Japanese destroyer Shinonome
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 Shinonome |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | |
| Struck: | 15 January 1942 |
| Status: | Sunk in action, 17 December 1941 |
| 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 |
Shinonome was a Fubuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Morning Twilight" or "Daybreak Clouds".
On 17 December 1941, Shinonome was with the Borneo invasion force. She suffered two direct bomb hits by Dutch flying boat X-32 of GVT-7, which detonated the aft magazine. Shinonome blew up and sank with all hands off Miri, Borneo ().
On 15 January 1942, Shinonome 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 |
