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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Sakura.

Sakura was a Sakura-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, built under the 1910 Programme as a 2nd Class destroyer.

Design

Sakura and her sister ship Tachibana were at first planned to be large ocean-going vessels however due to financial problems they were redesigned to a smaller type. Unlike the preceding Umikaze class, which was powered by Parsons turbines, Tachibana was installed with vertical expansion engines.

Service

The ship, built at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal, was launched in 1911, completed in 1912, and entered service shortly afterward. After 20 years of service, Sakura was decommissioned in 1932 and scrapped in 1933.[1]

References

  • Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946
  1. ^ "IJN Sakura Class Destroyers". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 21 May 2020.


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