Japanese destroyer Oite (1924)

Oite off Yokohama, 1927
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Oite
Builder	Uraga Dock Company, Uraga
Laid down	16 March 1923 as Destroyer No. 11
Launched	27 November 1924
Completed	30 October 1925
Renamed	Oite, 1 August 1928
Stricken	11 March 1944
Fate	Sunk by American aircraft, 18 February 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Kamikaze-class destroyer
Displacement	1,422 t (1,400 long tons) (normal) 1,747 t (1,719 long tons) (deep load)
Length	97.5 m (319 ft 11 in) (pp) 102.5 m (336 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam	9.1 m (29 ft 10 in)
Draft	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Installed power	38,500 shp (28,700 kW) 4 × Kampon water-tube boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines
Speed	37.3 knots (69.1 km/h; 42.9 mph)
Range	3,600 nmi (6,700 km; 4,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	148
Armament	4 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns 3 × twin 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
Service record
Operations:	Battle of Wake Island Solomon Islands Campaign Operation Hailstone

The Japanese destroyer Oite (追風, "Tail Wind") was one of nine Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1920s.During the Pacific War, she participated in the Battle of Wake Island in December 1941 and the occupations of New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in early 1942.