Japanese destroyer Shinonome
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 Shinonome |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | |
| Struck: | 15 January 1942 |
| Status: | Sunk in action, 17 December 1941 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,050 tons |
| Length: | 378 ft 3 in (115.3 m) |
| Beam: | 34 ft (10.4 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × Kampon type boilers, 2 × Parsons geared turbines, 2 × shafts at 50,000 shp (37 MW) |
| Speed: | 38 knots (70 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nm at 14 knots (9,200 km at 26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 197 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 inch (127 mm) / 50 caliber guns (3 × 2-gun turrets), up to 22 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 10 × 13 mm AA guns, 9 × 610 mm torpedo tubes, 36 × depth charges |
Shinonome was a Fubuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Morning Twilight" or "Daybreak Clouds".
On 17 December 1941, Shinonome was with the Borneo invasion force. She suffered two direct bomb hits by Dutch flying boat X-32 of GVT-7, which detonated the aft magazine. Shinonome blew up and sank with all hands off Miri, Borneo ().
On 15 January 1942, Shinonome was removed from the Navy List.
Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Tokuichi Kuga - 15 February 1928 - 25 July 1928
Cmdr. Tokuichi Kuga - 25 July 1928 - 30 November 1929
Lt. Cmdr. Suminobu Sakai - 30 November 1929 - 1 December 1930
Lt. Cmdr. Masao Yamamoto - 1 December 1930 - 1 December 1932
Lt. Cmdr. Kiyogo Takeda - 1 December 1932 - 25 January 1933
Cmdr. Tsutomu Shibata - 25 January 1933 - 15 November 1933
Cmdr. Shigeyasu Nishoka - 15 November 1933 - 15 November 1934
Cmdr. Torajiro Sato - 15 November 1934 - 2 November 1936
Lt. Cmdr. Katsumori Yamashiro - 2 November 1936 - 1 July 1937
Cmdr. Masayuki Kitamura - 1 July 1937 - 16 August 1937
Lt. Cmdr. Katsumori Yamashiro - 16 August 1937 - 15 November 1937
Cmdr. Kiyoto Kagawa - 15 November 1937 - 15 December 1938
Lt. Cmdr. Kunizo Kanaoka - 15 December 1938 - 1 December 1939
Lt. Cmdr. Magotarou Koseki - 1 December 1939 - 15 October 1940
Lt. Cmdr. Hiroshi Sasagawa - 15 October 1940 - 17 December 1941 (KIA)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
| Fubuki-class destroyer |
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Type I (Fubuki) Type II (Ayanami) |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
