Japanese destroyer Hibiki
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| Career (Japan) |  |
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| Name: | Hibiki |
| Laid down: | February 21, 1930 |
| Launched: | June 16, 1932 |
| Commissioned: | March 31, 1933 |
| Fate: | Surrendered to USSR on April 5, 1947 |
| Career (USSR) |  |
| Name: | Pritky |
| Acquired: | April 5, 1947 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1963 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Akatsuki class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,980 tons |
| Length: | 371 ft 8 in (113.3 m) |
| Beam: | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 9 in (3.3 m) |
| Speed: | 38 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 197 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 cal DP guns, up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 10 × 13 mm AA guns, 9 × 24 in torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
The Hibiki was a Akatsuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She participated in many of the major naval battles of the Pacific War, and was the only ship of her class to survive the war. She was given to the USSR post-war and renamed Pritky, serving until being scrapped in 1963.
[edit] Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Matsuro Eguchi - 15 November 1932 - 30 January 1933 (Promoted to Commander on 1 December 1932.)
Cmdr. Matsuro Eguchi - 30 January 1933 - 1 August 1934
Cmdr. Heitaro Edo - 1 August 1934 - 21 November 1935
Cmdr. Masami Ban - 21 November 1935 - 1 December 1936
Lt. Cmdr. Yoshio Inoue - 1 December 1936 - 13 July 1937
Lt. Cmdr. Katsuo Shiba - 13 July 1937 - 1 December 1937
Lt. Cmdr. Sadaichi Mizuhata - 1 December 1937 - 1 December 1938
Lt. Cmdr. Jiro Okamoto - 1 December 1938 - 15 October 1939
Lt. Cmdr. Michio Oka - 15 October 1939 - 15 October 1940
Lt. Cmdr. Toshikazu Hayashi - 15 October 1940 - 25 September 1941
Lt. Cmdr. Hagumu Ishii - 25 September 1941 - 13 August 1942
Lt. Cmdr. Shunsaku Kudo - 13 August 1942 - 10 December 1942
Lt. Cmdr. Takeugi Mori - 10 December 1942 - 25 November 1943
Cmdr. Eikichi Fukushima - 25 November 1943 - 18 July 1945
Lt. Cmdr. Hajime Sonozuki - 18 July 1945 - 15 August 1945
