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Harusame

IJN Harusame

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassShiratsuyu
WarSecond World War
Main guns5 × 5″ guns in 2 twin and 1 single mounts

Fought on 13 November 1942.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Harusame, the second Japanese warship to bear that name, underway on November 30, 1943. Photo: Shizuo Fukui, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 5 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval guns (2×2, 1×1)
  • 3 × Type 93 13 mm AA guns
  • 8 × 24 in (610 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 16 × Depth charges
BuilderMaizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down3 February 1935
Launched21 September 1935
Commissioned26 August 1937
Displacement1,685 long tons (1,712 t)
Length103.5 m (340 ft) pp 107.5 m (352 ft 8 in) waterline
Speed34 knots (39 mph; 63 km/h)
Complement226

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

Career

Launched

21 September 1935

27 February 1942

Fate

Sunk

Sunk off New Guinea, 8 June 1944