Japanese destroyer Sugi (1944)
Service
- as Sugi? — 31 July 19472,193 days of the war
- as ROCS Hui Yang31 July 1947 — 11 November 1954
- Name
- Sugi
- Pennant / hull number
- 1944
- Namesake
- Cedar
- Builder
- Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka
- Laid down
- 25 February 1944
- Launched
- 3 July 1944
- Struck
- 11 November 1954
- Fate
- Scrapped, after 11 November 1954 (1954)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,262 long tons (1,282 t)
- Length
- 100 m (328.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.35 m (30.7 ft)
- Draught
- 3.3 m (10.8 ft)
- Speed
- 27.8 knots (51.5 km/h, 32 mph)
- Range
- 4,680 nmi (8,667 km)
- Complement
- 210
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Sugi was a Matsu-class destroyer escort destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1944. The ship was named after Cedar. Her keel was laid at Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka on 25 February 1944. She was launched on 3 July 1944.
18 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Ōtori-class torpedo boat.
Displacement was 1,262 long tons. She measured 100 m (328 ft) long with a beam of 9.3 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 27.8 knots, and she carried a complement of 210.
Her main battery was one 127 mm (5 in) guns. 19,000 shp drove two shafts.
She served with the Imperial Japanese Navy as Sugi until 31 July 1947. She then passed to the Chinese Navy, serving as ROCS Hui Yang from 31 July 1947. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 11 November 1954.
She was broken up for scrap on 11 November 1954.
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 shafts, 2 × geared steam turbines
- Power
- 2 × water-tube boilers; 19000 shp
- Armament
- 1 × twin, 1 × single 127 mm DP guns
- 4 × triple, 13 × single 25 mm AA guns
- 1 × quadruple 610 mm torpedo tubes
- 2 × rails, 2 × throwers for 36 depth charges
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Hinoki (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Kaede (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Kashi (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Kaya (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Keyaki (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Kiri (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Kuwa (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Maki (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Matsu (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Momi (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Momo (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Nara (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Sakura (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Take (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Tsubaki (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Ume (1944)
- Japanese destroyer Yanagi (1944)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Sugi (1944) 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. 130 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons