Japanese destroyer Minegumo (1937)

Coordinates: 08°01′S 157°14′E / 8.017°S 157.233°E / -8.017; 157.233
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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Minegumo.

Minegumo launch on 4 November 1937
History
Empire of Japan
NameMinegumo
Ordered1934 Maru-2 Program
BuilderFujinagata Shipyards
Laid down22 March 1937
Launched4 November 1937
Commissioned4 April 1938
Stricken1 April 1943
FateSunk in Battle of Blackett Strait, 5 March 1943
General characteristics
Class and typeAsashio-class destroyer
Displacement2,370 long tons (2,408 t)
Length
  • 111 m (364 ft) pp
  • 115 m (377 ft 4 in)waterline
  • 118.3 m (388 ft 1 in) OA
Beam10.386 m (34 ft 0.9 in)
Draft3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion2-shaft geared turbine, 3 boilers, 50,000 shp (37,285 kW)
Speed35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h)
Range
  • 5,700 nmi (10,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
  • 960 nmi (1,780 km) at 34 kn (63 km/h)
Complement230
Armament
Service record
Operations:

Minegumo (峯雲, Summit Cloud)

Circle Two Supplementary Naval Expansion Program
(Maru Ni Keikaku).

History

The Asashio-class destroyers were larger and more capable that the preceding Shiratsuyu class, as Japanese naval architects were no longer constrained by the provisions of the London Naval Treaty. These light cruiser-sized vessels were designed to take advantage of Japan's lead in torpedo technology, and to accompany the Japanese main striking force and in both day and night attacks against the United States Navy as it advanced across the Pacific Ocean, according to Japanese naval strategic projections.[2] Despite being one of the most powerful classes of destroyers in the world at the time of their completion, none survived the Pacific War.[3]

Minegumo, built at the

launched on 4 November 1937 and commissioned on 4 April 1938.[4]

Operational history

At 1800 hours on 23 June 1941, Minegumo collided with the destroyers Kuroshio and Natsushio in Bungo Channel.

At the time of the

Philippines invasion forces in December 1941.[5]

In early 1942, she escorted troop convoys to

Netherlands East Indies. During the Battle of the Java Sea, she engaged in an exchange of gunnery with the British destroyer HMS Encounter, and suffered light damage with four crewmen wounded. On 1 March, together with Natsugumo, Minegumo unsuccessfully attacked the American submarine USS Perch with depth charges. After participation in the Battle of Christmas Island on 31 March – 10 April, she escorted the damaged cruiser Naka to Singapore, and returned at the end of the month to the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
for repairs.

At the end of May, Minegumo joined the escort for the Midway Invasion Force under the overall command of Admiral

Kurile Islands. Afterwards, she was sent south to Truk, where she suffered minor damage on a coral reef on 20 August. She provided support in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in August 1942 and escorted the damaged aircraft carrier Chitose back to Truk. From September, she was assigned to patrols from Truk towards Shortland, and in October was assigned to "Tokyo Express" high speed transport operations in the Solomon Islands. On one of these missions on 5 October, she suffered moderate damage in an air attack, with serious flooding 150 miles (240 km) off Guadalcanal
. She limped back to Yokosuka for repairs by the end of November.

Repairs completed by 22 February 1943, Minegumo returned with a convoy to Truk. She continued on to

navy list
on 1 April 1943.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Nelson. Japanese-English Character Dictionary. page 349, 942
  2. ^ Peattie & Evans, Kaigun .
  3. ^ Globalsecurity.org, IJN Asashio class destroyers
  4. ^ Nishidah, Hiroshi (2002). "Asashio class 1st class destroyers". Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  5. ^ Allyn D. Nevitt (1998). "IJN MInegumo: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com.
  6. ISBN 1-55750-914-X
    .

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External links
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