Japanese destroyer Uranami (1928)

Uranami underway in September 1931
History
Empire of Japan
NameUranami
Ordered1923 Fiscal Year
BuilderUraga Dock Company
Yard numberDestroyer No.44
Laid down28 April 1927
Launched29 November 1928
Commissioned30 June 1929
FateSunk on 26 October 1944
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
Another view of Uranami

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.

  1. ^ Nelson. Japanese-English Character Dictionary. Page 550
  2. ^ Globalsecurity.org. "IJN Fubuki class destroyers".