INJ Oite - 追風Micronesia,Asia
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Destroyer
# 11 was a Kamikaze class Japanese destroyer, and was laid
down at Uraga Docks in Yokusaka in March 1923. She was
launched in November 1924 and measured 1422 long tons and
had a length of 319 feet. She was commissioned in 1925,
and was three years later renamed to Oite. In world war
two she had an active duty, in most parts of the Pacific
ocean. 16. February 1944 she escorted the damaged Japanese
cruiser Agano from Truk headed towards Japan, when the
cruiser was torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine
USS Skate. Oite rescued the crew and sat course for Truk.
Two days later, at the entrance to the harbor, she was
attacked by American bombers and was hit by a torpedo. She
broke in two parts and immediately went down in the deep,
with only twenty survivors from the crew. The wreck was
found in 1986, and rest today with her bow section upside
down on a depth of fifty five to sixty meters.
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 Picture: IJN Oite - 追風 in 1927 Courtesy of Wikia.org, Public Domain  Last updated: August 2019 |
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