_off_Japan.jpg) Hatsuzakura bringing envoys, Tokyo Bay, 27 August 1945. The bow of USS Nicholas is in the foreground.
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| History | |
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 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Hatsuzakura |
| Namesake | Early-blooming Cherry |
| Ordered | 1943 |
| Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down | 12 April 1944 |
| Launched | 10 February 1945 |
| Completed | 28 May 1945 |
| Stricken | 15 September 1945 |
| Fate | Turned over to the Soviet Navy, 29 July 1947 |
 Soviet Union | |
| Name | Vyrazitelny (Выразительный |
| Acquired | 29 July 1947 |
| Commissioned | 29 July 1947 |
| Renamed | TsL-26, 17 June 1949 |
| Reclassified | Target ship, 17 June 1949 |
| Stricken | 11 March 1958 |
| Fate | Scrapped after 19 February 1959 |
| 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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Hatsuzakura (初櫻, "Early-blooming Cherry") 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. The ship was used to repatriate Japanese personnel after the war until 1947. Mid-year the destroyer was turned over to the Soviet Union and was commissioned that same year. She was renamed Vyrazitelny (Выразительный (Expressive)) later that year. When the ship was converted into a target ship in 1949, she was renamed TsL-26. The vessel was ordered to be scrapped a decade later.