Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Imperial Japanese Navy — Destroyer 1943

Japanese destroyer Suzunami (1943)

Yūgumo-class destroyer

Displacement
2,520 long tons (2,560 t)
Length
119.15 m (390.9 ft)
Beam
10.8 m (35.4 ft)
Speed
35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
Complement
228
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

Service

  1. Imperial Japanese Navy as Suzunami? — 5 January 19441,587 days of the war
Yūgumo-class destroyer Particulars
Name
Suzunami
Pennant / hull number
1943
Builder
Uraga Dock Company
Laid down
27 March 1942
Launched
12 March 1943
Struck
5 January 1944
Fate
Sunk, 11 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 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
Complement
228
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

Suzunami was a Yūgumo-class destroyer in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1943. Her keel was laid at Uraga Dock Company on 27 March 1942. She was launched on 12 March 1943.

She was one of 19 ships of her class. The class followed the Kagerō-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Akizuki-class destroyer (1942).

Displacement was 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 knots, and she carried a complement of 228.

Her main battery was six 127 mm (5 in) guns.

She was in commission for 1,587 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 5 January 1944.

She was sunk on 11 November 1943, at 4°13′S 152°11′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
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

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