Japanese destroyer Tsuga (1920)

Coordinates: 23°33′N 119°33′E / 23.550°N 119.550°E / 23.550; 119.550
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Tsuga in 1940
History
Empire of Japan
NameTsuga
BuilderIshikawajima, Tokyo
Laid down5 March 1919
Launched17 April 1920
Completed20 July 1920
Stricken10 March 1945
FateSunk by American aircraft, 15 January 1945
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 Tsuga (栂) was one of 21 Momi-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. She spent most of the Pacific War patrolling and escorting convoys in and around Chinese waters, during which the ship participated in the Battle of Hong Kong in December 1941. Tsuga was sunk by American carrier aircraft in early 1945.

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]

Construction and career

Tsuga, built at the

launched on 17 April 1920 and completed on 20 July 1920.[5]

Pacific War

At the start of the Pacific War on 7 December 1941, Tsuga was assigned to the China Area Fleet with two of her sister ships,

Task Force 38 during its South China Sea raid on 15 January 1945 at coordinates 23°33′N 119°33′E / 23.550°N 119.550°E / 23.550; 119.550.[6]

Notes

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

References

  • ISBN 0-87021-907-3
    .
  • Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander & Cundall, Peter (10 August 2018). "IJN Second Class Destroyer Tsuga: Tabular Record of Movement". KUCHIKUKAN! Stories and Battle Histories of the IJN's Second-Class Destroyers. 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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