 Sister ship Nire in January or February 1945
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| History | |
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 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Shii |
| Namesake | Castanopsis |
| Ordered | 1944 |
| Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down | 18 September 1944 |
| Launched | 13 January 1945 |
| Completed | 13 March 1945 |
| Stricken | 5 October 1945 |
| Fate | Turned over to the Soviet Navy, 5 July 1947 |
 Soviet Union | |
| Name | Shii |
| Acquired | 5 July 1947 |
| Commissioned | 7 July 1947 |
| Renamed |
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| Reclassified | Target ship, 17 June 1949 |
| Stricken | 18 November 1959 |
| Fate | Scrapped after 8 August 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Tachibana sub-class of the Matsu-class escort destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,309 t (1,288 long tons) (standard) |
| Length | 100 m (328 ft 1 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 9.35 m (30 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 3.37 m (11 ft 1 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) |
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Shii (椎, "Castanopsis") was one of 23 escort destroyers of the Tachibana sub-class of the Matsu class built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the final stages of World War II. Completed in March 1945, she struck a mine in June, but was only lightly damaged. The ship was used to repatriate Japanese personnel after the war until 1947. Mid-year the destroyer was turned over to the Soviet Union, renamed Volny and was commissioned that same year. She was renamed TsL-24 and converted into a target ship two years later; the ship was ordered to be scrapped in 1960.
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