Japanese destroyer Sazanami (1931)

Sazanami on 15 April 1940
History
Empire of Japan
NameSazanami
NamesakeJapanese destroyer Sazanami (1899)
Ordered1923 Fiscal Year
BuilderMaizuru Naval Arsenal
Yard numberDestroyer No. 53
Laid down21 March 1930
Launched6 June 1931
Commissioned19 May 1932
Stricken10 March 1944
FateSunk by USS Albacore, 14 January 1944
General characteristics
Class & typeFubuki-class destroyer
Displacement
Length
  • 111.96 m (367.3 ft) pp
  • 115.3 m (378 ft) waterline
  • 118.41 m (388.5 ft) overall
Beam10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draft3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Kampon type boilers
  • 2 × Kampon Type Ro geared turbines
  • 2 × shafts at 50,000 ihp (37,000 kW)
Speed38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement219
Armament
Service record
Operations:

Sazanami (漣, "Ripples") was the nineteenth of twenty-four Fubuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I.

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