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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.
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 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).
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).
These twenty-three 'turtle-back' destroyers, all authorised under the Ten Year Naval Expansion Programme of 1898, comprised six Ikazuchi class built by Yarrow [4] and six Murakumo class built by Thornycroft [5] in the UK, each carrying 1 × 12-pdr (aft) and 5 x 6-pdr guns and 2 × 18 in torpedo tubes, and followed by two larger ships from each of the same builders (the Shirakumo class from ...
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).
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).