IJN · DD
SunkShiratsuyu-class destroyer (1936). She ran Tokyo Express missions in 1942, was with Kondo's force at Santa Cruz and in the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, and was sunk by USS Guardfish off Truk on 1 February 1944. Not the Umikaze of 1911.
| Class | Shiratsuyu class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Launched | 1936-11-27 |
| Commissioned | 1937-05-31 |
| Fate | Sunk. Torpedoed by Guardfish on 1 February 1944 off the southern entrance of Truk, escorting a convoy from Saipan. She sank slowly, so 215 survivors escaped, and 50 of her crew were lost. |
| Armament (class) | Two twin mounts and one single mount, with two funnels. |
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.
Umikaze training her 5-inch guns on sea trials shortly before commissioning, May 1937. Imperial Japanese Navy photograph, from the Imperial Japanese Navy Photograph Archive, as credited on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons File:Umikaze-top.jpg. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Battle of Midway
1942-06-04 · with the Aleutians Guard Force; not sunk
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
1942-10-26 · with Kondo's force on 26 October 1942; not sunk
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, night action
1942-11-13 · present in the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12 and 13 November 1942; not sunk
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