P-102 (EX USS STEWART) JAPOŃSKI PATROLOWIEC

Download Mirage Hobby PDF catalogueP-102 (former name: USS Stewart) was an American, and later Japanese destroyer from the interwar period and World War II. The keel for this unit was laid in 1919, and the launch took place in 1920, and admission to service in the US Navy took place in the same year. The total length of the ship at the time of launching was 95.8 meters and a width of 9.7 meters. The displacement was around 1,200 tons and the maximum speed was around 35 knots. The armament at the time of the launch consisted of: 4 127 mm guns, a single 76 mm gun, and 12 533 mm torpedo tubes. USS Stewart (DD-224) was one of the destroyers belonging to the Clemson-class. This class was one of the most numerous destroyer classes in the US Navy in the interwar period. It was a development of the Wickes class units, in which, first of all, the swimming range and sea bravery were improved. Some changes also took place in the armament. Generally, however, both classes presented similar combat capabilities. USS Stewart (DD-224), the future P-102, was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet after launching, but in the early 1920s it began to operate intensively in the Pacific. It remained in this area until the outbreak of World War II. The vessel was intensively used from December 1941 to March 1942, when it was sunk by the Japanese in the port, along with a floating dock. The vessel was lifted from the bottom by the Japanese in February 1943 and entered into the Imperial Navy in June of the same year as a patrol ship named P-102. The armament, the purpose of the unit, as well as the shape and number of chimneys were changed. The unit, with some success, took part in mainly patrol and ZOP tasks in the years 1944-1945. She survived the war until the end of the war, and in September 1945 was reintroduced into the US Navy, but very quickly completed her life as a target ship in 1946.