Japanese destroyer Amagiri (1930)

Amagiri in November 1930
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Amagiri
Ordered	1923 Fiscal Year
Builder	Ishikawajima Shipyards
Yard number	Destroyer No. 49
Laid down	28 November 1928
Launched	27 February 1930
Commissioned	10 November 1930
Fate	Sunk near Borneo, 23 April 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Fubuki-class destroyer
Displacement	1,750 long tons (1,780 t) standard 2,050 long tons (2,080 t) re-built
Length	111.96 m (367.3 ft) pp 115.3 m (378 ft) waterline 118.41 m (388.5 ft) overall
Beam	10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draft	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	4 × Kampon type boilers 2 × Kampon Type Ro geared turbines 2 × shafts at 50,000 ihp (37,000 kW)
Speed	38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	219
Armament	6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3×2) up to 22 × Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns up to 10 × 13 mm AA guns 9 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes 36 × depth charges
Service record
Operations:	Second Sino-Japanese War Battle of Malaya Battle of Midway Indian Ocean raid Solomon Islands campaign

Amagiri (天霧, "Fogged or Clouded Sky") was the 15th of 24 Fubuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. ^[1] She is most famous for ramming the PT-109 commanded by Lieutenant John F. Kennedy, who would later become the 35th President of the United States.