Take (竹, "Bamboo") was one of 18 Matsu-class escort destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) near the end of World War II.

Remaining in home waters for the rest of the war, she was modified to deliver Kaiten manned torpedoes in early 1945.

Designed for ease of production, the Matsu class was smaller, slower and more lightly armed than previous destroyers as the IJN intended them for second-line duties like escorting convoys, releasing the larger ships for missions with the fleet.

At that time, the ship was conducting an unsuccessful search for survivors of the sunken light cruiser Natori near Palau.

During the voyage, Take helped the destroyer Harukaze sink the submarine USS Shark on 24 October and rescued 347 survivors from the torpedoed merchantman Airsan Maru.

[9] Convoys TA-3 and TA-4 were tasked to transport the 26th Division to Ormoc Bay to reinforce Japanese forces on the island of Leyte, Philippines, after the recent American amphibious landing there.

TA-4 was attacked by American carrier aircraft after it had unloaded most of its troops earlier on 10 November and had lost several ships sunk and others damaged.

[10] The carriers of Task Force 38 conducted airstrikes on ships in Manila Harbor beginning on 13 November, but Take was not damaged.

The resulting flooding forced the abandonment of the engine room and the ship escorted her convoy back to Manila using only a single propeller.

[9][12][13] Take began repairs after her arrival at Manila on 4 December, but her engine damage was beyond the capabilities of the facilities in the Philippines.

Forced to return to Japan, the ship escorted a convoy back home via Taiwan and arrived at Sasebo Naval Arsenal on 15 December.

Take was modified on 20 April with a sloping ramp that overhung her stern to operate a Kaiten manned torpedo.

[9][14] The destroyer was turned over to Allied forces at Maizuru at the time of the surrender of Japan on 2 September and was stricken from the navy list on 5 October.