Japanese destroyer Suzunami
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| Completed: | 27 July 1943 |
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| Fate: | Sunk 11 November 1943 |
| Struck: | 5 January 1944 |
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| Displacement: | 2,520 tons |
| Length: | 390 ft 11 in (109.5 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 5 in (10.0 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 4 in (3.0 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 228 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
Suzunami (涼波? "Breaking Waves") was a Yugumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
On 11 November 1943, Suzunami was sunk in a U.S. carrier air raid on Rabaul, New Britain. Reportedly she took a direct bomb hit while loading torpedoes near mouth of Rabaul Harbor (). She blew up and sank; 148 were killed including Commander Kamiyama.
Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Masao Kamiyama - 1 July 1943 - 27 July 1943
Cmdr. Masao Kamiyama - 27 July 1943 - 11 November 1943 (KIA)
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