Japanese destroyer Shinonome (1927)

Shinonome in 1930.
History
Empire of Japan
NameShinonome
NamesakeDaybreak
Ordered1923 Fiscal Year
BuilderSasebo Naval Arsenal
Yard numberDestroyer No.40
Laid down12 August 1926
Launched26 November 1927
Commissioned25 July 1928
Stricken15 January 1942
FateSunk on 17 December 1941, bombed by Dutch Aircraft
General characteristics
Class and typeFubuki-class destroyer
Displacement
Length
  • 111.96 m (367.3 ft) pp
  • 115.3 m (378 ft) waterline
  • 118.41 m (388.5 ft) overall
Beam10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draft3.2 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)
Speed38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement219
Armament
Service record
Operations:
Another view of Shinonome.

Shinonome (東雲, ”Daybreak”)[1] was the sixth of twenty-four Fubuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I.[2] They served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, and remained formidable weapons systems well into the Pacific War.

  1. ^ Nelson. Japanese-English Character Dictionary. page 213
  2. ^ Globalsecurity.org. "IJN Fubuki class destroyers".