Ōtori

History

Built 1934-1937 as a direct successor design to the Chidori class, for the same reason: skirting the tonnage limits of the 1930 London Naval Treaty. Standard displacement 840 tons (960 tons in battle condition), speed approx. 30.5 knots. Of 16 planned units, 8 were completed.

Ships in this class

Ship Kanji Remark
Ōtori 鴻 Sunk 12 June 1944 (carrier aircraft, Task Force 58).
Hayabusa 隼 Sunk 24 October 1944 (Battle of the Sibuyan Sea).
Hiyodori 鵯 Sunk 17 November 1944 (submarine USS Gunnel).
Kasasagi 鵲 Sunk 26 September 1943 (submarine USS Bluefish).
Kiji 雉 Survived the war; handed over to the USSR on 3 October 1947, renamed Vnimatel’nyy.
Kari 雁 Sunk 16 July 1945 (submarine USS Baya).
Sagi 鷺 Sunk 8 November 1944 (submarine USS Gunnel).
Hato 鳩 Sunk 16 October 1944 (air raid at Hong Kong).

Builds of this class

No build for this ship class yet.

Available kits

Ship Scale Manufacturer Item number First release Status Configuration Remarks