Japanese destroyer Kasumi (1937)
Service
- as Kasumi28 June 1939 — 10 May 19452,078 days of the war
- Name
- Kasumi
- Pennant / hull number
- 1937
- Builder
- Uraga Dock Company
- Ordered
- 1934
- Laid down
- 1 December 1936
- Launched
- 18 November 1937
- Commissioned
- 28 June 1939
- Struck
- 10 May 1945
- Fate
- Sunk, 7 April 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,370 long tons (2,408 t)
- Length
- 118.3 m (388.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.3 m (33.8 ft)
- Draught
- 3.7 m (12.1 ft)
- Speed
- 34.9 knots (64.5 km/h, 40.1 mph)
- Range
- 5,700 nmi (10,556 km)
- Complement
- 230
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Kasumi was a Asashio-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1937. Her keel was laid at Uraga Dock Company on 1 December 1936. She entered service on 28 June 1939, having been launched on 18 November 1937.
Her class ran to ten ships. The class followed the Shiratsuyu-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Kagerō-class destroyer.
She displaced 2,370 long tons. She measured 118.3 m (388 ft) long with a beam of 10.3 m (34 ft). Her designed speed was 34.9 knots, and she carried a complement of 230.
Her main battery was six 127 mm (5 in) guns. Her machinery developed 51,000 shp.
She was in commission for 2,078 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 May 1945.
She was sunk on 7 April 1945, at 52°00′N 177°40′E. 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
- 2-shaft geared turbine, 3 boilers
- Power
- 51000 shp
- Armament
- 6 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 DP guns
- up to 28 × Type 96 AA guns
- up to 4 × Type 93 AA guns
- 8 × 24 in torpedo tubes
- 36 depth charges
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Kasumi (1937) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Imperial Japanese Navy Photograph Archive — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons