Japanese destroyer Shiranui (1938)
 Shiranui on 20 December 1939
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| Name | Shiranui |
| Builder | Uraga Dock Company |
| Laid down | 30 August 1937 |
| Launched | 28 June 1938 |
| Completed | 20 December 1939 |
| Stricken | 10 December 1944 |
| Fate | Sunk in action, 27 October 1944 |
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| Class and type | Kagerō-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,033 long tons (2,066 t) standard |
| Length | 118.5 m (388 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
| Draft | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
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| Speed | 35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h) |
| Range | 5,000 NM at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
| Complement | 239 |
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Shiranui (不知火, alternatively Shiranuhi, Phosphorescent Light)
Background
The Kagerō-class destroyers were outwardly almost identical to the preceding light cruiser-sized Asashio class, with improvements made by Japanese naval architects to improve stability and to take advantage of Japan's lead in torpedo technology. They were designed 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, only one survived the Pacific War.[3]
Shiranui, built at the Uraga Dock Company, was laid down on 30 August 1937, launched on 28 June 1938 and commissioned on 20 December 1939.[4]
Operational history
At the time of the
In January 1942, Shiranui escorted aircraft carriers
Shiranui departed Staring-baai on 27 March to escort the carrier force in the Indian Ocean raid on 27 March After the Japanese air strikes on Colombo and Trincomalee in Ceylon, she returned to Kure Naval Arsenal for repairs on 23 April. She deployed from Saipan on 3 June as part of the escort for the troop convoy in the Battle of Midway. Afterwards, she escorted the cruisers Kumano and Suzuya from Truk back to Kure.
On 28 June, she was assigned to escort the aircraft carrier
On 15 November 1943, Shiranui was assigned to the
to Kure at the start of August. During theShiranui was removed from the
See also
- List of ships of the Japanese Navy
Notes
- ^ Nelson. Japanese-English Character Dictionary. Page 39;
- ^ Peattie & Evans, Kaigun .
- ^ Globalsecurity.org, IJN Kagero class destroyers
- ^ Nishidah, Hiroshi (2002). "Asashio class 1st class destroyers". Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
- ^ Allyn D. Nevitt (1998). "IJN Shiranui: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com.
- ^ Anthony Tully (2014). "Editorial Notes - HAYASHIMO". combinedfleet.com.
- ISBN 1-55750-914-X.
Books
- Brown, David (1990). Warship Losses of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-914-X.
- D'Albas, Andrieu (1965). Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II. Devin-Adair Pub. ISBN 0-8159-5302-X.
- Evans, David (1979). Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941. US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-192-7.
- Roger Chesneau, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. Grenwitch: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Howarth, Stephen (1983). The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The Drama of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895–1945. Atheneum. ISBN 0-689-11402-8.
- Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.
- Watts, A.J. (1966). Japanese warships of World War II. Ian Allan. ISBN 0711002150.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Cassell Publishing. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
External links
- CombinedFleet.com: Kagero-class destroyers
- CombinedFleet.com: Shiranuhi history
- Globalsecurity.org. "IJN Kagero class destroyers".
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