Japanese destroyer Ikazuchi (1931)
Service
- as Ikazuchi15 August 1932 — 10 June 19441,744 days of the war
- Name
- Ikazuchi
- Pennant / hull number
- 1931
- Namesake
- "Thunder"
- Builder
- Uraga Dock Company
- Ordered
- 1923
- Laid down
- 7 March 1930
- Launched
- 22 October 1931
- Commissioned
- 15 August 1932
- Struck
- 10 June 1944
- Fate
- Sunk, 13 April 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)
Ikazuchi was a Fubuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1931. She was named for "Thunder". Uraga Dock Company laid her keel on 7 March 1930. Launched on 22 October 1931, she entered service on 15 August 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.
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 1,744 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 June 1944.
She was sunk on 13 April 1944, at 10°13′N 143°51′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 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 Ikazuchi (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. 72 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons