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Japanese destroyer Karukaya

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ships with a deeper draft to improve handling characteristics in heavy seas, particularly against rolling. Weaponry layout, general arrangement and silhouette were all identical with the
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was assigned to the 32nd Destroyer Division on the outbreak of the war in the Pacific, and spent the early months of the war protecting shipping traffic in the
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On 10 April 1942, the 1st Surface Escort Division of the Southwest Area Fleet was created, and Destroyer Division 32, including
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machine guns. The destroyer's minelaying and sweeping gear was removed to allow four depth charge throwers and up to 48
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was refitted in the winter of 1941–1942, with one of its 120 mm guns being replaced by six 25 mm
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2-shaft Parsons geared steam turbines, 3 boilers, 21,500 shp (16,000 kW)
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set a record by successfully completing 54 convoy escorts before her loss.
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3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
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was assigned to it to provide protection for convoys against Allied
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anti-aircraft cannon in two triple mounts, together with several
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activity. They initially escorted convoys running between
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in the South China Sea west of Luzon on 10 May 1944, at
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class, in the 1920s and 1930s, they were mainly used in
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class limited their use as fleet escorts. As with the
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Index


Empire of Japan
Osaka
USS Cod
Wakatake-class
destroyer
p/p
o/a
knots
Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval guns
torpedoes
Wakatake-class
destroyer
Imperial Japanese Navy
Osaka
Japan
laid down
launched
Momi-class
Chinese
Type 96
13.2 mm (0.52 in)
depth charges
Tsushima Straits
submarine
Moji
Taiwan
Philippines
Singapore
French Indochina

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