The most well known of the Tachibana's and only one to "emerge" after the war in a fashion was IJN Nashi.
Information gathered from World of Warships official forum
Nashi was the 10th Tachibana class destroyer, a further simplification of the Matsu class destroyers. She had a brief and not particularly interesting service in the IJN but she's noteworthy for being the only ship that served in both the Imperial Navy and the post-war Self Defence Forces. Upon completion (Tachibana class ships were modularly built) at Kobe by Kawasaki Heavy Industries she was commissioned and assigned to Desron 11, Combined Fleet, for training on 15 March 1945 and later in May 1945 she was re-assigned to Desdiv 52, Escort Squadron 31, Combined Fleet. On 22 June she escaped undamaged an attack by B-29s on Kure harbour. In July 1945 she was refitted as a Kaiten carrier and completed joint training with Kaiten crews in Inland Sea, but on the 28th of the same month she was sunk near Kure by TF 38 aircrafts; most of the crew, including her captain Lieutenant Commander Takada Toshi, survived the sinking, in total there were 17 killed, 21 injured.
Ship history
Builder: Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kobe
Operators: Imperial Japanese Navy
Plan: Modified 5th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme
Laid down: 1 September 1944
Launched: 17 January 1945
Completed: 15 March 1945
Commissioned: 15 March 1945
Fate: sunk, 28 July 19
Struck: 15 September 1945
General characteristics
Ship type: 1st class destroyer
Ship class: Tachibana class (modified Type-D) destroyer (project F55B)
Displacement: 1,350 t standard load, 1,580 t during trials
Total length: 100,0 m
Beam: 9.35m
Draft: 3.40m
Propulsion: 2 × Kampon Type 3 mod C turbines, 19,000 PS (14,000 kW); 2 × Kampon Type 3 mod B2 boiler
Maximum speed: 27.8 knots
Fuel: 370 t
Range 3,500 nautical miles at 18 nodes
Complement: 211
Armament: 1 × 2, 1 × 1 - 127 mm L/40 Type 89 dual purpose guns; 4 × 3, 12 × 1 - 25 mm AA guns; 4 × 610 mm Type 92 torpedo tubes; 4 × Type 93 torpedoes; 36 × Type 2 depth charges, 1 × manned torpedo Kaiten Type 1
IJN Nashi being refloated on 21 September 1954
She spent 9 years on the bottom of the sea, until the foundation of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force led to the decision of refloating her on 21 September 1954, during the following two years she was repaired at Kure and she was recomissioned as JDS Wakaba on 31 May 1956. She was refitted with (American supplied) radar equipments in 1958 and served as radar trial ship, sonar equipment was added in 1960. Wakaba was finally struck for the last time from the navy list on 31 March 1971 and scrapped during the following two years.
Ship history
Builder: Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kobe; Kure Naval Arsenal (repair works)
Operators: Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force
Launched: 1954 September 21 (refloatation)
Completed: 10 September 1955 (beginning of restoration)
Commissioned: 31 May 1956
Struck: 31 March 1971
Fate: Scrapped, 1972–73
General characteristics
Ship type: destroyer escort
Ship class: Wakaba class destroyer escort
Displacement: 1,250 t standard load, 1,560 t full load
Total length: 100,0 m
Beam: 9.35m
Draft: 3.28m
Propulsion: 2 × Kampon Type 3 mod C turbines, 15,000 PS (11,000 kW); 2 × Kampon Type 3 mod B2 boiler
Maximum speed: 25.5 knots
Fuel: 395 t
Range: 4,680 nautical miles at 16 knots
Complement: 175
Armament: 2 × Type 68/Mk.33 3"(76.2 mm)/50 caliber guns; 1 × Type 54/Mk.10 Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 4 × Type 54/Mk.6 K-Guns; 2 × Type 54 Depth charge rack; 1 × Type 65 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tube twin mounting (5 torpedoes)
C Quadruple I system: Mk.63 GFCS
Radar: AN/SPS-12 L Band AS; Mk34 Fire Control; US SO; AN/SPS-5B C Band SS; AN/SPS-8B S Band Heightfinder (added 1960)
Sonar: (All added in 1960) AN/SQS-11A; AN/SQR-4/SQA-4