HTMS Tachin

Damaged

Type	Sloop
Class	Maeklong
War	Second World War
Main guns	4 × 4.7″ guns

Maeklong's sister. Badly damaged by Allied bombing in 1945 and decommissioned.

The two Japanese-built sister ships seen together at an unidentified location before World War II. One of these ships was sunk in 1945. Photo: Naval History and Heritage Command, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
1 × Twin Madsen 20 mm cannon
2 × Single 40mm Type-BI Anti-Aircraft Gun
1 × Twin 40mm Type-BI Anti-Aircraft Gun
4 × 45cm torpedo tubes (2 × 2)
6 × Depth charge launchers
2 × Minelaying rails

Builder	Uraga Dock Company, Yokosuka
Launched	24 July 1936
Commissioned	26 September 1937
Displacement	1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
Length	85 m (279 ft)
Speed	17 knots (20 mph; 31 km/h)
Complement	173 (155 for training duties)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

24 July 1936

Fate

Damaged

Heavily damaged by B-24 from No. 99 Squadron RAF and No. 159 Squadron RAF air raid on 1 June 1945.