Japanese destroyer Shirakumo (1927)

Shirakumo on 5 September 1931
History
Empire of Japan
NameShirakumo
NamesakeJapanese destroyer Shirakumo (1901)
Ordered1923 Fiscal Year
BuilderFujinagata Shipyards
Yard numberDestroyer No.42
Laid down27 October 1926
Launched27 December 1927
Commissioned28 July 1928
Stricken31 March 1944
FateTorpedoed and sunk by USS Tautog, 16 March 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:

Shirakumo (白雲, ”White Cloud”) was a Fubuki-class destroyer and the eighth in a class of twenty-four vessels built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I.

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