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Japanese destroyer Nara (1944)
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Japanese_destroyer_Nara_1947.jpg) Nara in Moji, 1947
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| History | |
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 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Nara |
| Namesake | Oak |
| Builder | Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka |
| Laid down | 10 June 1944 |
| Launched | 12 October 1944 |
| Completed | 26 November 1944 |
| Stricken | 30 November 1945 |
| Fate | Scrapped, July 1948 |
| 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 | |
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Nara (楢, "Oak") was one of 18 Matsu-class escort destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Completed in November 1944, the ship was badly damaged when she struck a naval mine in June 1945. She was not repaired before the end of the war and was scrapped in 1948.
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