Japanese destroyer Hinoki (1944)
Service
- as Hinoki? — 10 April 19452,048 days of the war
- Name
- Hinoki
- Pennant / hull number
- 1944
- Namesake
- Japanese cypress
- Builder
- Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
- Laid down
- 4 March 1944
- Launched
- 4 July 1944
- Struck
- 10 April 1945
- Fate
- Sunk by gunfire, 7 January 1945
By surface_action (1945) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,262 long tons (1,282 t)
- Length
- 100 m (328.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.35 m (30.7 ft)
- Draught
- 3.3 m (10.8 ft)
- Speed
- 27.8 knots (51.5 km/h, 32 mph)
- Range
- 4,680 nmi (8,667 km)
- Complement
- 210
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Hinoki was a Matsu-class destroyer escort destroyer, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1944. She was named for Japanese cypress. Her keel was laid at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on 4 March 1944. She was launched on 4 July 1944.
18 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Ōtori-class torpedo boat.
She displaced 1,262 long tons. She measured 100 m (328 ft) long with a beam of 9.3 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 27.8 knots, and she carried a complement of 210.
Her main battery was one 127 mm (5 in) guns. 19,000 shp drove two shafts.
She was in commission for 2,048 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 April 1945.
She was sunk on 7 January 1945 by surface_action, at 14°30′N 119°30′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
- 2 shafts, 2 × geared steam turbines
- Power
- 2 × water-tube boilers
- 19000 shp
- Armament
- 1 × twin, 1 × single 127 mm DP guns
- 4 × triple, 13 × single 25 mm AA guns
- 1 × quadruple 610 mm torpedo tubes
- 2 × rails, 2 × throwers for 36 depth charges
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Kaede (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Kashi (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Kaya (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Keyaki (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Kiri (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Kuwa (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Maki (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Matsu (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Momi (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Momo (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Nara (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Sakura (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Sugi (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Take (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Tsubaki (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Ume (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Yanagi (1944)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Hinoki (1944) 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. 130 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons