Product Description
Shiratsuyu was the lead ship of the Shiratsuyu-class destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the second ship to bear this name in the Imperial Japanese Navy, following the Kamikaze-class destroyer Shiratsuyu.
This ship was completed in November 1933 and participated in battles around the Solomon Islands and the Battle of Bougainville during the war.
In June 1944, the Shiratsuyu collided with the oil tanker Seiyo Maru in the Surigao Strait and sank in about three minutes due to a chain reaction of depth charge detonations.
[Summary]
Standard discharge volume: 1,685 tons
• Full load displacement: 2,293.8 tons
・Total length 111m
Speed: 34 knots
・ Crew: 226
Armament: Two twin 12.7cm 50-caliber guns (4 guns total), one single 12.7cm 50-caliber gun (1 gun total), two single 40mm machine guns (2 guns total), two quadruple 61cm torpedo tubes (8 tubes total, 16 torpedoes total), two depth charge launchers, 16 depth charges.
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Item Size/Weight : 38.5 x 13.7 x 7.2 cm / 396g
Product Specifications
- Item code
- TRFM35003WL
- JAN code
- 4571628260269
Purchase Information
This item is limited to 3 per household.