Japanese destroyer Sugi (1915)

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Sugi.

History
Empire of Japan
NameSugi
Namesake"Cedar Tree"
BuilderMitsubishi Shipyards, Yokohama
Launched16 February 1915
Completed7 April 1915
Decommissioned1 April 1932
StrickenNovember 1931
FateScrapped, 1932
General characteristics
Class and typeKaba-class destroyer
Displacement
Length
  • 260 ft (79.2 m) (pp)
  • 274 ft (83.5 m) (o/a)
Beam24 ft (7.3 m)
Draught7 ft 9 in (2.4 m)
Installed power
Propulsion3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement92
Armament

Sugi (杉, "Judas Tree") was one of 10 Kaba-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I.

Design and description

The Kaba-class destroyers were improved versions of the preceding Sakura class. They displaced 665 long tons (676 t) at normal load and 850 long tons (860 t) at deep load. The ships had a length between perpendiculars of 260 feet (79.2 m) and an overall length of 274 feet (83.5 m), a beam of 24 feet (7.3 m) and a draught of 7 feet 9 inches (2.4 m). The Kabas were powered by three vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft using steam produced by four Kampon water-tube boilers.[1] Two boilers burned a mixture of coal and fuel oil while the other pair only used oil.[2] The engines produced a total of 9,500 indicated horsepower (7,100 kW) that gave the ships a maximum speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph).[3] They carried a maximum of 100 long tons (102 t) of coal and 137 long tons (139 t) of oil which gave them a range of 1,600 nautical miles (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). Their crew consisted of 92 officers and ratings.[4]

The main armament of the Kaba-class ships consisted of a single quick-firing (QF) 12-centimetre (4.7 in) gun located on the bow. They were also armed with four QF 3-inch (76 mm) guns on single mounts. Two guns were positioned abreast the middle funnel, one gun was on the aft superstructure and the fourth gun was on the stern. The destroyers' torpedo armament consisted of two twin rotating mounts[4] for 450-millimetre (17.7 in)[5] torpedoes located between the superstructure and the stern gun.[4]

Construction and career

Sugi was launched on 16 February 1915 at the Mitsubishi's shipyard in Yokohama[1][Note 1] and completed on 7 April.[4] During World War I the ship patrolled the area around Singapore[2] and later served as a convoy escort in the Mediterranean Sea.[6] She was stricken from the navy list in November 1931,[4] decommissioned on 1 April 1932[2] and subsequently broken up.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Todaka, et al., state that the ship was built in Sakurajima, although no shipyard is known to exist there at that time.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Friedman 1985, p. 242
  2. ^ a b c d Todaka, et al., p. 215
  3. ^ Watts & Gordon, p. 248
  4. ^ a b c d e Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 135
  5. ^ Friedman 2011, p. 349
  6. ^ Halpern, p. 393

Bibliography

  • Halpern, Paul G. (1995). A Naval History of World War I. UCL Press. ISBN 978-1-85728-498-0.
  • Howarth, Stephen (1983). The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The Drama of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895–1945. Atheneum. ISBN 978-0-689-11402-1.
  • Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter; Mickel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-893-4.