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{{short description|Destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy}}
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| Ship image = Japanese destroyer Kuri in 1937.jpg
| Ship caption =[[Sister ship]] ''Kuri'' at anchor, 1937
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| Ship country = [[Empire of Japan]]
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Empire of Japan|naval}}
| Ship name = ''Momi''
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| Ship ordered =
| Ship builder = [[Yokosuka Naval Arsenal]]
| Ship laid down =
| Ship launched =10 June 1919
| Ship completed =27 December 1919
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| Ship fate =
| Ship struck = 1 April 1932
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Header caption=as built
|Ship type={{sclass|Momi|destroyer}}
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|850|LT|t|lk=on|0}} (normal)
*{{convert|1020|LT|t|0}} ([[deep load]])
|Ship length=*{{convert|275|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} ([[Length between perpendiculars|pp]])
*{{convert|280|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} ([[o/a]])
|Ship beam={{convert|26|ft|m|abbr=on|1}}
|Ship draft={{convert|8|ft|m|abbr=on|1}}
|Ship power=*3 × Kampon [[water-tube boiler]]s
*{{cvt|21500|shp|kW|lk=on}}
|Ship propulsion=2 shafts; 2 × geared [[steam turbine]]s
|Ship speed= {{convert|36|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|3000|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|15|kn}}
|Ship complement=110
|Ship armament=*3 × single [[Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun|{{cvt|12|cm|1}} guns]]
*2 × twin {{cvt|533|mm|0}} [[torpedo tube]]s
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The '''Japanese destroyer {{nihongo|''Momi'''''|樅}} was the [[lead ship]] of [[Momi-class destroyer|her class]] of 21 second-class [[destroyer]]s built for the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] (IJN) during the late 1910s. She was converted into an experimental ship in 1932 and later [[ship breaking|scrapped]].
==Design and description==
The ''Momi'' class was designed with higher speed and better [[seakeeping]] than the preceding {{sclass|Enoki|destroyer|0}} second-class destroyers.<ref>Watts & Gordon, p. 259</ref> The ships had an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|280|ft|m|1}} and were {{convert|275|ft|m|1}} [[between perpendiculars]]. They had a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|26|ft|m|1}}, and a mean [[draft (hull)|draft]] of {{convert|8|ft|m|1}}. The ''Momi''-class ships displaced {{convert|850|LT|t|lk=on|0}} at [[Displacement (ship)#Standard displacement|standard load]] and {{convert|1020|LT|t|0}} at [[deep load]].<ref name=j5>Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 137</ref> ''Momi'' was powered by two [[John Brown & Company|Brown-Curtis]] geared [[steam turbine]]s, each driving one [[propeller shaft]] using steam provided by three [[Kampon]] [[water-tube boiler]]s.<ref name=f4>Friedman, p. 244</ref> The turbines were designed to produce {{convert|21500|shp|kW|lk=on}} to give the ships a speed of {{convert|36|kn|lk=in}}. The ships carried a maximum of {{convert|275|LT|t|0}} of [[fuel oil]] which gave them a range of {{convert|3000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|15|kn}}. Their crew consisted of 110 officers and crewmen.<ref>Watts & Gordon, p. 260</ref>
The main armament of the ''Momi''-class ships consisted of three [[Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun|{{convert|12|cm|sp=us|adj=on|1}} Type 3 guns]] in single mounts; one gun forward of the [[well deck]], one between the two [[funnel (ship)|funnel]]s, and the last gun atop the aft [[superstructure]]. The guns were numbered '1' to '3' from front to rear. The ships carried two above-water twin sets of {{convert|533|mm|sp=us|adj=on|0}} [[torpedo tube]]s; one mount was in the well deck between the forward superstructure and the bow gun and the other between the aft funnel and aft superstructure.<ref name=j5/>
==Construction and career==
''Momi'', built at the [[Yokosuka Naval Arsenal]], was [[Ship launching|launched]] on 10 June 1919 and completed on 27 December. She was stricken from the [[Navy List]] on 1 April 1932 and became an experimental [[hulk (ship)|hulk]] at [[Yokosuka]] before being broken up at an unknown date.<ref name=f4/>
==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book|editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Gray|editor2-first=Randal |title= Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|location=Annapolis|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-87021-907-3|name-list-style=amp|chapter=Japan|author=Friedman, Norman|author-link=Norman Friedman}}
*{{cite book| last = Jentschura| first = Hansgeorg| first2 = Dieter |last2=Jung|first3=Peter |last3=Mickel| year = 1977| title = Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869&ndash;1945| publisher = United States Naval Institute| location = Annapolis, Maryland| isbn = 0-87021-893-X|name-list-style=amp}}
*{{cite book|last1=Watts|first1=Anthony J.|title=The Imperial Japanese Navy|date=1971 |publisher=Doubleday |location=Garden City, New York|isbn=0-35603-045-8|last2=Gordon|first2=Brian G.|name-list-style=amp}}
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