Uranami underway in September 1931
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History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Uranami |
Ordered | 1923 Fiscal Year |
Builder | Uraga Dock Company |
Yard number | Destroyer No.44 |
Laid down | 28 April 1927 |
Launched | 29 November 1928 |
Commissioned | 30 June 1929 |
Fate | Sunk on 26 October 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fubuki-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length |
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Beam | 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
Complement | 219 |
Armament |
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Uranami (浦波, "Shore Wave")[1] was the tenth of twenty-four 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.[2] They served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, and remained formidable weapons systems well into the Pacific War.
Uranami saw heavy service in WW2. In December, immediately into the war, Uranami won a gunfight and sank the Dutch submarine O 20, took part in the invasions of Bangka and the Andaman Islands, and would see heavy action at the naval battle of Guadalcanal, where she probably torpedoed and sank the destroyer USS Benham. Uranami was sunk by Taffy 2 aircraft during the battle of Leyte Gulf.