Product Description
DE-261 [Wakaba] is the only destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force that operates a former Imperial Japanese Navy vessel.
Its predecessor, the Tachibana-class destroyer Nashi, was sunk in the Seto Inland Sea in July 1945 by an attack from American carrier-based aircraft.
After the war, it was salvaged in 1954, and restoration work was completed in May 1956.
It was recommissioned as a patrol vessel for the newly established Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Initially operated as an unarmed training ship, it was later refitted with twin 76mm guns and Hedgehog anti-submarine projectile launchers.
In 1960, it was equipped with the SPS-8B high-angle measuring radar, which became the only such equipment on a destroyer, and it served as an experimental ship in the Practical Experimentation Squadron (now the Development Squadron) until it was decommissioned in 1971.
1/700 scale plastic model
- Available as a waterline model or a full-hull model.
- It is possible to build the ship in one of the following configurations: the first refit in 1956 (some modifications required), the fifth refit in 1963, or the configuration in 1967 after the removal of the high-angle measuring radar.
- Includes hull parts for a Tachibana-class destroyer with added sonar.
• Overall length: Approximately 142mm
・1 ship included
Includes color etched parts for the flag and flagpole, and a ship name plate (10mm x 40mm). The flag can be bent by hand to recreate the effect of it fluttering in the wind.
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Product Specifications
- Item code
- SPJ04NH
- JAN code
- 4986470078182
Purchase Information
* This product has a cancellation deadline. Once the deadline has passed, cancellations are not accepted.
This item is limited to 3 per household.