Momo-class destroyer
Hinoki on patrol at Wuhan, China, 1923
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| Preceded by: | Isokaze class |
| Succeeded by: | Enoki class |
| In commission: | 28 February 1916 – 10 October 1944 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Retired: | 3 |
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| Type: | Destroyer |
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| Beam: | 7.7 m (25 ft) |
| Draught: | 2.3 m (7.5 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft steam turbine, 4 heavy oil-fired boilers 16,700 ihp (12,500 kW) |
| Speed: | 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h) |
| Range: | 2,400 nautical miles (4,400 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 110 |
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The Momo-class destroyers (桃型駆逐艦 Momogata kuchikukan?) were a class of four destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. As with the previous Kaba class, all were named after trees.
The Momo-class destroyers were designed as part of the first phase of the Hachi-Hachi Kantai program of the Imperial Japanese Navy, at the same time as the large Isokaze class. With the commissioning of the new high speed battleships Yamashiro and Ise, escort vessels with equally high speed and blue ocean capabilities were required. However, the Japanese Navy could not afford to build many large destroyers, so it was decided to split production between large "1st-class destroyers" (i.e. the Isokaze class) and new medium-sized "2nd class destroyers" (i.e. the Momo class).
Four vessels were built under the fiscal 1915 budget, with the order split between Maizuru Naval Arsenal and Sasebo Naval Arsenal.
The Momo-class ships were a scaled-down version of the Isokaze class and retained many of the innovations introduced by that class: curved, rather than straight bow, torpedo tubes, geared turbines, and a single-caliber main battery.
Internally, the engines were heavy fuel oil-fired steam turbine engines. Two vessels (Hinoki and Yanagi) used Brown-Curtis turbine engines, and the other two (Momo and Kashi) used Japanese-designed geared turbine engines. The smaller engines gave a smaller rated power of 16,700 shp, which allowed only for a speed of 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h), and limited range due to high fuel consumption.
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