Imperial Japanese Navy — Destroyer class
Shiratsuyu-class destroyer
Shiratsuyu class
The class in numbers
- 10 Completed
- 10 Lost
Design and service
- Type
- Destroyer
- Navy
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Built
- 1933–1937
- In commission
- 1936–1945
- Preceded by
- Hatsuharu-class destroyer
- Succeeded by
- Asashio-class destroyer
- Builders
- Uraga Dock Company (4)
- Sasebo Naval Arsenal (2)
- Maizuru Naval Arsenal (2)
- Fujinagata Shipyards (2)
Class specifications
Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.
As built
- Displacement, standard
- 1,685 long tons (1,712 t)
- Length
- 109.6 m (359.6 ft) OA
- Speed
- 34 knots (63 km/h, 39.1 mph)
- Complement
- 180
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
- Armament
- 5 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (2×2, 1×1)
- 2 × Type 93 13mm machine guns (2×1)
- 8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes (2×4)
- 16 × Type 93 torpedoes
- 16 × depth charges
Roster
| Vessel | Pennant | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese destroyer Harusame (1935) | 1935 | 1937 | Sunk 1944 |
| Japanese destroyer Kawakaze (1936) | 1936 | 1937 | Sunk 1943 |
| Japanese destroyer Murasame (1935) | 1935 | 1937 | Sunk 1943 |
| Japanese destroyer Samidare (1935) | 1935 | 1937 | Sunk 1944 |
| Japanese destroyer Shigure (1935) | 1935 | 1936 | Sunk 1945 |
| Japanese destroyer Shiratsuyu (1935) | 1935 | 1936 | Sunk 1944 |
| Japanese destroyer Suzukaze | 1937 | Sunk 1944 | |
| Japanese destroyer Umikaze (1936) | 1936 | 1937 | Sunk 1944 |
| Japanese destroyer Yamakaze (1936) | 1936 | 1937 | Sunk 1942 |
| Japanese destroyer Yūdachi (1936) | 1936 | 1937 | Sunk 1942 |
Sources
- Facts harvested from Shiratsuyu-class destroyer on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.