Momo-class destroyer
Hinoki on patrol at Wuhan, China, 1923
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Class overview | |
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Builders | |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Isokaze class |
Succeeded by | Enoki class |
Built | 1916–1917 |
In commission | 1916–1944 |
Completed | 4 |
Lost | 1 |
Scrapped | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam | 25 ft 5 in (7.7 m) |
Draught | 7 ft 9 in (2.4 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 steam turbines |
Speed | 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h; 36.2 mph) |
Range | 2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 110 |
Armament |
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The Momo-class destroyer (桃型駆逐艦, Momogata kuchikukan) consisted of four destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I. As with the previous Kaba class, all were named after trees.
Background
The Momo-class destroyers were designed as part of the first phase of the
Four vessels were built under the fiscal 1915 budget, with the order split between Maizuru Naval Arsenal and Sasebo Naval Arsenal.[1]
Design
The Momo-class ships were a scaled-down version of the Isokaze class and retained many of the innovations introduced by that class: curved, rather than straight bow, torpedo tubes, geared turbines, and a single-caliber main battery.
Internally, the engines were heavy fuel oil-fired steam turbine engines. Two vessels (Hinoki and Yanagi) used Brown-Curtis turbine engines, and the other two (Momo and Kashi) used Japanese-designed geared turbine engines. The smaller engines gave a smaller rated power of 16,700 shp, which allowed only for a speed of 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h), and limited range due to high fuel consumption.
Armament was slightly less than the Isokaze class, with three instead of four
Operational history
The Momo-class destroyers were completed in time to serve in the very final stages of
Kashi was transferred to the
The remaining three vessels were retired on 1 April 1940 and broken up, except for Yanagi, which was retained as a training hulk until 1947. Yanagi's hull was eventually used as part of the breakwater at Kitakyushu alongside the Suzutsuki. The remains are still visible at 33°55′48.6″N 130°49′19.9″E / 33.930167°N 130.822194°E.
Ships
Name | Kanji | Translation | Builder | Laid down
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Launched | Completed | Fate |
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Momo | 桃 | Peach Tree | Sasebo Naval Arsenal | 28 February 1916 | 12 October 1916 | 23 December 1916 | Scrapped, 1 April 1940 |
Kashi | 樫 | Evergreen Oak Tree | Maizuru Naval Arsenal | 15 March 1916 | 1 December 1916 | 31 March 1917 | Transferred to Okinawa , 10 October 1944
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Hinoki | 檜 | Japanese Cypress Tree | Maizuru Naval Arsenal | 5 May 1916 | 25 December 1916 | 31 March 1917 | Scrapped, 1 May 1940 |
Yanagi | 柳 | Willow Tree | Sasebo Naval Arsenal | 21 October 1916 | 24 February 1917 | 5 May 1917 | Retired, 1 May 1940; training hulk to 1 April 1947 |
In film
In the 1958 World War II film
References
Notes
- ^ Howarth, The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun
- ^ "Japanese Navy, IJN, World War 1".
- ISBN 1-85728-498-4.
- ^ "Japanese Destroyers".
- ^ "Japanese Destroyers".
Books
- Evans, David (1997). Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941. US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-192-7.
- 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.
External links
- Nishida, Hiroshi. "Materials of IJN: Momo class destroyer". Imperial Japanese Navy.
- Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk. "Japanese destroyers".