Japanese destroyer Samidare
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 The Samidare |
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| Fate: | Destroyed, 26 August 1944 |
| Struck: | 10 October 1944 |
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| Displacement: | 1,980 tons |
| Length: | 352 ft 8 in (107.5 meters |
| Beam: | 32 ft 6 in (9.9 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft 6 in (3.5 m) |
| Speed: | 34 knots (63 km/h) |
| Complement: | 180 |
| Armament: | 5 × 5 in ( 127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, up to 21 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 24 in torpedo tubes, 16 depth charges |
Samidare was a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Monsoon Rain Over Land" (Early Summer Rain).
On the night of 12–13 November 1942, Samidare escorted Rear Admiral Abe Hiroaki's Bombardment Force. She entered the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal late, but assisted in sinking of USS Monssen (DD-436) and damaging USS Helena (CL-50). She rescued 207 survivors from Yudachi and attempted to scuttle the destroyer with torpedoes, then to returned to the Shortlands to unload passengers.
In the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, on the night of 14–15 November, Samidare joined Admiral Kondō Nobutake's Emergency Bombardment Force. With her squadron flagship Nagara in assault on American destroyers, assisted in sinking USS Benham (DD-397), USS Walke (DD-416) and USS Preston (DD-379) and damaging USS Gwin (DD-433). She assisted sinking the crippled battleship Kirishima and helped remove her survivors, then returned to Truk on 18 November.
On 18 August 1944, Samidare ran aground on Velasco Reef near Palau (). On 25 August, she was torpedoed by USS Batfish (SS-310). The destroyer broke in two with the stern-section sinking, and the bow-section later destroyed by the Japanese.
Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Lt. Cmdr. Mutsuji Arichika - 12 November 1936 - 29 January 1937
Lt. Cmdr. Rokuji Ukon - 29 January 1937 - 1 December 1937
Lt. Cmdr. Yasumasa Watanabe - 1 December 1937 - 15 December 1938
Lt. Cmdr. Tokuma Abe - 15 December 1938 - 15 November 1939
Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Takisaburo Matsubara - 15 November 1939 - 13 October 1942 (Promoted to Commander while in command of vessel.)
Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Noboru Nakamura - 13 October 1942 - 13 August 1943 (Promoted to Commander on 1 November 1942.)
Lt. Cmdr. Yoshirou Sugihara - 13 August 1943 - 27 January 1944
Lt. Cmdr. Tokuta Nishimura - 27 January 1944 - 2 July 1944
Lt. Cmdr. Yasunosuke Okuma - 2 July 1944 - 25 August 1944
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