Japanese destroyer Shinonome (1927)
Service
- as Shinonome25 July 1928 — 15 January 1942867 days of the war
- Name
- Shinonome
- Pennant / hull number
- 1927
- Namesake
- Daybreak
- Builder
- Sasebo Naval Arsenal
- Ordered
- 1923
- Laid down
- 12 August 1926
- Launched
- 26 November 1927
- Commissioned
- 25 July 1928
- Struck
- 15 January 1942
- Fate
- Sunk on 17 December 1941, bombed by Dutch Aircraft
By aircraft (1941) - 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)
Shinonome was a Fubuki-class destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1927. The ship was named after Daybreak. Her keel was laid at Sasebo Naval Arsenal on 12 August 1926. Launched on 26 November 1927, she entered service on 25 July 1928.
Her class ran to 21 ships. 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 867 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 15 January 1942.
She was sunk on 17 December 1941 by aircraft, at 4°24′N 114°00′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 Murakumo (1928)
- Japanese destroyer Oboro (1930)
- Japanese destroyer Sagiri
- Japanese destroyer Sazanami (1931)
- Japanese destroyer Shikinami (1929)
- 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 Shinonome (1927) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Shizuo Fukui — Kure Maritime Museum, Japanese Naval Warship Photo Album: Destroyers , edited by Kazushige Todaka, p.51 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons