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Shinonome

IJN Shinonome

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassFubuki
WarSecond World War
Main guns6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3×2)

Lost off Miri in Borneo on 17 December 1941, during the invasion, probably bombed by a Dutch flying boat.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Shinonome, the second Japanese warship to bear that name Photo: Shizuo Fukui, 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
BuilderSasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down12 August 1926
Launched26 November 1927
Commissioned25 July 1928
Displacement1,750 long tons (1,780 t) standard 2,050 long tons (2,080 t) re-built
Length111.96 m (367.3 ft) pp 115.3 m (378 ft) waterline 118.41 m (388.5 ft) overall
Speed38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Complement219

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

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

26 November 1927