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Japanese destroyer Asanagi

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were installed. These changes increased their displacement to 1,499 long tons (1,523 t). Survivors had their light AA armament augmented to be between thirteen and twenty 25 mm guns and four
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and the last pair back to back atop the aft superstructure. The guns were numbered '1' to '4' from front to rear. The ships carried three above-water twin sets of 53.3-centimeter (21.0 in)
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Early in the war, the No. 4 gun and the aft torpedo tubes were removed in exchange for four depth charge throwers and 18 depth charges. In addition 10 license-built
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for repairs. She spent the remainder of September through November 1943 on patrols and escort duty in the central Pacific, and between Truk, Rabaul and the
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to Japan on 20 May 1944, the destroyer was torpedoed and sunk 200 miles (320 km) west-northwest of
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by June 1944. These changes reduced their speed to 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph).
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of 102.5 meters (336 ft 3 in) and were 97.5 meters (319 ft 11 in)
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on 21 April 1924 and completed on 29 December 1924. Originally commissioned as
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returned to Rabaul in mid-July and was assigned to cover Japanese landings on
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from 8–10 December 1941, and subsequently was assigned to the second
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was assigned to Destroyer Division 29 of Destroyer Squadron 6 of the
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Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter & Mickel, Peter (1977).
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for repairs by April. Once repairs were completed in June,
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escorted numerous convoys between Yokosuka, Truk, the
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escorted convoys from Sasebo back to Truk. During the
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provided cover for landings of Japanese forces during
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The destroyer provided cover for the 480:12-centimeter (4.7 in) Type 3 guns 158:1,422 t (1,400 long tons) (normal) 16:Destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy 184:102.5 m (336 ft 3 in) ( 177:97.5 m (319 ft 11 in) ( 18: 794:Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 142 397:class was an improved version of the 287:3 × twin 53.3 cm (21.0 in) 41: 7: 927:. Garden City, New York: Doubleday. 824: 822: 820: 818: 790: 788: 786: 283:12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns 1799:Ships built by Fujinagata Shipyards 365:(IJN) during the 1920s. 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Index


Empire of Japan
Fujinagata Shipyards
Kamikaze-class
destroyer
deep load
pp
o/a
shp
water-tube boilers
steam turbines
knots
nmi
12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns
torpedo tubes
Battle of Wake Island
New Guinea Campaign
Solomon Islands Campaign
Kamikaze-class
destroyers
Imperial Japanese Navy
Pacific War
Gilbert Islands
Battle of Wake Island
New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Minekaze-class
overall length
between perpendiculars
beam

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