Japanese destroyer Fubuki (1927)

Fubuki (1936)
History
Empire of Japan
NameFubuki
Namesake吹雪 ("Blizzard")[1]
BuilderMaizuru Naval Arsenal
Yard numberDestroyer No. 35
Laid down19 June 1926
Launched15 November 1927
Commissioned10 August 1928
Stricken15 November 1942
FateSunk in the Battle of Cape Esperance on 11 October 1942
General characteristics
Class and typeFubuki-class destroyer
Displacement
Length
  • 111.96 m (367.3 ft) pp
  • 115.3 m (378 ft) waterline
  • 118.41 m (388.5 ft) overall
Beam10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draft3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Kampon type boilers
  • 2 × Kampon Type Ro geared turbines
  • 2 × shafts at 50,000 ihp (37,000 kW)
Speed38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement219
Armament
Service record
Operations:

Fubuki (吹雪, "Blizzard")[1] was the lead ship of twenty-four Fubuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. When introduced into service, these ships were the most powerful destroyers in the world.[2] They served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, and remained formidable weapons systems well into the Pacific War. Fubuki was a veteran of many of the major battles of the first year of the war, and was sunk in Ironbottom Sound during the Battle of Cape Esperance in World War II.

  1. ^ a b Nelson. Japanese-English Character Dictionary. page 246
  2. ^ Globalsecurity.org. "IJN Fubuki class destroyers".