Japanese destroyer Onami (1942)

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Career Japanese Navy Ensign
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:
Completed: 29 December 1942
Commissioned:
Fate: Sunk in action,
25 November 1943
Struck: 10 February 1944
General characteristics
Displacement: 2,520 tons
Length: 390 ft 11 in (109.5 m)
Beam: 35 ft 5 in (10.0 m)
Draft: 12 ft 4 in (3.0 m)
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement: 228
Armament: 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns,
up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns,
up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns,
8 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedo tubes,
36 depth charges

Onami (大波?) was a Yugumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Billow Wave" (Big Rough Waves).

On the night of 24–25 November 1943, Onami led a troop transport/evacuation run to Buka Island. In the Battle of Cape St. George, she was torpedoed by USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570), USS Claxton (DD-571) and/or USS Dyson (DD-572), 55 miles (100 km) east-southeast of Cape St. George (05°15′S, 153°49′E). Onami blew up and sank with all hands, including ComDesDiv 31 (Captain Kagawa Kiyoto). Commander Kikkawa was posthumously promoted two ranks, one of the few IJN destroyer skippers so honored.

Commanding Officers

Chief Equipping Officer - Lt. Cmdr. Toshio Hirayama - 15 November 1942 - 20 December 1942

Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Kiyoshi Kikkawa - 20 December 1942 - 29 December 1942

Cmdr. / RADM* Kiyoshi Kikkawa - 29 December 1942 - 25 November 1943 (KIA; posthumous 2-rank promotion.)


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