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Wakaba

IJN Wakaba

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassHatsuharu
WarSecond World War
Main guns(as built) 2 × 2, 1 × 1 - 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun

Sunk by US carrier aircraft off Panay on 24 October 1944, on her way to the Surigao Strait.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Wakaba, the second Japanese warship to bear that name. Photo: Shizuo Fukui, 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
BuilderSasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down12 December 1931
Launched18 March 1934
Commissioned31 October 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

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

Launched

18 March 1934