Japanese ship Kaya

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Several ships have been named Kaya(榧 / かや, "torreya nucifera"):

<i>Torreya nucifera</i> species of plant

Torreya nucifera is a slow-growing, coniferous tree native to southern Japan and to South Korea's Jeju Island. It is also called kaya (榧)Japanese torreya or Japanese nutmeg-yew.

Japanese destroyer <i>Kaya</i> (1919)

The Japanese destroyer Kaya (榧) was one of 21 Momi-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. She was decommissioned in 1939 and subsequently scrapped.

<i>Momi</i>-class destroyer ship class

The Momi-class destroyers were a class of twenty-one second-class destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. All were named for plants. Obsolete by the beginning of the Pacific War, the Momis were relegated to mostly secondary roles, with some vessels serving throughout the war as patrol vessels or high speed transports.

Imperial Japanese Navy Naval branch of the Empire of Japan

The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 until 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender in World War II. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) was formed after the dissolution of the IJN.

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