Japanese destroyer Naganami

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Career Japanese Navy Ensign
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:
Completed: 30 June 1942
Commissioned:
Fate: Sunk in action,
11 November 1944
Struck: 10 January 1945
General characteristics
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

Naganami (長波? "Long Waves") was a Yugumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

On 10 November Naganami joined the escort of troop convoy TA No. 3 as it approached Ormoc. She was sunk by aircraft of Task Force 38 on 11 November in Ormoc Bay, west of Leyte (10°50′N, 124°35′E). An explosion amidships broke the ship in two.

Commanding Officers

Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Tsutae Kumabe - 20 May 1942 - 30 June 1942

Cmdr. Tsutae Kumabe - 30 June 1942 - 25 November 1943

Lt. Cmdr. Takuji Mori - 25 November 1943 - 1 June 1944

Lt. Cmdr. Kiyoshi Tobita - 1 June 1944 - 11 November 1944


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