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Hatsushimo

IJN Hatsushimo

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassHatsuharu
WarSecond World War
Main guns1 × 5″ gun

Survived the Yamato sortie of April 1945. Mined near Maizuru on 30 July 1945, two weeks before the surrender.

Hatsuharu class destroyer Hatsushimo. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • (as built) 2 × 2, 1 × 1 - 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun
  • 2 × 1 - 40 mm AA guns
  • 3 × 3 - 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes
  • 18 × depth charges
BuilderUraga Dock Company
Laid down31 January 1933
Launched4 November 1933
Commissioned27 September 1934
Displacement1,802 long tons (1,831 t)
Length103.5 m (340 ft) pp 105.5 m (346 ft) waterline 109.5 m (359 ft) overall
Speed36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Complement200

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

Career

Launched

4 November 1933

7 April 1945