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ONI 41-42 |
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Tonnage |
2033 tons standard displacement |
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Dimensions |
388'10" by 35'5" by 12'4" 118.52m by 10.80m by 3.76m |
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Maximum speed |
35 knots |
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Complement |
240 |
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Armament |
3x2 5"/50
dual-purpose guns 2x2 25mm/60 AA guns 2x4 Long Lance torpedo tubes (1 reload) 2 depth charge throwers (16 depth charges) |
| Machinery |
2-shaft geared turbine
(52,000
shp) 3 Kampon boilers |
| Bunkerage |
600 tons fuel oil |
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Range |
5000 nautical miles (22,000km) at 18 knots |
| Modifications |
1943: Light antiaircraft
modified to 2x2, 2x3 25mm guns.
Late 1943: One 5" turret replaced by 2x3 25mm guns. Type 13 and Type 22 radar fitted. 1944: 14 single 25mm guns added |
The Kageros or Type A destroyers were
completed in 1939-41 and took full
advantage of the lapse of the naval
treaties. With Japan rapidly becoming a military oligarchy,
they
were constructed with little regard for financial restrictions as
well.
With the design going back to 1937, they drew upon every lesson
learned
from Japanese destroyer design
through the Asashio class (which
they very closely resembled).
Construction was welded internally, but riveting
was retained for the outer shell. The machinery was of a new
lightweight type with improved efficiency. The boilers had air
preheat
and operated at higher temperature and pressure than earlier
designs.
Unsurprisingly,
they were very powerful units with
excellent firepower,
strength, and range, lacking only somewhat in speed. They were
superior to any Western destroyer of 1939.
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References
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 2009-12-23)
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