WL436 JAPANESE DESTROYER MOMI

Momi was a Japanese interwar destroyer, the keel of which was laid in 1918, launched in June 1919, and commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Navy in December 1919. The total length of the ship at the time of launching was 85.3 m, width 7.9 m, and her full displacement - about 1050 tons. The maximum speed of the ship was 36 knots. The armament of the unit at the time of launching consisted of 3 120 mm guns and 2 twin 533 mm torpedo tubes. Momi was the leading unit of the destroyer class of the same name, with a total of 21 ships. Units of this type were built in the years 1918-1920 as part of the so-called Program 8-4 and were to be a specific complement to the larger destroyers of the Minekaze class. It is worth noting that the design of the Momi type units was, on the one hand, a clear development of the Enoki-class destroyers (e.g. the maximum speed was significantly improved, but also the artillery armament was strengthened), and on the other hand, it used many solutions used on Minekaze units. The destroyer Momi was built at a shipyard in Yokosuka and remained in the line until 1932, but did not take part in any major clashes. In 1932, it became a hulk, and was used for various types of tests until 1936.