Japanese destroyer Nowaki
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 26 October 1944 |
| Struck: | 10 January 1945 |
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| Displacement: | 2,490 tons |
| Length: | 388 ft 9 in (118.5 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 5 in (10.8 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 4 in (3.8 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 240 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 cal DP guns, up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
Nowaki (野分? "Fall Gales") was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
In the Battle off Samar on 25 October 1944, Nowaki took part in the torpedo attack on the U.S. escort carriers and assisted in sinking of USS Johnston (DD-557). Later, she removed survivors from the cruiser Chikuma and scuttled her with torpedoes. After being crippled by gunfire from U.S. cruisers on 26 October, she was finished off by torpedoes from USS Owen (DD-536), 65 miles (120 km) south-southeast of Legaspi ().
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| Kagero-class destroyer |
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Kagero | Kuroshio | Oyashio | Hatsukaze | Natsushio | Yukikaze | Hayashio | Maikaze | Isokaze | Shiranuhi | Amatsukaze | Tokitsukaze | Urakaze | Hamakaze | Nowaki | Arashi | Hagikaze | Tanikaze | Akigumo |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
