title: Japanese ship Kaede
text: # Japanese ship Kaede
  
  Several ships have been named Kaede (楓 / かえで, "maple") :
  
  * Japanese destroyer Kaede (1915), a Kaba-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I
  * Japanese destroyer Kaede (1944), a Matsu-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
  * JDS Kaede (PF-13, PF-293), a Kusu-class patrol frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, formerly USS Newport (PF-27)
  