Kaba combines reciprocating machinery with a 30-knot hull

The Kaba class displaced roughly 600 tons standard and used three shafts, each driven by a four-cylinder, three-stage reciprocating engine. Top speed was 30 knots, with some ships later measured at 31 knots after World War I. At 15 knots, their quoted range was 1,600 nautical miles. Crews numbered 92 to 98 depending on their role, and the gun battery combined one 120 mm gun with four 3-inch guns. The 450 mm torpedo-tube count is uncertain here: the initial description gives two, while the later comparison with Isokaze implies four. These specifications provide a baseline for comparing the larger turbine-powered destroyers that followed.