Ōtori-class torpedo boat

Ōtori class

Kiji 1937
Class overview
Preceded by:	Chidori class
Succeeded by:	Matsu class (small destroyers)
Built:	1934-1937
In commission:	1936-1946
Planned:	16
Completed:	8
Cancelled:	8
Lost:	7
Retired:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Torpedo boat
Displacement:	840 tons standard 960 tons for battle condition
Length:	88.5 m (290 ft 4 in) full 85.0 m (278 ft 10 in) waterline
Beam:	8.18 m (26 ft 10 in)
Draft:	2.76 m (9 ft 1 in)
Depth:	4.85 m (15 ft 11 in)
Propulsion:	2 × Kampon water tube boilers 2 × Kanpon impulse turbines 2 × shafts, 19,000 shp (14,000 kW)
Speed:	30.5 knots (56.5 km/h; 35.1 mph)
Range:	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement:	129
Armament:	Ōtori, 1936 3 × 12 cm/45 (4.7 inch) 11th Year Type guns (3×1) 1 × Vickers 40 mm AA gun 1 × 11 mm machine gun 3 × Type 94 Torpedo tubes (1×3) 3 × 6th Year Type torpedoes 2 × paravanes Hiyodori, August 1944 2 × 12 cm/45 (4.7 inch) 11th Year Type guns (2×1) 11 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns 3 × Type 94 Torpedo tubes (1×3) 3 × 6th Year Type torpedoes 48 × depth charges

The Ōtori-class torpedo boat (鴻型水雷艇, Ōtori-gata suiraitei^?) were a class of eight 840 ton fast torpedo boats of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

The eight ships were ordered in 1934 and were commissioned between 1936 and 1937. Their range of service varied as needs of the war changed, but they were usually in the areas around Hong Kong, Palau, Rabaul, Truk, and Japanese home waters.

Although made for convoy escort duties and home water protection, most of this class participated in the Manila blockade operations early in the war, as well as transport duties in the Rabaul area during the Solomon Islands campaign due to ship losses.

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