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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 Japanese destroyer Momi (樅) was the lead ship of her class of 21 second-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the late 1910s. She was converted into an experimental ship in 1932 and later scrapped .
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 Aoi (葵) was one of 21 Momi-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. She was converted into a patrol boat in 1940 and was lost during the Battle of Wake Island shortly after the beginning of the Pacific War in December 1941.
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.
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.
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.
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.