Nowaki underway on April 19, 1941 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Nowaki |
| Ordered: | 1937 |
| Laid down: | 8 November 1939 |
| Launched: | 17 September 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 28 April 1941 |
| Struck: | 10 January 1945 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 26 October 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Kagero-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,490 long tons (2,530 t) |
| Length: | 118.5 m (388 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
| Draft: | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 240 |
| Armament: | • 6 × 5 in (130 mm)/50 caliber DP guns • up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns • up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns • 8 × 24 in (610 mm) torpedo tubes • 36 depth charges |
| Service record | |
| Operations: | Battle off Samar (1944) |
| Victories: | USS Asheville (PG-21) (1942) USS Johnston (DD-557) (1944) |
Nowaki (野分, "Fall Gales") was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
On 3 March 1942 the Nowaki help sink the gunboat USS Asheville. In the Battle off Samar on 25 October 1944, Nowaki took part in the torpedo attack on the U.S. escort carriers and assisted in sinking of USS Johnston. Later, she removed survivors from the cruiser Chikuma and scuttled her with torpedoes, although recent studies suggests that she only managed to arrive in time to rescue the survivors, as Chikuma herself was sunk beforehand. After being crippled by gunfire from U.S. cruisers on 26 October, she was finished off by torpedoes from USS Owen, 65 miles (120 km) East-southeast of Legaspi ().
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