Shirakumo on 5 September 1931
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History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Shirakumo |
Namesake | Japanese destroyer Shirakumo (1901) |
Ordered | 1923 Fiscal Year |
Builder | Fujinagata Shipyards |
Yard number | Destroyer No.42 |
Laid down | 27 October 1926 |
Launched | 27 December 1927 |
Commissioned | 28 July 1928 |
Stricken | 31 March 1944 |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by USS Tautog, 16 March 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fubuki-class destroyer |
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Beam | 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
Complement | 219 |
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Shirakumo (白雲, ”White Cloud”)[1] was a Fubuki-class destroyer and the eighth in a class of twenty-four vessels 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.