IJN destroyer Amagiri ship model
Prewar photo of Japanese destroyer Amagiri
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Imperial Japanese Navy Fubuki-class destroyer IJN Amagiri "Misty Rain" was completed in 1930, was the 15th ship of the Fubuki class.
State-of-the-art destroyers as World War Two began were the Japanese “special type.” The first of these were the Fubuki class; with heavy gun and torpedo armament, enclosed double turrets and a low silhouette, their design became the prototype for all subsequent Japanese destroyer construction.The Fubuki class has been called "the world's first modern destroyer. The Fubukis had a weakness. So much was packed into their long, narrow hulls that they tended to be top heavy.
On 2 August 1943 the ship was used as a fast transport. She was returning on a night reinforcement run as part of the Tokyo Express to Vila when she rammed and sank the future U.S. President John F. Kennedy's PT-109 torpedo boat. Amagiri's skipper, Lt. Commander Hanami Kouhei, attended JFK's 1961 Presidential Inaugural.and one of two destroyers to escape destruction by Capt. Arleigh Burke’s DesRon 23 during the Battle of Cape St. George, 25 November 1943. She was lost after striking a mine in the Makassar Strait, 23 April 1944.
Imperial Japanese Navy Fubuki-class destroyer IJN Amagiri "Misty Rain" was completed in 1930, was the 15th ship of the Fubuki class.
State-of-the-art destroyers as World War Two began were the Japanese “special type.” The first of these were the Fubuki class; with heavy gun and torpedo armament, enclosed double turrets and a low silhouette, their design became the prototype for all subsequent Japanese destroyer construction.The Fubuki class has been called "the world's first modern destroyer. The Fubukis had a weakness. So much was packed into their long, narrow hulls that they tended to be top heavy.
On 2 August 1943 the ship was used as a fast transport. She was returning on a night reinforcement run as part of the Tokyo Express to Vila when she rammed and sank the future U.S. President John F. Kennedy's PT-109 torpedo boat. Amagiri's skipper, Lt. Commander Hanami Kouhei, attended JFK's 1961 Presidential Inaugural.and one of two destroyers to escape destruction by Capt. Arleigh Burke’s DesRon 23 during the Battle of Cape St. George, 25 November 1943. She was lost after striking a mine in the Makassar Strait, 23 April 1944.
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Excelent destroyers like the class "Fubuki","Kagero" ,and latter "Yugumo" and "Akizuki" class.
The IJN was specially skilled in the utilisation of destroyer torpedo tactics ,a lot of USN,Australian and British ships had payed the price,specially in the Salomons.
Also to mention, a natural disposition and training to performed well directed night attacks and ambushs.
Excelent optics in the IJN ships , many times enemy forces were sighted before the radar of this last can detect the presence of IJN ships aproaching.Commanders of IJN Destroyers Divisions were also some of the best of the world ,mens like Raiso Tanaka, a "crack" in the famous"Tokyo Express" of the Salomons.
Destroyers:
Fubuki Class: (12 on service. Name after weather events): 7,600 tons, 36 knots, 2 torpedo launchers, 2 antiship missile launchers, 12 AA laser batteries, 1 ASROC launcher, 2 VLS launchers, stealth capable ship.
Shikinami Class (12 on service. Name after waves): 7,400 tons, 36 knots, 2 VLS launchers, 2 antiship missile launchers, 12 AA laser batteries, 1 ASROC launcher, 2 torpedo launchers, stealth capable ship.
Yukikaze Class (12 on service. Name after Wind): 7,400 tons, 36 knots, 2 VLS launchers, 2 antiship missile launchers, 12 AA laser batteries, 1 ASROC launcher, 2 torpedo launchers, stealth capable ship.
Oyashio Class (12 on service. Name after currents) : 7,600 tons, 36 knots, 2 VLS launchers, 2 antiship missile launchers, 12 AA laser batteries, 1 ASROC launcher, 2 torpedo launchers, stealth capable ship.
Yamagumo Class (12 on service. Name after Clouds) : 7,200 tons, 34 knots, 2 VLS launchers, 2 antiship missile launchers, 12 AA laser batteries, 1 ASROC launcher, 2 torpedo launchers, stealth capable ship.
Akizuki Class (12 on service. Name after the Moon): 6,800 tons, 33 knots, 2 VLS launchers, 2 antiship missile launchers, 12 AA laser batteries, 1 ASROC launcher, 2 torpedo launchers, 1 120mm gun on a turret forward.
Umigiri Class (12 on service. Name after the Mist): 6,400 tons, 34 knots, 2 antiship missile launchers, 1 ASROC launcher, 2 torpedo launchers, 12 AA laser batteries, 1 120mm on a turret forward, 1 cruise missile launcher.
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