Japanese destroyer Okinami
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Okinami |
| Completed: | 10 December 1943 |
| Struck: | 10 January 1945 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 13 November 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Yūgumo-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,520 long tons (2,560 t) |
| Length: | 119.15 m (390 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
| Draught: | 3.75 m (12 ft 4 in) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 228 |
| Armament: | • 6 × 127 mm (5.0 in)/50 caliber DP guns • up to 28 × 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns • up to 4 × 13 mm (0.51 in) AA guns • 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes for Type 93 torpedoes • 36 depth charges |
Okinami (沖波, "High Seas Waves") was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. On 29 February 1944 while escorting a troop convoy she assisted with sinking USS Trout, & assisted in the rescue of 1,720 survivors of the Sakito Maru. On November 5, 1944 she was damaged by near misses and strafing during an air attack, and there were 28 casualties.
On 13 November 1944, Okinami was sunk in a U.S. air raid on Manila. Suffering one direct bomb hit and several near-misses; she sank upright in shallow water eight miles (15 km) west of Manila (14°35′N 120°50′E / 14.583°N 120.833°E). There were 14 crewmen killed and 19 wounded.
See also
- List of World War II ships
- List of ships of the Japanese Navy
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