Japanese destroyer Miyuki

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Miyuki
Career
Laid down: April 30, 1927
Launched: June 26, 1928
Commissioned: June 29, 1929
Fate: Sank in a collision with Inazuma on 15 August 1934
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 × 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

The Miyuki (深雪 meaning Deep Snow) was a Fubuki class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was completed on 29 June 1929.

The Miyuki was lost in a collision with the Japanese destroyer Inazuma on 15 August 1934 in the Korea Strait.

Commanding Officers

  • Chief Equipping Officer -
  • Cmdr. Nitaro Kato - 10 December 1928 - 29 June 1929
  • Cmdr. Nitaro Kato - 29 June 1929 - 20 November 1930
  • Cmdr. Yoshisuke Yasutomi - 20 November 1930 - 1 December 1931
  • Cmdr. Hachiro Naotsuka - 1 December 1931 - 11 January 1932
  • Lt. Cmdr. Yoshio Kanemasu - 11 January 1932 - 16 May 1932
  • Cmdr. Hachiro Naotsuka - 16 May 1932 - 1 December 1932
  • Cmdr. Masamao Ofuji - 1 December 1932 - 29 June 1934

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