IJN Shiranui

Sunk

Type	Destroyer
Class	Kagerō
War	Second World War
Main guns	6 × 5″ guns

Escorted the carriers to Pearl Harbor. Sunk by US carrier aircraft off Panay on 27 October 1944.

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Armament and specifications

Armament

(1939)
6 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 DP guns
2 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes
18 depth charges
2 × paravanes
(1944)
4 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 DP guns
28 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
36 depth charges

Builder	Uraga Dock Company
Laid down	30 August 1937
Launched	28 June 1938
Displacement	2,033 long tons (2,066 t) standard
Length	118.5 m (388 ft 9 in)
Speed	35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h)
Complement	239

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

28 June 1938