Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Imperial Japanese Navy — Destroyer 1932

Japanese destroyer Hibiki (1932)

Akatsuki-class destroyer (1931) destroyer

Japanese destroyer Hibiki (1932)
Shizuo Fukui — Kure Maritime Museum, Japanese Naval Warship Photo Album: Destroyers , edited by Kazushige Todaka, p. 71 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — 1932 Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Hibiki as seen from Atago , the second Japanese warship to bear that name. (Image has been digitally retouched and repaired.

Service

  1. Imperial Japanese Navy as Hibiki31 March 1933 — 5 October 19452,193 days of the war
  2. Soviet Navy as Verniy (Верный)5 April 1947 — 20 February 1953
Akatsuki-class destroyer (1931) destroyer Particulars
Name
Hibiki
Pennant / hull number
1932
Namesake
"Echo"
Builder
Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Ordered
1923
Laid down
21 February 1930
Launched
16 June 1932
Commissioned
31 March 1933
Struck
5 October 1945
Fate
Sunk as target mid-1970s
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,750 long tons (1,778 t)
Length
118.41 m (388.5 ft) OA
Beam
10.4 m (34.1 ft)
Draught
3.2 m (10.5 ft)
Speed
38 knots (70.4 km/h, 43.7 mph)
Range
5,000 nmi (9,260 km)
Complement
219
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

Hibiki was a Akatsuki-class destroyer (1931) destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1932. She was named for "Echo". Maizuru Naval Arsenal laid her keel on 21 February 1930. She entered service on 31 March 1933, having been launched on 16 June 1932.

She was one of two ships of her class. The class followed the Fubuki-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Hatsuharu-class destroyer.

Displacement was 1,750 long tons. She measured 118.4 m (388 ft) long with a beam of 10.4 m (34 ft). Her designed speed was 38 knots, and she carried a complement of 219. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.

She served with the Imperial Japanese Navy as Hibiki until 5 October 1945. She then passed to the Soviet Navy, serving as Verniy (Верный) from 5 April 1947. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 5 October 1945.

She was expended as a target. The wreck survives.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 4 × Kampon type boilers
  • 2 × Kampon Type Ro geared turbines
  • 2 × shafts at 50000 ihp
Armament
  • 6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3×2)
  • up to 22 × Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns
  • up to 10 × 13 mm AA guns
  • 9 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes
  • 36 × depth charges

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Hibiki (1932) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Shizuo Fukui — Kure Maritime Museum, Japanese Naval Warship Photo Album: Destroyers , edited by Kazushige Todaka, p. 71 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons