Japanese destroyer Shikinami (1929)
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 Shikinami |
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| Career |  |
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| Laid down: | July 6, 1928 |
| Launched: | June 22, 1929 |
| Commissioned: | December 24, 1929 |
| Fate: | Sunk by USS Growler (SS-215) on September 12, 1944 |
| 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 |
Shikinami (敷波) was a Fubuki class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was sunk by the USS Growler (SS-215) on September 12, 1944.
[edit] Commanding Officers
- Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Ruitaro Fujita - 5 September 1929 - 1 November 1929
- Cmdr. Ruitaro Fujita - 1 November 1929 - 1 December 1931
- Cmdr. Hisao Ikeda - 1 December 1931 - 15 November 1932
- Lt. Cmdr. Tatsuhei Nakamura - 15 November 1932 - 15 November 1933
- Cmdr. Hachiro Naotsuka - 15 November 1933 - 28 April 1934
- Cmdr. Shunji Izaki - 28 April 1934 - 15 November 1934
- Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Yasuo Sato - 15 November 1934 - 1 December 1936 (Promoted to Commander on 15 November 1935.)
- Lt. Cmdr. Shigetaka Amano - 1 December 1936 - 15 November 1937
- Lt. Cmdr. Tsuneo Orita - 15 November 1937 - 5 October 1938
- In Reserve - 5 October 1938 - 15 December 1938
- Cmdr. Iwata Yamamoto - 15 December 1938 - 2 February 1939
- In Reserve - 2 February 1939 - 20 July 1939
- Lt. Cmdr. Hajime Okawara - 20 July 1939 - 25 January 1940
- Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Juichi Iwagami - 25 January 1940 - 15 April 1942 (Promoted to Commander on 15 October 1941.)
- Lt. Cmdr. Akifumi Kawahashi - 15 April 1942 - 20 June 1943
- Lt. Cmdr. Shouzou Michiki - 20 June 1943 - 1 April 1944
- Lt. Cmdr. Tatsuhiko Takahashi - 1 April 1944 - 12 September 1944 (KIA)
[edit] References
- Long Lancers: IJN Shikinami: Tabular Record of Movement
- Shikinami in Naval History of World Wars
- LemaireSoft's Shikinami, N°46
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