Kaba-class destroyer

Kaba departing Ryojun, 1925
Class overview
NameKaba class
Operators Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded byUrakaze class
Succeeded byIsokaze class
SubclassesArabe class (French Navy)
In commission1915–1932
Completed10
Retired10
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement
Length
  • 260 ft (79.2 m) (pp)
  • 274 ft (83.5 m) (o/a)
Beam24 ft (7.3 m)
Draught7 ft 9 in (2.4 m)
Installed power
Propulsion3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement92
Armament

The Kaba-class destroyers (樺型駆逐艦, Kabagata kuchikukan) were a class of ten destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy.[1] Each was named after a variety of tree.

  1. ^ Globalsecurity.org, IJN Kaba class destroyers