Japanese destroyer Shikinami (1929)

Shikinami under way on 13 November 1929
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Shikinami
Namesake	敷波 ("Spreading Waves")[1]
Ordered	1923 Fiscal Year
Builder	Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Yard number	Destroyer No. 46
Laid down	6 July 1928
Launched	22 June 1929
Commissioned	24 December 1929
Stricken	10 October 1944
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by USS Growler, 12 September 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Fubuki-class destroyer
Displacement	1,750 long tons (1,780 t) standard 2,050 long tons (2,080 t) re-built
Length	111.96 m (367.3 ft) pp 115.3 m (378 ft) waterline 118.41 m (388.5 ft) overall
Beam	10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draft	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	4 × Kampon type boilers 2 × Kampon Type Ro geared turbines 2 × shafts at 50,000 ihp (37,000 kW)
Speed	38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	219
Armament	6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3×2) up to 22 × Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns up to 10 × 13 mm AA guns 9 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes 36 × depth charges
Service record
Operations:	Second Sino-Japanese War Battle of Malaya Battle of Midway Indian Ocean raid Solomon Islands campaign

Shikinami (敷波, "Spreading Waves")^[2] was the 12th of 24 Fubuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. When introduced into service, these ships were the most powerful destroyers in the world.^[3] They served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, and remained formidable weapons systems well into the Pacific War.