Japanese destroyer Shirakumo
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 Shirakumo |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | October 27, 1926 |
| Launched: | December 27, 1927 |
| Commissioned: | July 28, 1928 |
| Status: | Sunk by the Tautog on March 16, 1944 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,050 tons |
| Length: | 378 ft 3 in (115.3 m) |
| Beam: | 34 ft (10.4 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × Kampon type boilers, 2 × Parsons geared turbines, 2 × shafts at 50,000 shp (37 MW) |
| Speed: | 38 knots (70 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nm at 14 knots (9,200 km at 26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 197 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 inch (127 mm) / 50 caliber guns (3 × 2-gun turrets), up to 22 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 10 × 13 mm AA guns, 9 × 610 mm torpedo tubes, 36 × depth charges |
Shirakumo (白雲) was a Fubuki class destroyer in the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw service during World War II. She was torpedoed by the US submarine Tautog while escorting a troop convoy to Uruppu Island. Shirakumo sank instantly 170 miles east of Muroran, Hokkaido (), there were no survivors.
[edit] References
- Long Lancers: IJN Shirakumo: Tabular Record of Movement
- Shirakumo in Naval History of World Wars
- LemaireSoft's Shirakumo, N°42
| Fubuki-class destroyer |
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Type I (Fubuki) Type II (Ayanami) |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
