"Japanese Destroyers: Special Features" Topic
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Tango01  | 26 Oct 2023 8:45 p.m. PST |
" Japanese destroyers in World War II enjoyed well-deserved reputations for excellence in combat, particularly in night fighting and torpedo actions. Yet the fate of Japan's 'tin cans' was a grim one. Japan began the war with 113 destroyers, and built 63 more during the course of the conflict. Of these, a total of 134 were sunk, and many of the survivors were badly damaged by the end of the war. Allied aircraft and submarines, in particular, exacted a very heavy toll…." Main page
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| OSCS74 | 27 Oct 2023 7:59 a.m. PST |
The work of Allyn D. Nevitt was always top notch. |
| troopwo | 27 Oct 2023 12:36 p.m. PST |
I womder if he was only counting the Fubuki/Specials and the Akitsukis? just the late war Matsus alone add another fifty or sixty or did he consider them as escorts? Have to love those torpedo re-loads. |
| Tango01 | 27 Oct 2023 3:28 p.m. PST |
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 Virtualscratchbuilder | 30 Oct 2023 4:00 a.m. PST |
To get his numbers you have to count the pre-Fubuki ships as well as the Matsu type. The only first class ships added during the war were the Yugumos, Akitsukis and the one-off Shimakaze. That's 33. Caveat: Yugumo herself was complete but not deployed on 12/7/41, and some authors count Akigumo as a Kagero. |
| Tango01 | 30 Oct 2023 3:53 p.m. PST |
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