Japanese destroyer Oboro
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 Oboro |
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| Career |  |
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| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | |
| Struck: | 15 November 1942 |
| Status: | Sunk in action, 17 October 1942 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,050 tons |
| Length: | 378 ft 3 in (115.3 m) |
| Beam: | 34 ft (10.4 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × Kampon type boilers, 2 × Parsons geared turbines, 2 × shafts at 50,000 shp (37 MW) |
| Speed: | 38 knots (70 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nm at 14 knots (9,200 km at 26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 197 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 inch (127 mm) / 50 caliber guns (3 × 2-gun turrets), up to 22 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 10 × 13 mm AA guns, 9 × 610 mm torpedo tubes, 36 × depth charges |
Oboro was a Fubuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Mist Veil Through Which Only a Shade of the Moon is Visible", or "Haziness Diffusing the Moonlight".
From 11 October to 17 October 1942, Oboro was on a transport run from Yokosuka via Shimushu to Kiska. She was sunk on 17 October in an air attack by U.S. Army B-26s, 30 miles (55 km) northeast of Kiska (). A direct bomb hit among munitions being carried caused the ship to blow up and sink, leaving only 17 survivors, including Lieutenant Commander Yamana, to be rescued by Hatsuharu (heavily damaged in same attack).
On 15 November 1942, Oboro was removed from the Navy List.
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| Fubuki-class destroyer |
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Type I (Fubuki) Type II (Ayanami) |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
