Japanese destroyer Makinami (1942)
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| Completed: | 18 August 1942 |
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 25 November 1943 |
| Struck: | 10 February 1944 |
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| Displacement: | 2,520 tons |
| Length: | 390 ft 11 in (109.5 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 5 in (10.0 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 4 in (3.0 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 228 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 caliber 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 |
For other ships of the same name, see Makinami.
Makinami (巻波?) was a Yugumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Overflowing Waves" (Rolling Wave).
On the night of 24 November–25 November 1943, Makinami was on a troop evacuation run to Buka Island when she was sunk in the Battle of Cape St. George. After being crippled by a torpedo from USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570), USS Claxton (DD-571) or USS Dyson (DD-572), she was finished off by gunfire of USS Converse (DD-509) and USS Spence (DD-512), 55 miles (100 km) east-southeast of Cape St. George ().
Commanding Officers
- Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Toyoji Hitomi - 30 June 1942 - 18 August 1942
- Cmdr. Toyoji Hitomi - 18 August 1942 - 25 November 1943 (KIA)
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