 April 1945 and completed on 18 June. The destroyer was assigned to the 11th Destroyer Squadron of the Combined Fleet that same day for working up. "Hatsuume" was damaged when she struck a naval mine near Maizuru eight days later that killed four crewmen. The unrepaired ship was transferred  to the Maizuru Naval District on 15 July. She was turned over to Allied forces at Maizuru at the time of the surrender of Japan on 2 September and was stricken from the navy list on 5 October. The destroyer was disarmed and used to repatriate Japanese personnel in 1945–1947 after repairs. "Hatsuume" was turned over to the Republic of China on 6 July of the latter year and was renamed "Xin Yang". She was rearmed with two , three , a pair of and four guns in March 1948 and participated in combat against Chinese Communist forces. Six years later the  ship was refitted using components from her sister and rearmed with American weapons: two single mounts for dual-purpose guns and an anti-aircraft suite of seven 40 mm Bofors and six 20 mm Oerlikon guns. "Xin Yang" was stricken from the navy list in December 1961 and subsequently scrapped.