fleet.wikisort.org - ShipShimotsuki (霜月) was an Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "November".
Akizuki-class destroyer
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History |
Empire of Japan |
Name | Shimotsuki |
Builder | Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard |
Laid down | 6 July 1942 |
Launched | 7 April 1943 |
Completed | 31 March 1944 |
Commissioned | 31 March 1944, 11th Destroyer Squadron |
Stricken | 10 January 1945 |
Fate | Sunk by USS Cavalla, 25 November 1944 |
General characteristics |
Class and type | Akizuki-class destroyer |
Displacement |
- 2,700 long tons (2,743 t) standard
- 3,700 long tons (3,759 t) full load
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Length | 134.2 m (440 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 11.6 m (38 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion |
- 4 × Kampon type boilers
- 2 × Kampon type geared turbines
- 2 × shafts, 50,000 shp (37 MW)
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Speed | 33 knots (38 mph; 61 km/h) |
Range | 8,300 nmi (15,400 km) at 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
Complement | 263 |
Armament |
- March 1944 :
- 8 × 100 mm (4 in)/65 cal Type 98 DP guns
- 25 × Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns (3×5 + 1×10)
- 4 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes
- 8 × Type 93 torpedoes
- 56 × Type 95 depth charges
- July 1944 :
- 8 × 100 mm (4 in)/65 cal DP guns
- 35 × 25 mm AA guns (3×7 + 1×14)
- 4 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes
- 8 × Type 93 torpedoes
- 56 × Type 95 depth charges
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Design and description
The Akizuki-class ships were originally designed as anti-aircraft escorts for carrier battle groups, but were modified with torpedo tubes and depth charges to meet the need for a more general-purpose destroyer. Her crew numbered 300 officers and enlisted men. The ships measured 134.2 meters (440 ft 3 in) overall, with a beam of 11.6 meters (38 ft 1 in) and a draft of 4.15 meters (13 ft 7 in).[1] They displaced 2,744 metric tons (2,701 long tons) at standard load and 3,759 metric tons (3,700 long tons) at deep load.[2]
The ships had two Kampon geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by three Kampon water-tube boilers. The turbines were rated at a total of 52,000 shaft horsepower (39,000 kW) for a designed speed of 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph). The ships carried up to 1,097 long tons (1,115 t) of fuel oil which gave them a range of 8,300 nautical miles (15,400 km; 9,600 mi) at a speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph).[3]
The main armament of the Akizuki class consisted of eight Type 98 100-millimeter (3.9 in) dual purpose guns in four twin-gun turrets, two superfiring pairs fore and aft of the superstructure. They carried four Type 96 25-millimeter (1 in) anti-aircraft guns in two twin-gun mounts. The ships were also armed with four 610-millimeter (24 in) torpedo tubes in a single quadruple traversing mount; one reload was carried for each tube. Their anti-submarine weapons comprised six depth charge throwers for which 72 depth charges were carried.[4]
Construction and career
On 25 November 1944, Shimotsuki was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Cavalla 220 miles (350 km) east-northeast of Singapore (2°21′N 107°20′E) with heavy loss of life.
Notes
- Chesneau, p. 195
- Whitley, p. 204
- Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 150
- Whitley, pp. 204–05
References
- Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter & Mickel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
External links
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Akizuki class | |
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Fuyutsuki subclass | |
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Mitchitsuki subclass |
- Michitsuki
- Hanazuki
- Kiyotsuki
- Ōtsuki
- Hazuki
- Yamazuki
- Urazuki
- Aogumo
- Benigumo
- Harugumo
- Amagumo
- Yaegumo
- Fuyugumo
- Yukigumo
- Okitsukaze
- Shimokaze
- Asagochi
- Ōkaze
- Kochi
- Nishikaze
- Hae
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- List of destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy
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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in November 1944 |
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Shipwrecks |
- 1 Nov: USS Abner Read, TA20, HMS Whitaker
- 2 Nov: Fort Lee
- 3 Nov: Akikaze
- 5 Nov: Kiebitz, Nachi, PB-107
- 7 Nov: USS Albacore, HM LST-420
- 8 Nov: USS Growler
- 9 Nov: U-537
- 10 Nov: Gokoku Maru, USS Mount Hood
- 11 Nov: Hamanami, Naganami, USS Scamp, Shimakaze, U-771, U-1200, Wakatsuki
- 12 Nov: HMAS Marlean, Tirpitz
- 13 Nov: Akebono, Akishimo, Hatsuharu, Hatsu Maru, I-12, I-38, Kiso, Okinami
- 17 Nov: USS LST-6, Mayasan Maru, NKI 01, Shin'yō (ex-Scharnhorst)
- 18 Nov: I-41, Seisho Maru
- 20 Nov: USS Mississinewa, HMAS ML 827
- 21 Nov: Kongō, Urakaze
- 22 Nov: Hokkai Maru, HMS Stratagem
- 24 Nov: Hansa
- 25 Nov: Kumano, HMCS Shawinigan, Shimotsuki, Sumida, U-482, Yasoshima
- 27 Nov: Rigel
- 28 Nov: U-80, PB-105, Yu 2
- 29 Nov: Fushimi, I-365, Shinano
- Unknown date: Mogador, U-479, U-1020
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Other incidents |
- 10 Nov: USS Abarenda, USS Alhena, USS Argonne, USS Aries, USS Cacapon, USS Cebu, HMS Hydra, USS Kyne, USS Lyman, USS Mindanao, USS Oberrender, USS Petrof Bay, USS Piedmont, USS Potawatomi, USS Preserver, USS Saginaw Bay, USS Talbot, USS Walter C. Wann, USS YMS-238, USS Young
- 13 Nov: U-1052
- 17 Nov: HMAS ML 827, Seisho Maru
- 23 Nov: Gus W. Darnell
- 30 Nov: HMS Duff
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1943  1944  1945 October 1944  December 1944 |
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