Japanese destroyer Momo (1944)
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Momo (桃, "Peach") was one of 18 Matsu-class escort destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Completed in mid-1944, the ship spent her short career escorting troop and supply convoys. She played a minor role in the Battle of Ormoc Bay in early December, escorting a troop convoy in the Philippines. Momo was badly damaged by American aircraft while escorting a hell ship full of Japanese evacuees and Allied prisoners of war a week later from Manila, Philippines, to Japanese Taiwan. The destroyer was sunk by an American submarine on 15 December with the loss of 92 of her crew.
Not to be confused with Momo-class destroyer.
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Momo underway, 3 June 1944 | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Momo |
Namesake | Peach |
Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
Laid down | 5 November 1943 |
Launched | 25 March 1944 |
Completed | 10 June 1944 |
Stricken | 10 February 1945 |
Fate | Sunk by USS Hawkbill, 15 December 1944 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Matsu-class escort destroyer |
Displacement | 1,282 t (1,262 long tons) (standard) |
Length | 100 m (328 ft 1 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 9.35 m (30 ft 8 in) |
Draft | 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 × geared steam turbines |
Speed | 27.8 knots (51.5 km/h; 32.0 mph) |
Range | 4,680 nmi (8,670 km; 5,390 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 210 |
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