| Japanese destroyer Ōnami (1942) | |
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| Career |  |
| Name: | Ōnami |
| Builder: | Fujinagata Shipbuilding Yard |
| Completed: | 29 December 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 20 January 1943, 31st Destroyer Division |
| Struck: | 10 February 1944 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 25 November 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Yūgumo-class destroyer |
| Displacement: |
2,077 long tons (2,110 t) standard 2,520 long tons (2,560 t) battle condition |
| Length: | 119.15 m (390 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
| Draught: | 3.75 m (12 ft 4 in) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 228 |
| Armament: |
• 6 × 127 mm (5.0 in)/50 caliber DP guns • 8 × Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns • 2 × Type 92 (IV) 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes • 16 × Type 93 torpedoes • 18 depth charges |
The Ōnami (大波) was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Billow Wave" (Big Rough Waves).
On the night of 24–25 November 1943, Ōnami led a troop transport/evacuation run to Buka Island. In the Battle of Cape St. George, she was torpedoed by USS Charles Ausburne, and Claxton and/or Dyson, 55 miles (100 km) east-southeast of Cape St. George (05°15′S 153°49′E / 5.25°S 153.817°E). Ōnami 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.
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