Japanese destroyer Yomogi
20°12′N 121°54′E / 20.200°N 121.900°E
Sister ship Kuri at anchor, 1937 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Yomogi |
| Builder | Ishikawajima, Tokyo |
| Laid down | 26 February 1921 |
| Launched | 14 March 1922 |
| Completed | 19 August 1922 |
| Reclassified | As Patrol Boat No. 38, 1 April 1940 |
| Stricken | 10 March 1945 |
| Fate | Torpedoed by USS Atule, 25 November 1944 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Momi-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 110 |
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The Japanese destroyer Yomogi (薄) was one of 21 Momi-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. In 1940, she was converted to Patrol Boat No. 38. The ship was torpedoed in the Bashi Strait by USS Atule on November 25, 1944, and stricken from the navy list on March 10, 1945.