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Originally Posted by propbeanie
The Tachibana Class was a sub-class of the "Escort Destroyer" Matsu Class, both of which are later war classes, similar in construction to the Type C and Type D Class gunboat "Escorts". Pre-welded assembly line construction done on the cheap and hurried through construction. We have no documentation of throwers on any of them. Both the C & D had only one chute in real life, but a single mortar was added aft very late. I have no idea as to the configuration of that, but I would guess it threw one to each side, but it may have been "aim-able", and able to throw only one at a time. Nothing of the sort is mentioned for any of the Matsu Class, or its sub-classes...
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Yes, they were a sub class of the Matsu class. From the wiki Tachibana's armament listed as :
1 × twin, 1 × single 127 mm (5 in) DP guns
4 × triple, 13 × single 25 mm (1 in) AA guns
1 × quadruple 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes
2 × rails, 2 × throwers for 60 depth charges
Several other sources as well. Not in depth research, everything I've read indicates had throwers.