[i][[Kantai Collection]][/i] character [[personification|personifying]] the third of the [i]Matsu[/i]-class destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "plum," although it specifically refers to the Japanese apricot. Like the other [i]Matsu[/i]-class girls already in the game, her illustrator is [[Watanabe Akio]]. 

True to her namesake fruit, Ume has a [[short_hair|short]] [[pink hair|pink]] [[bob cut]] with [[streaked_hair|streaks]] of [[green_hair|green]] on the underside tied into a [[ponytail]] with a [[ahoge|cowlick]] sticking out on top and another protruding to the side. She also has [[red eyes]] over which she wears large [[pink-framed_eyewear|pink-framed]] [[glasses]]. She also has a [[large_breasts|large bosom]]. Like nameship siser [[Matsu_(kancolle)|]], she wears a [[serafuku]] composed of a khaki [[sailor shirt]] with a [[grey_sailor_collar|gray]] [[sailor collar]], a black [[corset]], a [[grey_skirt|gray]] [[pleated skirt]], and [[black footwear|black]] [[boots]]. She however differs from Matsu by having [[long_sleeves|long]] [[juliet sleeves]], the corset being held by two large buttons, a large [[red_bow|red]] patterned [[bowtie]] at the front, no gloves, and no visible legwear. Her [[machinery]] consists of a handheld [[adapted turret]], a [[torpedo launcher]] beside her right leg, as well as a smokestack and several other items behind her back.

h4. History
The historical destroyer was launched on April 25, 1944 and completed on June 28, 1944 but had a relatively short unremarkable career, having been sunk by US aircraft 20 miles south of Taiwan on January 31, 1945.

h4. Matsu-class destroyers
* [[Matsu (Kancolle)]] (松)
* [[Take (Kancolle)]] (竹)
* [b]Ume[/b] (梅)
* [[Momo (Kancolle)]] (桃)
梅 梅(艦隊これくしょん) 梅(艦これ)