Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Imperial Japanese Navy — Destroyer 1942

Japanese destroyer Ōnami (1942)

Yūgumo-class destroyer

Displacement
2,077 long tons (2,110 t)
Length
119.15 m (390.9 ft)
Beam
10.8 m (35.4 ft)
Speed
35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
Complement
228
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

Service

  1. Imperial Japanese Navy as Ōnami20 January 1943 — 10 February 1944386 days of the war
Yūgumo-class destroyer Particulars
Name
Ōnami
Pennant / hull number
1942
Builder
Fujinagata Shipbuilding Yard
Laid down
15 November 1941
Launched
31 August 1942
Commissioned
20 January 1943
Struck
10 February 1944
Fate
Sunk in action, 25 November 1943 (1943)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard
2,077 long tons (2,110 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)

Ōnami was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1942. Her keel was laid at Fujinagata Shipbuilding Yard on 15 November 1941. Launched on 31 August 1942, she entered service on 20 January 1943.

Her class ran to 19 ships. The class followed the Kagerō-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Akizuki-class destroyer (1942).

She displaced 2,077 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 386 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 February 1944.

She was sunk on 25 November 1943, at 5°15′S 153°49′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
  • 8 × Type 96 Type 96 25 mm AA guns
  • 2 × Type 92 (IV) 610 mm torpedo tubes
  • 16 × Type 93 torpedoes
  • 18 depth charges

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