Japanese destroyer Nowaki (1940)
Nowaki underway on 19 April 1941 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Nowaki |
| Ordered | 1937 |
| Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down | 8 November 1939 |
| Launched | 17 September 1940 |
| Commissioned | 28 April 1941 |
| Stricken | 10 January 1945 |
| Fate | Sunk in action by USS Owen, 26 October 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Kagerō-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,490 long tons (2,530 t) |
| Length | 118.5 m (388 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
| Draft | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Speed | 35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h) |
| Complement | 240 |
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| Service record | |
| Operations: | Battle off Samar (1944) |
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Nowaki (野分; "Autumn Gale") was a Kagerō-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.