Shiratsuyu-class destroyer

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Class overview
NameShiratsuyu class
Builders
Operators Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded byHatsuharu class
Succeeded byAsashio class
Built1931–1935
In commission1933–1945
Completed10
Lost10
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement1,685 long tons (1,712 t) standard
Length
  • 103.5 m (340 ft) pp
  • 107.5 m (352 ft 8 in) waterline
  • 109.6 m (359 ft 7 in) overall
Beam9.9 m (32 ft 6 in)
Draught3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft Kampon geared turbines
  • 3 Kanpon boilers, 42,000 hp (31,000 kW)
Speed
  • 34 knots (39 mph; 63 km/h) (original),
  • 33.3 knots (modified)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km) @ 18 kn (33 km/h)
Complement180
Armament

The Shiratsuyu-class destroyers (白露型駆逐艦, Shiratsuyugata kuchikukan) were a class of ten 1st Class destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy in service before and during World War II, during which all ten were sunk.[1]

  1. ^ Jentsura, Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945