Japanese destroyer Take (1944)

Take (竹, "Bamboo") was one of 18 Matsu-class escort destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

Take, 30 May 1944
History
Empire of Japan
Name: Take
Namesake: Bamboo
Builder: Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Laid down: 15 October 1943
Launched: 28 March 1944
Completed: 16 June 1944
Stricken: 25 October 1945
Fate: Turned over to Great Britain 16 July 1947, scrapped
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type: Matsu-class escort destroyer
Displacement: 1,282 t (1,262 long tons) (standard)
Length: 100 m (328 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam: 9.35 m (30 ft 8 in)
Draft: 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Installed power: 2 × water-tube boilers; 19,000 shp (14,000 kW)
Propulsion: 2 shafts, 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed: 27.8 knots (51.5 km/h; 32.0 mph)
Range: 4,680 nmi (8,670 km; 5,390 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement: 210
Sensors and
processing systems:
Armament:

Completed on 6 June 1944, Take was assigned to Desron 11 of the Combined Fleet for a month's training, then was assigned to convoy escort duties.

On 3 December, Take was in Ormoc Bay, escorting convoy TA-7 while it landed reinforcements from Manila. Three American destroyers swept in just after midnight in an attempt to destroy the convoy; the ensuing battle saw Take's sister ship Kuwa sunk by gunfire and Take driven off with moderate damage, however in return the USS Cooper was hit by torpedoes and sunk.

Take would continue performing escort duties for the remainder of the war, and was in Maizuru for the Surrender of Japan.

Immediately postwar, Take was used as a repatriation ship. In 1947, she was turned over to Great Britain and then scrapped.

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