Japanese destroyer Makinami (1941)
Service
- as Makinami? — 10 February 19441,623 days of the war
- Name
- Makinami
- Pennant / hull number
- 1941
- Builder
- Maizuru Naval Arsenal
- Laid down
- 11 April 1941
- Launched
- 17 December 1941
- Struck
- 10 February 1944
- Fate
- Sunk in Battle of Cape St. George, 25 November 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,520 long tons (2,560 t)
- Length
- 119.15 m (390.9 ft)
- Beam
- 10.8 m (35.4 ft)
- Draught
- 3.75 m (12.3 ft)
- Speed
- 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h, 40.9 mph)
- Complement
- 228
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Makinami was a Yūgumo-class destroyer, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1941. Her keel was laid at Maizuru Naval Arsenal on 11 April 1941. She was launched on 17 December 1941.
19 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Kagerō-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Akizuki-class destroyer (1942).
She displaced 2,520 long tons. She measured 119.2 m (391 ft) long with a beam of 10.8 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 35.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 228.
Her main battery was six 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,623 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 February 1944.
She was sunk on 25 November 1943. 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
- Armament
- 6 × 127 mm/50 caliber DP guns
- up to 28 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
- up to 4 × 13.2 mm AA guns
- 8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes for Type 93 torpedoes
- 36 depth charges
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Akishimo
- Japanese destroyer Asashimo
- Japanese destroyer Fujinami
- Japanese destroyer Hamanami
- Japanese destroyer Hayanami
- Japanese destroyer Hayashimo
- Japanese destroyer Kazagumo
- Japanese destroyer Kishinami
- Japanese destroyer Kiyonami
- Japanese destroyer Kiyoshimo
- Japanese destroyer Makigumo (1941)
- Japanese destroyer Naganami
- Japanese destroyer Okinami
- Japanese destroyer Ōnami (1942)
- Japanese destroyer Suzunami (1943)
- Japanese destroyer Takanami (1942)
- Japanese destroyer Tamanami
- Japanese destroyer Yūgumo (1941)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Makinami (1941) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Japanese-Warship.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons