Momo-Class Destroyers (Second WWI Class, not the earlier Momi-class)
Oil-Fired Transition - Momo-class were WWI Japanese destroyers. 8 ships commissioned 1916-1917. Improved Kaba-class with oil-firing (not coal). Three-shaft turbines (unusual configuration). Three 4.7-inch guns + six 21-inch torpedoes. 31.5 knots. First Japanese oil-fired destroyers. All eight scrapped 1932-1936 (treaty limits, obsolete). None survived to WWII. Represented transition from coal to oil, from reciprocating to turbines - WWI technological evolution.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 835 t
- Displacement (full)
- 1,020 t
- Length
- 274.9 ft
- Beam
- 25.3 ft
- Crew
- 110
- Ships built
- 8
- Commissioned
- 1916-1917
- Decommissioned
- 1932-1936 (all scrapped)
Performance
- Top speed
- 31.5 kn
- Range
- 2,500 nm at 15 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 3× 120mm/45 (4.7-inch) - single mounts
- Torpedoes
- 6× 533mm (21-inch) - three twin mounts
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None (unarmored destroyer)
In-Game
- Tier
- T3
- Game power
- 36.35
- Research cost
- 7,197
- Credit cost
- 25,445
Notable
- Improved Kaba-class with oil firing
- Three-shaft turbine configuration (unusual)
- First Japanese oil-fired destroyers
- All 8 scrapped 1932-1936 (treaty limits)
- None survived to WWII
- Represented WWI transitional design