Japanese destroyer Warabi

{{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = Japanese destroyer warabi in 1927.jpg | image_caption =''Warabi'' in 1927 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | country = [[Empire of Japan]] | flag = {{shipboxflag|Empire of Japan|naval}} | name = ''Warabi'' | namesake = | ordered = | builder = [[Fujinagata Shipyards]], [[Osaka]], [[Japan]] | laid_down =12 October 1920 | launched =28 September 1921 | completed =19 December 1921 | commissioned = | fate = Sunk 24 August 1927 in collision off [[Miho Bay]] | struck = 15 September 1927 | notes = }}

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The '''Japanese destroyer {{nihongo|''Warabi'''''|蕨}} was one of 21 {{sclass|Momi|destroyer}}s built for the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] (IJN) in the late 1910s. The ship was sunk on August 24, 1927 in a collision with the cruiser {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Jintsū||2}} off [[Miho Bay]], and was struck from the naval list on September 15, 1927.

==Design and description== The ''Momi'' class was designed with higher speed and better [[seakeeping]] than the preceding {{sclass|Enoki|destroyer|0}} second-class destroyers.<ref>Watts & Gordon, p. 259</ref> The ships had an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|280|ft|m|1}} and were {{convert|275|ft|m|1}} [[between perpendiculars]]. They had a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|26|ft|m|1}}, and a mean [[draft (hull)|draft]] of {{convert|8|ft|m|1}}. The ''Momi''-class ships displaced {{convert|850|LT|t|lk=on|0}} at [[Displacement (ship)#Standard displacement|standard load]] and {{convert|1020|LT|t|0}} at [[deep load]].<ref name=j5>Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 137</ref> ''Warabi'' was powered by two [[Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company|Parsons]] geared [[steam turbine]]s, each driving one [[propeller shaft]] using steam provided by three [[Kampon]] [[water-tube boiler]]s.<ref>Friedman, p. 244</ref> The turbines were designed to produce {{convert|21500|shp|kW|lk=on}} to give the ships a speed of {{convert|36|kn|lk=in}}. The ships carried a maximum of {{convert|275|LT|t|0}} of [[fuel oil]] which gave them a range of {{convert|3000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|15|kn}}. Their crew consisted of 110 officers and crewmen.<ref>Watts & Gordon, p. 260</ref>

The main armament of the ''Momi''-class ships consisted of three [[Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun|{{convert|12|cm|sp=us|adj=on|1}} Type 3 guns]] in single mounts; one gun forward of the [[well deck]], one between the two [[funnel (ship)|funnel]]s, and the last gun atop the aft [[superstructure]]. The guns were numbered '1' to '3' from front to rear. The ships carried two above-water twin sets of {{convert|533|mm|sp=us|adj=on|0}} [[torpedo tube]]s; one mount was in the well deck between the forward superstructure and the bow gun and the other between the aft funnel and aft superstructure.<ref name=j5/>

==Construction and career== ''Warabi'', built at the [[Fujinagata Shipyards]] in [[Osaka]], was laid down on October 12, 1920, [[ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on September 28, 1921 and completed on December 19, 1921. The ship was sunk on August 24, 1927 in a collision with the cruiser {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Jintsū||2}} off [[Miho Bay]], and was struck from the naval list on September 15, 1927. In the collision and sinking, 119 people died.<ref name="Asahi">{{cite news |title=Warship sunk in 1927 collision found on seabed off Shimane |url=https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14439184 |access-date=6 October 2021 |work=The Asahi Shimbun |date=2 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003210947/https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14439184 |archive-date=3 October 2021}}</ref>

==Wreck== In September 2020 researchers discovered what they concluded is the forward section of ''Warabi'' {{convert|33|km|mi nmi}} to the northeast of the Mihonoseki Lighthouse, [[Shimane Prefecture]], noting that the ship had broken in two in the collision,. The aft part was located in July 2021, {{convert|10|km|mi nmi}} north of the bow.<ref name=Asahi/>

==Notes== {{reflist|30em}}

==References== *{{cite book|editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Gray|editor2-first=Randal |title= Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|location=Annapolis|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-87021-907-3|name-list-style=amp|chapter=Japan|author=Friedman, Norman|author-link=Norman Friedman}} *{{cite book| last = Jentschura| first = Hansgeorg| first2 = Dieter |last2=Jung|first3=Peter |last3=Mickel| year = 1977| title = Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945| publisher = United States Naval Institute| location = Annapolis, Maryland| isbn = 0-87021-893-X|name-list-style=amp}} *{{cite book|last1=Watts|first1=Anthony J.|title=The Imperial Japanese Navy|date=1971 |publisher=Doubleday |location=Garden City, New York|isbn=0-35603-045-8|last2=Gordon|first2=Brian G.|name-list-style=amp}}

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