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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.
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).
The Japanese destroyer Sumire (菫) was one of 21 Momi-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. In 1940, she was decommissioned and then converted into a training ship, before later being re-converted into the auxiliary ship Mitaka (三高) on February 23, 1945. She was finally scrapped in 1948.
The Japanese destroyer Warabi (蕨) was one of 21 Momi-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. The ship was sunk on August 24, 1927 in a collision with the cruiser Jintsū off Miho Bay, and was struck from the naval list on September 15, 1927.
The Japanese destroyer Yomogi (薄) was one of 21 Momi-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. In 1940, she was converted to Patrol Boat No. 38. The ship was torpedoed in the Bashi Strait by USS Atule on November 25, 1944, and stricken from the navy list on March 10, 1945.
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 ...