Japanese destroyer Kishinami
Service
- as Kishinami? — 10 January 19451,958 days of the war
- Name
- Kishinami
- Builder
- Uraga Dock Company
- Launched
- 19 August 1943
- Struck
- 10 January 1945
- Fate
- Torpedoed and sunk, 4 December 1944
By torpedo (1944) - 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)
Kishinami was a Yūgumo-class destroyer, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was built by Uraga Dock Company. She was launched on 19 August 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 1,958 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 January 1945.
She was sunk on 4 December 1944 by torpedo, at 22°40′N 131°45′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
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Akishimo
- Japanese destroyer Asashimo
- Japanese destroyer Fujinami
- Japanese destroyer Hamanami
- Japanese destroyer Hayanami
- Japanese destroyer Hayashimo
- Japanese destroyer Kazagumo
- Japanese destroyer Kiyonami
- Japanese destroyer Kiyoshimo
- Japanese destroyer Makigumo (1941)
- Japanese destroyer Makinami (1941)
- Japanese destroyer Naganami
- Japanese destroyer Okinami
- Japanese destroyer Ōnami (1942)
- Japanese destroyer Suzunami (1943)
- Japanese destroyer Takanami (1942)
- Japanese destroyer Tamanami
- Japanese destroyer Yūgumo (1941)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Kishinami on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Imperial Japanese Navy Photograph Archive — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons