Japanese destroyer Naganami
 Naganami in June 1942 at time of completion.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Naganami |
| Builder | Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka |
| Laid down | 5 April 1941 |
| Launched | 5 March 1942 |
| Completed | 30 June 1942 |
| Stricken | 10 January 1945 |
| Fate | Sunk in action, 11 November 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Yūgumo-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,520 long tons (2,560 t) |
| Length | 119.15 m (390 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 3.75 m (12 ft 4 in) |
| Speed | 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
| Complement | 228 |
| Armament |
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Naganami (長波, "Long Waves") was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Design and description
The Yūgumo class was a repeat of the preceding
The main armament of the Yūgumo class consisted of six
Construction and career
During the 30 November 1942 Battle of Tassafaronga, Naganami led a supply-drum transport run to Guadalcanal (cover), and engaged a U.S. cruiser-destroyer group. During this action, she possibly torpedoed the cruisers USS Pensacola, and/or USS Northampton.
On 23 October 1944, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Naganami escorted Admiral Kurita's 1st Diversion Attack Force. During this time period she assisted in the rescue of the survivors of the cruiser Maya, later transferring them to the battleship Musashi. She escorted the damaged cruiser Takao back to Brunei. During the escort, she tried to destroy Darter but she was rather unsuccessful at it, and just left afterwards.
On 10 November 1944 Naganami joined the escort of troop convoy TA No. 3 as it approached
Rediscovery
Naganami's wreck was found in November 2017 by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's research ship, RV Petrel 827 ft (252 m) below the surface of Ormoc Bay.[5]
Notes
- ^ Sturton, p. 195
- ^ a b c Whitley, p. 203
- ^ Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 150
- ^ Campbell, p. 192
- ^ "Rv Petrel". Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
References
- Campbell, John (1985). Naval Weapons of World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-459-4.
- 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.
- Sturton, Ian (1980). "Japan". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 167–217. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
