Momi-Class
Smallest Destroyers - Momi-class were tiny WWI-era destroyers. 21 ships built 1920-1922. Very small (850 tons), three 4.7-inch guns, four 21-inch torpedoes, 36 knots. Obsolete by 1930s - most converted to patrol boats (1939-1940) or scrapped. Only 4 retained as destroyers for WWII service, all 4 lost in combat 1942-1944. Smallest destroyers in IJN WWII service.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 864 t
- Displacement (full)
- 1050 t
- Length
- 274.9 ft
- Beam
- 25.9 ft
- Crew
- 110
- Ships built
- 21
- Commissioned
- 1920-1922
- Decommissioned
- 1939-1945 (combat losses and scrapping)
Performance
- Top speed
- 36 kn
- Range
- 3600 nm at 14 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 3× 120mm/45 Type 3 (4.7-inch) - three single mounts
- Torpedoes
- 4× 533mm (21-inch) Type 8 - four single tubes
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None (unarmored destroyer)
In-Game
- Tier
- T3
- Game power
- 45.56
- Research cost
- 9,021
- Credit cost
- 31,892
Notable
- Smallest destroyers in IJN service WWII
- WWI-era design (1920-1922)
- Most converted to patrol boats or scrapped before WWII
- Only 4 saw WWII combat service
- All 4 combat participants lost