Japanese destroyer Shinonome
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 Shinonome |
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| Career |  |
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| Struck: | 15 January 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 17 December 1941 |
| 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 |
Shinonome was a Fubuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "The Clouds of Dawn".
Shinonome was lost during the Japanese invasion of the Malay peninsula in December 1941. The official record of her demise, however, is ambiguous. Although some Japanese sources at the time claimed that she hit a mine, there are no extant records of either British or Dutch mine-laying in the area. It is generally accepted that the Shinonome was sunk by Dutch military aircraft, either (a) on 17 December 1941, after being struck by two bombs from the Dutch flying boat X-32 of the Naval Air Group GVT-7, which detonated the aft magazine, or (b) on 18 December 1941, after an attack by Glenn Martin bombers of the Dutch Army Air Corps (2de Vl.G) (cf. the account provided in P.C. De Boer's De Luchtstrijd rond Borneo (Houten: 1987)). In either case, it appears that Shinonome blew up and sank with all hands somewhere in the vicinity of Miri, Borneo (). On 15 January 1942, Shinonome was removed from the Japanese Imperial Navy List.
Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Tokuichi Kuga - 15 February 1928 - 25 July 1928
Cmdr. Tokuichi Kuga - 25 July 1928 - 30 November 1929
Lt. Cmdr. Suminobu Sakai - 30 November 1929 - 1 December 1930
Lt. Cmdr. Masao Yamamoto - 1 December 1930 - 1 December 1932
Lt. Cmdr. Kiyogo Takeda - 1 December 1932 - 25 January 1933
Cmdr. Tsutomu Shibata - 25 January 1933 - 15 November 1933
Cmdr. Shigeyasu Nishoka - 15 November 1933 - 15 November 1934
Cmdr. Torajiro Sato - 15 November 1934 - 2 November 1936
Lt. Cmdr. Katsumori Yamashiro - 2 November 1936 - 1 July 1937
Cmdr. Masayuki Kitamura - 1 July 1937 - 16 August 1937
Lt. Cmdr. Katsumori Yamashiro - 16 August 1937 - 15 November 1937
Cmdr. Kiyoto Kagawa - 15 November 1937 - 15 December 1938
Lt. Cmdr. Kunizo Kanaoka - 15 December 1938 - 1 December 1939
Lt. Cmdr. Magotarou Koseki - 1 December 1939 - 15 October 1940
Lt. Cmdr. Hiroshi Sasagawa - 15 October 1940 - 17 December 1941 (KIA)
Shinonome Today
The exact position of the Shinonome remains unknown, but it likely lies somewhere between Seria, in neighbouring Brunei to the north, and Miri town itself. A team of wreck researchers, based in Miri and with help from the Netherlands, has been searching for the ship's remains since 2004. The team has identified several prospective sites, and is in the process of confirming them. The position, orientation and condition of the wreck will help to resolve the lingering uncertainty about the circumstances surrounding the Shinonome's demise.
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