Japanese destroyer Isonami (1927)

Isonami in 1939.
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Isonami
Namesake	Japanese destroyer Isonami (1908)
Ordered	1923 Fiscal Year
Builder	Uraga Dock Company
Yard number	Destroyer No. 43
Laid down	19 October 1926
Launched	24 November 1927
Commissioned	30 June 1928
Stricken	1 August 1943
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by USS Tautog, 9 April 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	Fubuki-class destroyer
Displacement	1,750 long tons (1,780 t) standard 2,050 long tons (2,080 t) re-built
Length	111.96 m (367.3 ft) pp 115.3 m (378 ft) waterline 118.41 m (388.5 ft) overall
Beam	10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draft	3.2 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)
Speed	38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	219
Armament	6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3×2) up to 22 × Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns up to 10 × 13 mm AA guns 9 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes 36 × depth charges
Service record
Operations:	Second Sino-Japanese War Battle of Malaya Battle of Kota Bharu Battle of Midway Indian Ocean raid Solomon Islands campaign

Isonami (磯波, "Breakers" or "Surf")^[1] was the ninth of twenty-four Fubuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. When introduced into services, 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.