Enoki-class destroyer

Kuwa during speed trials off Hiroshima, 1918. Note the vast amount of smoke from coal-fired boilers
Class overview
NameEnoki class
Builders
Operators Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded byMomo class
Succeeded byKawakaze class
In commission1918–1936
Completed6
Retired6
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement
  • 850 long tons (864 t) normal,
  • 1,100 long tons (1,118 t) full load
Length
  • 83.8 m (275 ft) pp,
  • 85.8 m (281 ft) overall
Beam7.7 m (25 ft)
Draught2.3 m (7.5 ft)
Propulsion2-shaft steam turbine, 4 boilers 16,700 ihp (12,500 kW)
Speed31.5 knots (58.3 km/h)
Range2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement110
Armament

The Enoki-class destroyers (榎型駆逐艦, Enokigata kuchikukan) were a class of six destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy.[1] As with the previous Momo class, all were named after trees. As Enoki and Nara were both commissioned on the same day, the class is also referred to as the Nara-class destroyers (楢型駆逐艦, Naragata kuchikukan).

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