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Okinami

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ClassYugumo class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
BuilderMaizuru Naval Arsenal
Launched1943-07-18
Commissioned1943-12-10
FateSunk. Air attack W of Manila, 13 November 1944
Armament (class)Repeat of the Kagero. Three twin 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.

Okinami
Corrispondente di guerra o militare statunitense sconosciuto. Destroyer Okinami settled in shallow waters in Manila Bay, February 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Okinami was a Yugumo-class destroyer, built at Maizuru, launched on 18 July 1943 and commissioned on 10 December 1943.

On 25 October 1944 she was in Kurita's screen off Samar. She came through that morning.

On 13 November 1944 American aircraft sank her west of Manila. Not credited to one plane.

The pictures on this page are the originals.