Japanese destroyer Murakumo (1928)
Service
- as Murakumo10 May 1929 — 15 November 19421,171 days of the war
- Name
- Murakumo
- Pennant / hull number
- 1928
- Namesake
- Japanese destroyer Murakumo
- Builder
- Fujinagata Shipyards
- Ordered
- 1923
- Laid down
- 25 April 1927
- Launched
- 27 September 1928
- Commissioned
- 10 May 1929
- Struck
- 15 November 1942
- Fate
- Sunk in action, 12 October 1942 (1942)
- 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)
Murakumo was a Fubuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1928. The ship was named after Japanese destroyer Murakumo. Her keel was laid at Fujinagata Shipyards on 25 April 1927. Launched on 27 September 1928, she entered service on 10 May 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.
She displaced 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 1,171 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 15 November 1942.
She was sunk on 12 October 1942, at 8°40′S 159°20′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 Ikazuchi (1931)
- Japanese destroyer Inazuma (1932)
- Japanese destroyer Isonami (1927)
- 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 Murakumo (1928) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: United States Navy — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons