Japanese destroyer Shigure (1935)
Service
- as Shigure7 September 1936 — 10 March 19452,017 days of the war
- Name
- Shigure
- Pennant / hull number
- 1935
- Builder
- Uraga Dock Company
- Ordered
- 1931
- Laid down
- 9 December 1933
- Launched
- 18 May 1935
- Commissioned
- 7 September 1936
- Struck
- 10 March 1945
- Fate
- Torpedoed and sunk, 24 January 1945
By torpedo (1945) - 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)
Shigure was a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1935. Her keel was laid at Uraga Dock Company on 9 December 1933. She entered service on 7 September 1936, having been launched on 18 May 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 2,017 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 March 1945.
She was sunk on 24 January 1945 by torpedo, at 6°00′N 103°48′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 × 13.2 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 Samidare (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 Shigure (1935) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — 写真日本の軍艦第11巻p40 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons