Pacific ships
IJN Michishio

IJN · DD

Sunk

Asashio-class destroyer. Sunk in Surigao Strait. Shigure, in the same column, got away.

ClassAsashio class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
FateSunk. 25 October 1944 in Surigao Strait.
Armament (class)Three twin 5-inch mounts, two funnels, and two banks of tubes.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Shizuo Fukui. Michishio.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

Battle of Badung Strait

1942-02-19 · with Sagami Maru. Badly damaged. Thirteen killed, eighty-three wounded. Not credited to one ship

Battle of Surigao Strait

1944-10-25 · sunk in the strait

Shot and shell

Taken · sunkfrom the American force in Surigao Strait
Sunk in Surigao Strait by the American destroyers and the battle line. Not credited to one ship.
Taken · damagedfrom John D. Edwards and the other American destroyers
Michishio was badly damaged. Thirteen of her men were killed and eighty-three wounded. NavWeaps credits the gunfire to John D. Edwards and the other American destroyers, not to one ship.

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