Japanese destroyer Nire (1919)

Sister ship Kuri at anchor, 1937
History
Empire of Japan
NameNire
BuilderKure Naval Arsenal
Launched22 December 1919
Completed31 March 1920
Stricken1939
FateScrapped by 15 August 1948
General characteristics as built
TypeMomi-class destroyer
Displacement
Length
  • 275 ft (83.8 m) (pp)
  • 280 ft (85.3 m) (o/a)
Beam26 ft (7.9 m)
Draft8 ft (2.4 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement110
Armament

The Japanese destroyer Nire () was one of 21 Momi-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. She survived the Pacific War and was subsequently scrapped by mid-1948.