Japanese destroyer Sazanami (1931)
Service
- as Sazanami19 May 1932 — 10 March 19441,652 days of the war
- Name
- Sazanami
- Pennant / hull number
- 1931
- Namesake
- Japanese destroyer Sazanami
- Builder
- Maizuru Naval Arsenal
- Ordered
- 1923
- Laid down
- 21 March 1930
- Launched
- 6 June 1931
- Commissioned
- 19 May 1932
- Struck
- 10 March 1944
- Fate
- Sunk, 14 January 1944 (1944)
- 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)
Sazanami was a Fubuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1931. She was named for Japanese destroyer Sazanami. Her keel was laid at Maizuru Naval Arsenal on 21 March 1930. Launched on 6 June 1931, she entered service on 19 May 1932.
She was one of 21 ships of her class. The class followed the Mutsuki-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Hatsuharu-class destroyer.
She displaced 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 was in commission for 1,652 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 March 1944.
She was sunk on 14 January 1944, at 5°15′N 141°15′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
- 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
- Japanese destroyer Akebono (1930)
- Japanese destroyer Amagiri (1930)
- Japanese destroyer Asagiri (1929)
- Japanese destroyer Ayanami (1929)
- Japanese destroyer Fubuki (1927)
- Japanese destroyer Hatsuyuki (1928)
- Japanese destroyer Ikazuchi (1931)
- Japanese destroyer Inazuma (1932)
- Japanese destroyer Isonami (1927)
- Japanese destroyer Murakumo (1928)
- Japanese destroyer Oboro (1930)
- Japanese destroyer Sagiri
- Japanese destroyer Shikinami (1929)
- Japanese destroyer Shinonome (1927)
- Japanese destroyer Shirakumo (1927)
- Japanese destroyer Shirayuki (1928)
- Japanese destroyer Uranami (1928)
- Japanese destroyer Ushio (1930)
- Japanese destroyer Usugumo (1927)
- Japanese destroyer Yūgiri (1930)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Sazanami (1931) 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. 68 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons