IJN Fubuki

Sunk

Type	Destroyer
Class	Fubuki
War	Second World War
Main guns	6 × 5″ guns in 3 twin mounts

Lead ship of the "Special Type" destroyers that set the pattern for the 1930s. Sunk at Cape Esperance.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Fubuki (estimated March 1936, after performance improvement work). This pre-1945 image is believed to be copyright-free, as it is a Japanese photograph older than 50 years. If copyright exists in this image, use here is asserted to be fair use. Photo: Unknown, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3×2)
up to 22 × Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns
up to 10 × 13 mm AA guns
9 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes
36 × depth charges

Builder	Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down	19 June 1926
Launched	15 November 1927
Commissioned	10 August 1928
Displacement	1,750 long tons (1,780 t) standard 2,050 long tons (2,080 t) re-built
Length	111.96 m (367.3 ft) pp 115.3 m (378 ft) waterline 118.41 m (388.5 ft) overall
Speed	38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Complement	219

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

15 November 1927

Battle of Sunda Strait

Survived

28 February – 1 March 1942

Her torpedoes may have hit the transports

Battle of Cape Esperance

Sunk

11–12 October 1942