Japanese destroyer Hatsuyuki (1928)
Service
- as Hatsuyuki30 March 1929 — 5 October 19431,495 days of the war
- Name
- Hatsuyuki
- Pennant / hull number
- 1928
- Builder
- Maizuru Naval Arsenal
- Ordered
- 1923
- Laid down
- 12 April 1927
- Launched
- 29 September 1928
- Commissioned
- 30 March 1929
- Struck
- 5 October 1943
- Fate
- Sunk in air raid, 17 July 1943 (1943)
- 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)
Hatsuyuki was a Fubuki-class destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1928. Her keel was laid at Maizuru Naval Arsenal on 12 April 1927. Launched on 29 September 1928, she entered service on 30 March 1929.
She was one of 21 ships of her class. The class followed the Mutsuki-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Hatsuharu-class destroyer.
Displacement was 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 1,495 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 5 October 1943.
She was sunk on 17 July 1943, at 6°50′S 155°47′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 Ikazuchi (1931)
- Japanese destroyer Inazuma (1932)
- Japanese destroyer Isonami (1927)
- Japanese destroyer Murakumo (1928)
- Japanese destroyer Oboro (1930)
- Japanese destroyer Sagiri
- Japanese destroyer Sazanami (1931)
- 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 Hatsuyuki (1928) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: The original uploader was Nakamura2828 at English Wikipedia . — Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons