She definitely looks like one of those shipgirl’s who thinks she’s hot stuff.
The difference between Zeco’s take on DE’s and Watanabe’s take on them is interesting. The Matsu’s weren’t that much bigger than the John C. Butlers... I wanna see her fight Sammy B.
If Wikipedia is any indication, the Brits just turned around and sold her to the scrapper.
I guess Taiwan was the only country that wanted any Japanese ships post-war.
Well at the time when your a newly independent country and had a certain large neighbor that is a big threat to security. Gonna get any ships out there.
If Wikipedia is any indication, the Brits just turned around and sold her to the scrapper.
I guess Taiwan was the only country that wanted any Japanese ships post-war.
I mean, Russia kept their ex-Japanese destroyers for at least a while.
It's worth noting that the Matsu-class was a deliberately underpowered budget design that was meant to shore up numbers when Japan literally could not afford to keep up production of the larger Kagerou and Akizuki class ships. The Minekaze class from 1920 is arguably a stronger ship than they were.
