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	1 × Type 22 search radar 1 × Type 13 early-warning radar
Armament	1 × twin, 1 × single 127 mm (5 in) DP guns 4 × triple, 13 × single 25 mm (1 in) AA guns 1 × quadruple 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes 2 × rails, 2 × throwers for 36 depth charges

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.

Bibliography

• Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter & Mickel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.
• Nevitt, Allyn D. (1998). "IJN Take: Tabular Record of Movement". www.combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
• Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
• Stille, Mark (2013). Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919–45 (2): Asahio to Tachibana Classes. Botley, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84908-987-6.
• Sturton, Ian (1980). "Japan". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
• Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.

External links

• Nevitt, Allyn D. (1998). "IJN Take: Tabular Record of Movement". Long Lancers. Combinedfleet.com.