Kuwa during speed trials off Hiroshima, 1918. Note the vast amount of smoke from coal-fired boilers
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Class overview | |
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Name | Enoki class |
Builders | |
Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Preceded by | Momo class |
Succeeded by | Kawakaze class |
In commission | 1918–1936 |
Completed | 6 |
Retired | 6 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length |
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Beam | 7.7 m (25 ft) |
Draught | 2.3 m (7.5 ft) |
Propulsion | 2-shaft steam turbine, 4 boilers 16,700 ihp (12,500 kW) |
Speed | 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h) |
Range | 2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 110 |
Armament |
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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).