Japanese destroyer Karukaya
Service
- as Karukaya20 August 1923 — 10 May 19441,713 days of the war
- Name
- Karukaya
- Builder
- Fujinagata Shipyard, Osaka
- Laid down
- 16 May 1922
- Launched
- 19 March 1923
- Commissioned
- 20 August 1923
- Fate
- Torpedoed and sunk, 10 May 1944
By torpedo (1944) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 900 long tons (914 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,100 long tons (1,118 t)
- Length
- 85.3 m (279.9 ft) OA
- Beam
- 7.9 m (25.9 ft)
- Draught
- 2.5 m (8.2 ft)
- Speed
- 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h, 40.9 mph)
- Range
- 3,000 nmi (5,556 km)
- Complement
- 110
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Karukaya was a Wakatake-class destroyer in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. Fujinagata Shipyard, Osaka laid her keel on 16 May 1922. Launched on 19 March 1923, she entered service on 20 August 1923.
She was the only ship of her class. The class followed the Minekaze-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Kamikaze-class destroyer (1922).
She displaced 900 long tons standard and 1,100 long tons at full load. She measured 85.3 m (280 ft) long with a beam of 7.9 m (26 ft). Her designed speed was 35.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 110. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 1,713 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 10 May 1944 by torpedo, at 15°47′N 119°32′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-shaft Parsons geared steam turbines, 3 boilers, 21500 shp
- Armament
- 3 × Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval guns
- 2 × 7.7 mm machine guns
- 4 × 53cm torpedoes
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Karukaya on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: United States military — 『日本駆逐艦史』世界の艦船1月号増刊、海人社、2012年12月、p.73 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons