Japanese destroyer Sagiri
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 Sagiri |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | March 28, 1929 |
| Launched: | December 23, 1929 |
| Commissioned: | January 31, 1931 |
| Status: | Sunk by K XVI on December 24, 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 |
Sagiri (Japanese 狭霧, Thin Fog) was a Fubuki class destroyer that served in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
Sagiri was laid down by the Uraga Dock Co. on 28 March 1929, launched on 23 December of the same year, and commissioned on 31 January 1931. It was the sixth of the intermediate group of Fubuki class destroyers.
Sagiri was assigned to Destroyer Division 20 and took part in Imperial Japanese Navy combat maneuvers and the Second Sino-Japanese War during the 1930s.
On 8 December 1941, during World War II, Destroyer Division 20 provided covering fire for the Japanese landings at Singora, Thailand. On 17 December 1941, Sagiri, which was detached from Destroyer Division 20, took part in the Japanese landings at Miri in northern Borneo. On 23 December-24 December 1941, it participated in the invasion at Kuching, Sarawak. On 24 December 1941, Sagiri was steaming about 35 miles off Kuching when it was torpedoed by the Dutch submarine K XVI. Sagiri's torpedoes caught fire and exploded, sinking the ship with the loss of 121 of its crew.
Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Tamibe Sakano - 1 August 1930 - 30 January 1931
Cmdr. Tamibe Sakano - 30 January 1931 - 1 December 1931
Cmdr. Takeo Shimizu - 1 December 1931 - 15 November 1934
Cmdr. Shigeyasu Nishioka - 15 November 1934 - 1 November 1935
Lt. Cmdr. Kiichiro Shoji - 1 November 1935 - 1 December 1936
Cmdr. Saiji Norimitsu - 1 December 1936 - 1 December 1937
Lt. Cmdr. Hiroshi Yamamoto - 1 December 1937 - 25 June 1938
Lt. Cmdr. Takeo Koyama - 25 June 1938 - 9 July 1938
Lt. Cmdr. Etsuma Tsubogi - 9 July 1938 - 15 October 1938
Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Kenma Isogu - 15 October 1938 - 15 November 1939 (Promoted to Commander on 15 November 1938.)
Cmdr. Masashichi Shirahama - 15 November 1939 - 15 November 1940
Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Koushichi Sugioka - 15 November 1940 - 24 December 1941 (Promoted to Commander on 15 October 1941.)
[edit] References
- Long Lancers: IJN Sagiri: Tabular Record of Movement
- Sagiri in Naval History of World Wars
- LemaireSoft's Sagiri, N°50
| Fubuki-class destroyer |
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Type I (Fubuki) Type II (Ayanami) |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
