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Ushio

IJN Ushio

Survived

Imperial Japanese Navy

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

Shelled Midway on the night of Pearl Harbor. Fought at the Java Sea. One of the few Japanese destroyers to survive the war.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Ushio, 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
BuilderUraga Dock Company
Laid down24 December 1929
Launched17 November 1930
Commissioned14 November 1931
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

Launched

17 November 1930

Battle of the Java Sea
Survived

27 February 1942

Fate

Survived

Scrapped on 4 August 1948