Japanese destroyer Harusame (1935)
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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Harusame.
Harusame (春雨, "Spring Rain")[2] was the sixth of ten Shiratsuyu-class destroyers, and was built for the Imperial Japanese Navy under the "Circle One" Program (Maru Ichi Keikaku).[3] This vessel should not be confused with the earlier Russo-Japanese War-period Harusame-class torpedo boat destroyer with the same name.
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Harusame underway on 30 November 1943. | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Harusame |
Namesake | 春雨 (Spring Rain)[1] |
Ordered | 1931 FY |
Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
Laid down | 3 February 1935 |
Launched | 21 September 1935 |
Commissioned | 26 August 1937 |
Stricken | 10 August 1944 |
Fate | Sunk by American bombers off New Guinea, 8 June 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Shiratsuyu-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,685 long tons (1,712 t) |
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Beam | 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 34 knots (39 mph; 63 km/h) |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h) |
Complement | 226 |
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