Japanese destroyer Isonami
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 Isonami |
|
| Career (Japan) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Isonami (磯波) |
| Struck: | 1 August 1943 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 9 April 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Fubuki-class destroyer |
| 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 × 127 mm (5 in) / 50 caliber DP guns (3×2) up to 22 × 25 mm AA guns up to 10 × 13 mm AA guns, 9 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes 36 × depth charges |
Japanese destroyer Isonami (磯波) was a Fubuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Shore Wave" (Surf).
Contents |
[edit] Operational history
On 1 December 1942, Isonami was damaged off Buna, New Guinea, by United States Army Air Forces planes.[1]
On 5 April 1943, Isonami departed Surabaya, escorting a convoy towards Ambon. On 9 April she was torpedoed and sunk by USS Tautog (SS-199) while rescuing survivors of torpedoed Penang Maru, 35 nautical miles (65 km) southeast of Wangiwangi Island (Coordinates: ).
On 1 August 1943, Isonami was removed from the Navy List.
[edit] Commanding Officers
- Chief Equipping Officer–Cmdr. Tadashi Arima–15 February 1928–30 June 1928
- Cmdr. Tadashi Arima–30 June 1928–30 November 1929
- Cmdr. Kenzaburo Hara–30 November 1929–1 December 1932
- Lt. Cmdr. Yoshisuke Tomiyasu–1 December 1932–15 November 1933
- Lt. Cmdr. Kazuo Sakai–15 November 1933–1 November 1934
- Lt. Cmdr. Matake Yoshimura–1 November 1934–1 December 1936
- Lt. Cmdr. Toshimichi Ohara–1 December 1936–15 March 1938
- Lt. Cmdr. Miyoji Okabe–15 March 1938–15 December 1938
- Lt. Cmdr. Shigeo Senami–15 December 1938–15 November 1939
- Lt. Cmdr. Tomoe Ogata–15 November 1939–15 October 1940
- Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Ryokichi Sugama–15 October 1940–22 June 1942
- Promoted to Commander on 15 November 1940
- Lt. Cmdr. Masao Nishimura–22 June 1942–26 March 1943
- Lt. Cmdr. Masaomi Araki–26 March 1943–9 April 1943
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Cressman, Robert (2000). "Chapter IV: 1942", The official chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9781557501493. OCLC 41977179. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
[edit] External links
|
|||||||||||
