Kashiwa (柏, "Oak Tree") was one of 10 Kaba-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I.

[2] The engines produced a total of 9,500 indicated horsepower (7,100 kW) that gave the ships a maximum speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph).

[4] The main armament of the Kaba-class ships consisted of a single quick-firing (QF) 12-centimetre (4.7 in) gun located on the bow.

[4] Kashiwa was laid down at Mitsubishi's shipyard in Nagasaki on 3 November 1914,[3] launched on 14 February 1915 and completed on 4 April.

[1] During World War I the ship patrolled the area around Singapore[2] and later served as a convoy escort in the Mediterranean Sea.