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The Momi-class destroyers were a class of twenty-one second-class destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. [1] All were named for plants. Obsolete by the beginning of the Pacific War, the Momis were relegated to mostly secondary roles, with some vessels serving throughout the war as patrol vessels or high speed transports.
The Momi class was designed with higher speed and better seakeeping than the preceding Enoki-class second-class destroyers. [1] The ships had an overall length of 280 feet (85.3 m) and were 275 feet (83.8 m) between perpendiculars. They had a beam of 26 feet (7.9 m), and a mean draft of 8 feet (2.4 m).
Fuyutsuki-class: Destroyer: Fuyutsuki Harutsuki Yoizuki Natsuzuki: 2,700 tonnes Akizuki-subclass. Michitsuki-class: Destroyer: Hanazuki: 2,700 tonnes 16 vessel planned however only 1 completed. Akizuki-subclass. Shimakaze-class: Destroyer: Shimakaze: 2,570 tonnes She was an experimental destroyer, with new high-temperature, high-pressure steam ...
I-52 (伊号第五二潜水艦 (伊52), I Gō Dai Gojūni Sensuikan (I Gojūni), I-52 submarine (I-52)), code-named Momi (樅, "fir tree") was a Type C3 cargo submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy used during World War II for a secret mission to Lorient, France, then occupied by Germany, during which she was sunk.
The following is a list of destroyers and 1st class (steam) torpedo boats of Japan grouped by class or design. In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers.
Japanese submarine I-52 (1943), a submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy, code-named Momi; Japanese destroyer Momi (1944), a Matsu-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II; JDS Momi, a Kusu-class patrol frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, formerly USS Poughkeepsie (PF-26)
Momi (樅, translation: "White fir") was a Matsu-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) built during World War II. Completed in late 1944, the ship was designed as an anti-submarine escort and defended convoys between Japan and its occupied territories during the war.
The Japanese destroyer Tsuga (栂) was one of 21 Momi-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. She spent most of the Pacific War patrolling and escorting convoys in and around Chinese waters, during which the ship participated in the Battle of Hong Kong in December 1941.