Japanese destroyer Nenohi

Career

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Fate:	Sunk in action, 4 July 1942
Struck:	31 July 1942
General Characteristics
Displacement:	1,802 tons
Length:	359 ft 3 in (109.5 m)
Beam:	32 ft 9 in (10.0 m)
Draft:	9 ft 11 in (3.0 m)
Speed:	36 knots (67 km/h)
Complement:	200
Armament:	5 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, up to 21 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 9 × 24 in torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges

Nenohi was a Hatsuharu-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "New Year Festival of Old Japan".

On 4 July 1942, Nenohi was torpedoed and sunk by USS Triton (SS-201) while escorting seaplane carrier Kamikawa Maru southeast of Attu, near Agattu Island ( 52°15′N, 173°51′E). She capsized two minutes after being hit and sank in five—188 were killed, including Lieutenant Commander Terauchi; 38 survivors rescued by Inazuma.

Commanding Officers

Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Konosuke Ueda - 20 May 1933 - 30 September 1933

Cmdr. Konosuke Ueda - 30 September 1933 - 9 November 1935

Lt. Cmdr. Sumitaka Nagai - 9 November 1935 - 1 December 1936

Lt. Cmdr. Jiro Okamoto - 1 December 1936 - 15 December 1938

Lt. Cmdr. Kiichi Shintani - 15 December 1938 - 10 October 1939

Lt. Cmdr. Koushichi Sugioka - 10 October 1939 - 10 July 1940

Lt. Cmdr. Sakuji Matsumoto - 10 July 1940 - 15 November 1940

Lt. Cmdr. Tomiji Chihogi - 15 November 1940 - 20 April 1942

Lt. Cmdr. Saburo Terauchi - 20 April 1942 - 4 July 1942 (KIA)

[edit] See also

Hatsuharu-class destroyer

List of ships of the Japanese Navy

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