Japanese destroyer Hagi (1920)

Coordinates: 19°17′N 166°37′E / 19.283°N 166.617°E / 19.283; 166.617
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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Hagi.
Sister ship Kuri at anchor, 1937
History
Empire of Japan
NameHagi
BuilderUraga Dock Company, Uraga, Japan
Laid down28 February 1920
Launched29 October 1920
Completed20 April 1921
Stricken15 January 1942
FateSet on fire by American artillery, 23 December 1941
General characteristics (as built)
TypeMomi-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 850 long tons (864 t) (normal)
  • 1,020 long tons (1,036 t) (
    deep load
    )
Length
  • 275 ft (83.8 m) (pp)
  • 280 ft (85.3 m) (
    o/a
    )
Beam26 ft (7.9 m)
Draft8 ft (2.4 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement110
Armament
  • 3 × single
    12 cm (4.7 in) guns
  • 2 × twin 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes

The Japanese destroyer Hagi (萩) was one of 21 Momi-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. She was converted into a patrol boat in 1940 and was lost during the Battle of Wake Island shortly after the beginning of the Pacific War in December 1941.

Design and description

The Momi class was designed with higher speed and better

kW) to give the ships a speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). The ships carried a maximum of 275 long tons (279 t) of fuel oil which gave them a range of 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). Their crew consisted of 110 officers and crewmen.[4]

The main armament of the Momi-class ships consisted of three

12-centimeter (4.7 in) Type 3 guns in single mounts; one gun forward of the well deck, one between the two funnels, and the last gun atop the aft superstructure. The guns were numbered '1' to '3' from front to rear. The ships carried two above-water twin sets of 533-millimeter (21 in) torpedo tubes; one mount was in the well deck between the forward superstructure and the bow gun and the other between the aft funnel and aft superstructure.[2]

In 1940, Hagi was converted into a patrol boat. Her torpedo tubes,

ballast had to be added which increased her displacement to 950 metric tons (935 long tons).[5][6]

Construction and career

Hagi, built at the

Navy List on 15 January 1942.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Watts & Gordon, p. 259
  2. ^ a b Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 137
  3. ^ Friedman, p. 244
  4. ^ Watts & Gordon, p. 260
  5. ^ a b Hackett, Kingsepp & Cundall
  6. ^ Gardiner & Gray, p. 244

References

  • ISBN 0-87021-907-3
    .
  • Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander & Cundall, Peter (1 February 2015). "IJN Patrol Boat No. 33: Tabular Record of Movement". SHOKAITEI! Stories and Battle Histories of the IJN's Patrol Boats. Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  • Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter & Mickel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute.
    ISBN 0-87021-893-X
    .
  • Watts, Anthony J. & Gordon, Brian G. (1971). The Imperial Japanese Navy. Garden City, New York: Doubleday.
    ISBN 0-35603-045-8
    .
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