Japanese destroyer Isonami (1927)

Coordinates: 5°26′S 123°4′E / 5.433°S 123.067°E / -5.433; 123.067
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Isonami in 1939.
History
Empire of Japan
NameIsonami
NamesakeJapanese destroyer Isonami (1908)
Ordered1923 Fiscal Year
BuilderUraga Dock Company
Yard numberDestroyer No. 43
Laid down19 October 1926
Launched24 November 1927
Commissioned30 June 1928
Stricken1 August 1943
FateTorpedoed and sunk by USS Tautog, 9 April 1943
General characteristics
Class and typeFubuki-class destroyer
Displacement
Length
  • 111.96 m (367.3 ft) pp
  • 115.3 m (378 ft) waterline
  • 118.41 m (388.5 ft) overall
Beam10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draft3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Kampon type boilers
  • 2 × Kampon Type Ro geared turbines
  • 2 × shafts at 50,000 ihp (37,000 kW)
Speed38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement219
Armament
Service record
Operations:

Isonami (磯波, "Breakers" or "Surf")[1] was the ninth of twenty-four Fubuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. When introduced into services, these ships were the most powerful destroyers in the world.[2] They served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, and remained formidable weapons systems well into the Pacific War.

History

Construction of the advanced Fubuki-class destroyers was authorized as part of the Imperial Japanese Navy's expansion program from fiscal 1923, intended to give Japan a qualitative edge with the world's most modern ships.

launched on 24 November 1927 and commissioned on 30 June 1928.[5]
Originally assigned hull designation “Destroyer No. 43”, she was completed as Isonami.

Operational history

On completion, Isonami, along with her

IJN 2nd Fleet. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, from 1937, Isonami covered landing of Japanese forces in Shanghai and Hangzhou. From 1940, she was assigned to patrol and cover landings of Japanese forces in south China
.

World War II history

At the time of the

Japanese raids into the Indian Ocean. On 13–22 April Isonami returned via Singapore and Camranh Bay to Kure Naval Arsenal, for maintenance.[6]

On 4–5 June, Isonami participated in the Battle of Midway as part of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s main fleet. While returning from the battle, she was damaged in a collision with Uranami and limped back to Yokosuka Naval Arsenal for repairs, which were not completed to the end of July. From August to September, Isonami was assigned to training missions with aircraft carriers Jun'yō and Hiyō in the Inland Sea, and escorted these aircraft carriers to Truk in early October. She was assigned to patrols out of Truk in October, and to "Tokyo Express" transport missions to various locations in the Solomon Islands to mid January 1943.[6]

On 1 December, Isonami was damaged off Buna, New Guinea, in an air strike by United States Army Air Forces planes.[7] On 18 December, she rescued the survivors from the torpedoed cruiser Tenryū.

In early January, Isonami returned to

Netherlands East Indies
.

On 9 April 1943, while escorting a convoy from Surabaya to

Wangiwangi Island at position 5°26′S 123°4′E / 5.433°S 123.067°E / -5.433; 123.067). Of her crew, seven were killed and another nine injured.[8]

On 1 August 1943, Isonami was removed from the

navy list.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Nelson. Japanese-English Character Dictionary. Page 654
  2. ^ Globalsecurity.org. "IJN Fubuki class destroyers".
  3. ^ Fitzsimons, Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare p.1040
  4. ^ Peattie & Evans, Kaigun page 221-222.
  5. ^ Nishidah, Hiroshi (2002). "Fubuki class 1st class destroyers". Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
  6. ^ a b Nevitt, Allyn D. (1997). "IJN Isonami: Tabular Record of Movement". Long Lancers. Combinedfleet.com.
  7. OCLC 41977179
    . Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  8. ^ D’Albas. Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II.
  9. ^ Nishidah, Hiroshi (2002). "Fubuki class destroyers". Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

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