Japanese destroyer Tamanami

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Career Japanese Navy Ensign
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:
Completed: 30 April 1943
Commissioned:
Fate: Sunk in action, 7 July 1945
Struck: 10 September 1944
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

Tamanami (玉波? "High Climbing Waves") was a Yugumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

On 7 July 1944, Tamanami was escorting the tanker Kokuyo Maru from Singapore towards Manila, Philippines. She was torpedoed by USS Mingo (SS-261), 150 miles (280 km) west-southwest of Manila (13°55′N, 118°30′E). Tamanami blew up and sank with all hands.

Commanding Officers

Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Eiji Sakuma - 20 February 1943 - 30 April 1943

Cmdr. Eiji Sakuma - 30 April 1943 - 7 July 1943

Cmdr. Kyuji Aoki - 7 July 1943 - 15 June 1944

Cmdr. Tomiji Chihogi - 15 June 1944 - 7 July 1944 (KIA)


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