Japanese destroyer Momi (1944)
Momi, 4 September 1944 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Momi |
| Ordered | 1942 |
| Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down | 2 January 1944 |
| Launched | 16 June 1944 |
| Completed | 7 September 1944 |
| Stricken | 10 March 1945 |
| Fate | Sunk by aircraft, 5 January 1945 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Matsu-class escort destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,282 t (1,262 long tons) (standard) |
| Length | 100 m (328 ft 1 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 9.35 m (30 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) |
| Installed power | 2 × water-tube boilers; 19,000 shp (14,000 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 × geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 27.8 knots (51.5 km/h; 32.0 mph) |
| Range | 4,680 nmi (8,670 km; 5,390 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 210 |
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Momi (樅; translation: "White fir") was a Matsu-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) built during World War II. Completed in late 1944, the ship was designed as an anti-submarine escort and defended convoys between Japan and its occupied territories during the war. She was sunk with the loss of all hands on 5 January 1945 by an American torpedo bomber in the South China Sea.