Japanese torpedo boat Hiyodori

History
Empire of Japan
Name	Hiyodori
Ordered	1934 Fiscal Year
Laid down	26 November 1934
Launched	25 October 1935
In service	20 December 1936
Out of service	17 November 1944
Stricken	10 January 1945
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by USS Gunnel
General characteristics
Class and type	Otori-class torpedo boat
Displacement	1936: 840 tonnes standard; 1944: 1,043 tonnes standard;
Length	85 m (278 ft 10 in) wl; 88.5 m (290 ft 4 in) oa;
Beam	8.18 m (26 ft 10 in)
Draft	2.86 m (9 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	Two Ro-type Kanpon boilers generating 30 kg/cm2 (430 psi) ; Two Kanpon geared turbines generating 19,000 shp (14,000 kW), ; Two shafts;
Speed	30.5 knots (56.5 km/h; 35.1 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	113
Armament	1936:; 3 x 12 cm 11th Year Type naval gun,; 1 x 53 cm triple torpedo tube,; 1 x 40 mm Vickers AA gun,; 2 x paravanes; 1944:; 2 x 12 cm 11th Year Type naval gun,; 1 x 53 cm triple torpedo tube,; 3 x 25 mm Type 96 AA Gun in twin mountings,; 5 x 25 mm Type 96 AA gun in single mountings,; 48 x depth charges;

The Japanese torpedo boat Hiyodori was an Otori-class torpedo boat of the Imperial Japanese Navy, built for escort and anti-submarine duties. Although classified as a torpedo boat, she was large enough to be considered a small destroyer or a fast escort.^[1] She was the third ship of her class to be completed^[3] and served in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Second World War.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Fukui, Shizuo. The Japanese Navy - at the end of WW2, (Old Greenwich, CT: We, Inc., 1970), pp. 82 OCLC 00090908
^ ^a ^b Gardiner, Robert. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946, (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1980), pp. 197 ISBN 9780870219139
^ Watts, Anthony J., Gordon, Brian G. The Imperial Japanese Navy, (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company Inc.), pp. 279

History

Empire of Japan
Name	Hiyodori
Ordered	1934 Fiscal Year
Laid down	26 November 1934
Launched	25 October 1935
In service	20 December 1936
Out of service	17 November 1944
Stricken	10 January 1945
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by USS Gunnel
General characteristics
Class and type	Otori-class torpedo boat
Displacement	1936: 840 tonnes standard 1944: 1,043 tonnes standard
Length	85 m (278 ft 10 in) wl 88.5 m (290 ft 4 in) oa
Beam	8.18 m (26 ft 10 in)
Draft	2.86 m (9 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	Two Ro-type Kanpon boilers generating 30 kg/cm² (430 psi) Two Kanpon geared turbines generating 19,000 shp (14,000 kW), Two shafts
Speed	30.5 knots (56.5 km/h; 35.1 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)^[1]
Complement	113^[2]
Armament	1936: 3 x 12 cm 11th Year Type naval gun, 1 x 53 cm triple torpedo tube,^[1] 1 x 40 mm Vickers AA gun, 2 x paravanes 1944: 2 x 12 cm 11th Year Type naval gun, 1 x 53 cm triple torpedo tube,^[1] 3 x 25 mm Type 96 AA Gun in twin mountings,^[1] 5 x 25 mm Type 96 AA gun in single mountings,^[1] 48 x depth charges^[2]