Japanese torpedo boat Hiyodori

History
Empire of Japan
NameHiyodori
Ordered1934 Fiscal Year
Laid down26 November 1934
Launched25 October 1935
In service20 December 1936
Out of service17 November 1944
Stricken10 January 1945
FateTorpedoed and sunk by USS Gunnel
General characteristics
Class & typeOtori-class torpedo boat
Displacement
  • 1936: 840 tonnes standard
  • 1944: 1,043 tonnes standard
Length
  • 85 m (278 ft 10 in) wl
  • 88.5 m (290 ft 4 in) oa
Beam8.18 m (26 ft 10 in)
Draft2.86 m (9 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
  • Two Ro-type Kanpon boilers generating 30 kg/cm2 (430 psi)
  • Two Kanpon geared turbines generating 19,000 shp (14,000 kW),
  • Two shafts
Speed30.5 knots (56.5 km/h; 35.1 mph)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement113
Armament
  • 1936:
  • 1944:
    • 2 x 12 cm 11th Year Type naval gun,
    • 1 x 53 cm triple torpedo tube,
    • 3 x 25 mm Type 96 AA Gun in twin mountings,
    • 5 x 25 mm Type 96 AA gun in single mountings,
    • 48 x depth charges

The Japanese torpedo boat Hiyodori was an Otori-class torpedo boat of the Imperial Japanese Navy, built for escort and anti-submarine duties. Although classified as a torpedo boat, she was large enough to be considered a small destroyer or a fast escort. She was the third ship of her class to be completed and served in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Second World War.

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