Japanese destroyer Shiratsuyu (1935)
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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Shiratsuyu.
Shiratsuyu (白露, ”White Dew”) [1] was the lead ship of ten Shiratsuyu-class destroyers, and first of six to be built for the Imperial Japanese Navy under the Circle One Program (Maru Ichi Keikaku).[2]
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History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Shiratsuyu |
Ordered | 1931 FY |
Builder | Sasebo Naval Arsenal |
Laid down | 14 November 1933 |
Launched | 5 April 1935 |
Commissioned | 7 September 1936 |
Stricken | 10 August 1944 |
Fate | Sunk in collision 15 June 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Shiratsuyu-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,685 long tons (1,712 t) |
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Beam | 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 34 knots (39 mph; 63 km/h) |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h) |
Complement | 180 |
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