Shiratsuyu class 1st class destroyers



Shiratsuyu (as completed)

Displacement1685t standard, 1950t trial
Length103.5m pp, 107.5m wl
Width9.9m
Draught3.50m
Machinery2-shafts geared turbine, 3-boilers, 42,000shp
Fueloil 500t
Speed34kt
Armament5-12.7cm/50cal. gun (2x2, 1x1), 2-13mm AA machine gun, 8-61cm TT (4x2), 16 DCs
Complement180



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
ShiratsuyuFY1931Sasebo NYd1933.11.141935. 4. 51936. 8.20DD11944. 6.15 Lost
(collision with Seiyo-Maru, NE of Mindanao)
[09.09N, 126.51E]
1944. 8.10 disc
ShigureFY1931Uraga Dock1933.12. 91935. 5.181936. 9. 7DD11945. 1.24 Sunk
(torpedoed, E of Malay)
[06N, 103.48E]
1945. 3.10 disc
MurasameFY1931Fujinagata SB1934. 2. 11935. 6.201937. 1. 7DD11943. 3. 6 Sunk
(action, middle Solomons)
[08.03S, 157.13E]
1943. 4. 1 disc
YudachiFY1931Sasebo NYd1934.10.161936. 6.211937. 1. 7DD11942.11.13 Sunk
(action, off Guadalcanal)
[09.14S, 159.52E]
1942.12.15 disc
SamidareFY1931Uraga Dock1934.12.191935. 7. 61937. 1.29DD11944. 8.26 Sunk
(torpedoed, N of Palau)
1944.10.10 disc
HarusameFY1931Uraga Dock1935. 2. 31935. 9.211937. 8.26DD11944. 6. 8 Sunk
(air attack, off Biak I.)
[00.05S, 132.45E]
1944. 8.10 disc
YamakazeFY1934Uraga Dock1935. 5.251936. 2.211937. 6.30DD11942. 6.23 Sunk
(torpedoed, S of Honshu)
[34.34N, 140.26E]
1942. 8.20 disc
KawakazeFY1934Fujinagata SB1935. 4.251936.11. 11937. 4.30DD11943. 8. 6 Sunk
(action, middle Solomons)
[07.50S, 156.54E]
1943.10.15 disc
UmikazeFY1934Maizuru NYd1935. 5. 41936.11.271937. 5.31DD11944. 2. 1 Sunk
(torpedoed, off Truk)
[07.10N, 151.43E]
1944. 3.31 disc
SuzukazeFY1934Uraga Dock1935. 7. 91937. 3.111937. 8.31DD11944. 1.25 Sunk
(torpedoed, N of Ponape)
[08.51N, 157.10E]
1944. 3.10 disc



Shiratsuyu (1936) - model produced by: TAMIYA Inc., assembled and painted by: Hiroshi Nishida (Misohito)


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Copyright © Hiroshi Nishida (Misohito), 2002.
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