Japanese destroyer Tamanami

Right elevation and plan of a Yūgumo-class destroyer
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Tamanami
Builder	Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka
Laid down	16 March 1942
Launched	20 December 1942
Completed	30 April 1943
Stricken	10 September 1944
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by USS Mingo, 7 July 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Yūgumo-class destroyer
Displacement	2,520 long tons (2,560 t)
Length	119.15 m (390 ft 11 in)
Beam	10.8 m (35 ft 5 in)
Draft	3.75 m (12 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	Steam engine(s)
Speed	35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	228
Armament	6 × 127 mm (5.0 in)/50 cal dual purpose guns up to 28 × Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) anti-aircraft guns up to 4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA guns 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes for Type 93 torpedoes 36 × depth charges

Tamanami (玉波, "Jade Wave") was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

The Yūgumo class was a repeat of the preceding Kagerō class with minor improvements that increased their anti-aircraft capabilities. Their crew numbered 228 officers and enlisted men. The ships measured 119.17 meters (391 ft 0 in) overall, with a beam of 10.8 meters (35 ft 5 in) and a draft of 3.76 meters (12 ft 4 in).^[1] They displaced 2,110 metric tons (2,080 long tons) at standard load and 2,560 metric tons (2,520 long tons) at deep load.^[2] The ships had two Kampon geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by three Kampon water-tube boilers. The turbines were rated at a total of 52,000 shaft horsepower (39,000 kW) for a designed speed of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph).^[3]

The main armament of the Yūgumo class consisted of six Type 3 127-millimeter (5.0 in) guns in three twin-gun turrets, one superfiring pair aft and one turret forward of the superstructure.^[2] The guns were able to elevate up to 75° to increase their ability against aircraft, but their slow rate of fire, slow traversing speed, and the lack of any sort of high-angle fire-control system meant that they were virtually useless as anti-aircraft guns.^[4] They were built with four Type 96 25-millimeter (1.0 in) anti-aircraft guns in two twin-gun mounts, but more of these guns were added over the course of the war. The ships were also armed with eight 610-millimeter (24.0 in) torpedo tubes in a two quadruple traversing mounts; one reload was carried for each tube. Their anti-submarine weapons comprised two depth charge throwers for which 36 depth charges were carried.^[2]

On 7 July 1944, Tamanami was escorting the tanker Kokuyo Maru from Singapore towards Manila, Philippines. She was torpedoed by the submarine USS Mingo, 280 km (170 mi) west-southwest of Manila (13°55′N 118°30′E / 13.917°N 118.500°E / 13.917; 118.500). Tamanami blew up and sank with all hands.

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• CombinedFleet.com: Yūgumo-class destroyers
• CombinedFleet.com: Tamanami history