Japanese destroyer Ushio
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 Ushio |
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| Career |  |
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| Laid down: | December 24, 1929 |
| Launched: | November 17, 1930 |
| Commissioned: | November 14, 1931 |
| Status: | Scrapped on August 4, 1948 |
| 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 |
Ushio (Japanese 潮, Tide) was a Fubuki class destroyer that served in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Sino-Japanese War and World War II. It was the only one of the 20 ships in its class to survive World War II, and it was also the only survivor out of the 22 combat ships in the Pearl Harbor assault force.
Ushio was built by the Uraga Dock Co., where it was laid down on 24 December 1929 and was completed on 14 November 1931. It was assigned to the 7th Destroyer Division, which provided cover for the 1st Carrier Division.
Ushio was damaged, along with several other ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy in a storm in 1935. It was repaired and took part in many of the major sea battles of the Pacific, including Pearl Harbor and Guadalcanal.
Ushio was involved in at least two actions against American submarines:
- the USS Perch (SS-176) was scuttled after being attacked by Ushio and her sister-ship Sazanami on 3 March 1942
- the USS Bergall (SS-320) was holed by Ushio after torpedoing the cruiser Myōkō on 5 December 1944 although Bergall escaped.
Ushio was damaged several times in combat including damage from American shore batteries at Midway and an American air attack at Manila on 13 November 1944. On October 25, 1944 Ushio participated in the Battle of the Surigao Strait and on October 26, while she was escorting the damaged light cruiser Abukuma to port for repairs, the Abukuma was sunk by American B-24 Liberator bombers; the Ushio picked up 283 survivors. She eventually survived the war, and was scrapped on August 4, 1948.
Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Raizo Tanaka - 31 October 1931 - 14 November 1931
Cmdr. Raizo Tanaka - 14 November 1931 - 1 December 1932
Cmdr. Yoshiaki Inagaki - 1 December 1932 - 15 November 1933
Cmdr. Susumu Kimura - 15 November 1933 - 15 November 1934
Lt. Cmdr. Moichi Narita - 15 November 1934 - 15 March 1935
Lt. Cmdr. Yoshihisa Mori - 15 March 1935 - 1 December 1937
Cmdr. Ranji Oe - 1 December 1937 - 15 December 1938
Cmdr. Masao Yamagawa - 15 December 1938 - 15 October 1940
Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Kanji Yano - 15 October 1940 - 1 October 1941 (Promoted to Commander on 15 November 1940.)
Lt. Cmdr. Yoshitake Uesugi - 1 October 1941 - 20 January 1943
Cmdr. Takeo Kanda - 20 January 1943 - 3 July 1943
Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Masaomi Araki - 3 July 1943 - 9 February 1945 (Promoted to Commander on 15 October 1944.)
Lt. Cmdr. Fumio Satou - 9 February 1945 - 15 August 1945
[edit] References
- Long Lancers: IJN Ushio: Tabular Record of Movement
- Ushio in Naval History of World Wars
- LemaireSoft's Ushio, No. 47
| Fubuki-class destroyer |
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Type I (Fubuki) Type II (Ayanami) |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
