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Nowaki

Class	Kagero class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Builder	Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Launched	1940-09-17
Commissioned	1941-04-28
Fate	Sunk. in the aftermath of the Battle off Samar, 26 October 1944
Armament (class)	Three twin 5-inch mounts, two funnels, and two quadruple banks of tubes.
Command	Koga, Mogotaro Captain from 9 April 1941; Relieved on 10 April 1943 Araki, Masami Captain from 10 June 1943; Relieved on 3 July 1943 Kanda, Takeo Captain from 3 July 1943 Moriya, Setsuji Captain from 25 December 1943

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.

Nowaki was a Kagero-class destroyer, built at Maizuru, launched on 17 September 1940 and commissioned on 28 April 1941.

On 25 October 1944 she was in Kurita's screen off Samar. When Chikuma was disabled, Nowaki was sent to stand by her. She was not sunk in the morning fight with the escort carriers.

The next day, 26 October, American cruisers and destroyers caught her while the center force was withdrawing. They sank her. Not credited to one ship.

The pictures on this page are the originals.