Japanese destroyer Samidare (1935)
Service
- as Samidare19 January 1937 — 10 October 19441,866 days of the war
- Name
- Samidare
- Pennant / hull number
- 1935
- Builder
- Uraga Dock Company
- Ordered
- 1931
- Laid down
- 19 December 1934
- Launched
- 6 July 1935
- Commissioned
- 19 January 1937
- Struck
- 10 October 1944
- Fate
- Torpedoed and sunk by USS Batfish, 26 August 1944
By torpedo (1944) - 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)
Samidare was a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1935. Her keel was laid at Uraga Dock Company on 19 December 1934. She entered service on 19 January 1937, having been launched on 6 July 1935.
Ten ships of the class were built. The class followed the Hatsuharu-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Asashio-class destroyer.
Displacement was 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 1,866 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 October 1944.
She was sunk on 26 August 1944 by torpedo, at 8°10′N 134°38′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 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 Murasame (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 Samidare (1935) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: National Museum of the U.S. Navy — Lot-2406-86 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons