About: Japanese destroyer Ōnami (1942)   Sponge Permalink

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The was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Billow Wave" (Big Rough Waves). On the night of 24–25 November 1943, Ōnami led a troop transport/evacuation run to Buka Island. In the Battle of Cape St. George, she was torpedoed by USS Charles Ausburne, and Claxton and/or Dyson, 55 miles (100 km) east-southeast of Cape St. George (). Ōnami blew up and sank with all hands, including ComDesDiv 31 (Captain Kagawa Kiyoto). Commander Kikkawa was posthumously promoted two ranks, one of the few IJN destroyer skippers so honored.

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  • Japanese destroyer Ōnami (1942)
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  • The was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Billow Wave" (Big Rough Waves). On the night of 24–25 November 1943, Ōnami led a troop transport/evacuation run to Buka Island. In the Battle of Cape St. George, she was torpedoed by USS Charles Ausburne, and Claxton and/or Dyson, 55 miles (100 km) east-southeast of Cape St. George (). Ōnami blew up and sank with all hands, including ComDesDiv 31 (Captain Kagawa Kiyoto). Commander Kikkawa was posthumously promoted two ranks, one of the few IJN destroyer skippers so honored.
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  • The was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Billow Wave" (Big Rough Waves). On the night of 24–25 November 1943, Ōnami led a troop transport/evacuation run to Buka Island. In the Battle of Cape St. George, she was torpedoed by USS Charles Ausburne, and Claxton and/or Dyson, 55 miles (100 km) east-southeast of Cape St. George (). Ōnami blew up and sank with all hands, including ComDesDiv 31 (Captain Kagawa Kiyoto). Commander Kikkawa was posthumously promoted two ranks, one of the few IJN destroyer skippers so honored.
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