Japanese destroyer Oboro (1930)

Oboro on 22 July 1936
History
Empire of Japan
NameOboro
NamesakeJapanese destroyer Oboro (1899)
Ordered1923 Fiscal Year
BuilderSasebo Naval Arsenal
Yard numberDestroyer No. 51
Laid down29 November 1929
Launched8 November 1930
Commissioned31 October 1931
Stricken15 November 1942
FateSunk in air attack, 17 October 1942
General characteristics
Class & typeFubuki-class destroyer
Displacement
Length
  • 111.96 m (367.3 ft) pp
  • 115.3 m (378 ft) waterline
  • 118.41 m (388.5 ft) overall
Beam10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draft3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Kampon type boilers
  • 2 × Kampon Type Ro geared turbines
  • 2 × shafts at 50,000 ihp (37,000 kW)
Speed38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement219
Armament
Service record
Operations:

Oboro (朧, "Moonlight") was the seventeenth of twenty-four Fubuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I.

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