Japanese destroyer Tamanami
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Completed: | 30 April 1943 |
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Fate: | Sunk in action, 7 July 1945 |
Struck: | 10 September 1944 |
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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 ( ). 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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