Data Quality86%
MASS(Military Archive Scoring System)
ⓘ Regardless of era, the same scoring system applies to all units in the destroyers category.
01 / Overview
Murakumo-class destroyer
💰 PERFORMANCE / PRICE ASSESSMENT Methodology ↗
DESTROYERS · PRE-WWI / INDUSTRIAL AGE
19
PERFORMANCE/PRICE
40
UNIT COST (2025 USD)
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ⓘ Performance/Price and MASS score are computed across all units in the destroyers category, regardless of era.
02 / Specs & Design
◎Identification8MOD.8
- Hull Classificationtorpedo boat destroyer
- Ship TypeDestroyer
- Builder / ShipyardJohn I. Thornycroft & Company
- Laid Down1897
- Launched1898
- Commissioned1898
- Ships in Class6
- In ServiceNo
◈Displacement2MOD.2
- Light Displacement279 t
- Full Load Displacement366 t
▣Dimensions4MOD.4
- Length (overall)64 m
- Length (waterline)63.4 m
- Beam5.94 m
- Draft2.08 m
◇Complement1MOD.1
- Total Complement50
◆Propulsion6MOD.6
- Arrangement (CODAG/COGAG…)2-shaft reciprocating triple expansion steam engines with 3 boilers
- Number of Engines2
- Shaft Power4,328 kW
- Shafts / Screws2
- Top Speed30 kn
- Nuclear-PoweredNo
▤Gun Armament4MOD.4
- Main Gun1 × 12-pounder (76 mm) gun
- Main Gun Calibre76 mm
- Main Gun Count1
- Secondary Guns5 × 6-pounder Hotchkiss guns
⬢Underwater Warfare4MOD.4
- Torpedo Tubes2
- ASW CapabilityNo
- Hull-Mounted SonarNo
- Towed Array SonarNo
▲Aviation3MOD.3
◎Sensors & Combat Systems3MOD.3
◈Survivability5MOD.5
- CBRN CitadelNo
- DegaussingNo
- Hull Materialsteel
- Stealth ShapingNo
- Automated Damage ControlNo
03 / History
SERVICE LIFESPANRetired
- 1898Production started
- 1899Production ended
- 1904First deployment: Russo-Japanese War
- 1921Entered service
128
years in service
1
years in production
6
units produced
0
countries operating
ⓘ The producing country no longer actively operates it. 1 countries retired it.
05 / MASS Score
DESTROYERS RANKING Destroyers · Pre-WWI / Industrial Age
MASS RANKINGSMASS ↗
338DESTROYERS19PRE-WWI / INDUSTRIAL AGE · DESTROYERS469JAPAN · ALL WEAPONS429PERFORMANCE/PRICE · DESTROYERS
ⓘ Rankings are within theDestroyerscategory.
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