Japanese destroyer Murasame (1935)
Service
- as Murasame7 January 1937 — 1 April 19431,308 days of the war
- Name
- Murasame
- Pennant / hull number
- 1935
- Builder
- Fujinagata Shipyards
- Ordered
- 1931
- Laid down
- 1 February 1934
- Launched
- 20 June 1935
- Commissioned
- 7 January 1937
- Struck
- 1 April 1943
- Fate
- Sunk by American cruisers, 5 March 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,685 long tons (1,712 t)
- Length
- 107.5 m (352.7 ft) WL
- Beam
- 9.9 m (32.5 ft)
- Draught
- 3.5 m (11.5 ft)
- Speed
- 34 knots (63 km/h, 39.1 mph)
- Range
- 4,000 nmi (7,408 km)
- Complement
- 226
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Murasame was a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1935. Fujinagata Shipyards laid her keel on 1 February 1934. Launched on 20 June 1935, she entered service on 7 January 1937.
Her class ran to ten ships. The class followed the Hatsuharu-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Asashio-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,685 long tons. She measured 107.5 m (353 ft) long with a beam of 9.9 m (32 ft). Her designed speed was 34 knots, and she carried a complement of 226.
Her main battery was five 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,308 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 1 April 1943.
She was sunk on 5 March 1943. 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 Kampon geared turbines
- 3 boilers, 42000 hp
- Armament
- 5 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval guns (2×2, 1×1)
- 2 × Type 93 13 mm AA guns
- 8 × 24 in torpedo tubes
- 16 × Depth charges
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Harusame (1935)
- Japanese destroyer Kawakaze (1936)
- Japanese destroyer Samidare (1935)
- Japanese destroyer Shigure (1935)
- Japanese destroyer Shiratsuyu (1935)
- Japanese destroyer Suzukaze
- Japanese destroyer Umikaze (1936)
- Japanese destroyer Yamakaze (1936)
- Japanese destroyer Yūdachi (1936)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Murasame (1935) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — 日本海軍全艦艇史p557 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons