Amagiri (pl. Heavenly Mist) was a Japanese destroyer whose keel was laid in 1928, launched in February 1930, and commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Navy in November 1930. The total length of the ship at the time of launching was 118.4 m, width 10.4 m, and the actual full displacement - 2,050 tons. Destroyer Amagiri's maximum speed was up to 38 knots! The main armament at the time of the launch was 6 127 mm Type 3 guns in three twin turrets, and the secondary armament was 25 mm cannons, depth charges, and nine 610 mm torpedo tubes with nine spare torpedoes. It is worth adding that anti-aircraft weapons were systematically expanded during World War II.
Amagiri was the fifteenth consecutive Fubuki-class destroyer, and in fact belonged to the Ayanami subclass. When designing the Fubuki-class destroyers, the focus was on the most powerful armament - especially torpedo ones - and high maximum speed, at the expense of e.g. armor and, in particular, the living conditions of the crew. As a result, a series of ships was created that aroused the admiration of Western experts and the concern of US and British naval intelligence services! In the course of the service, however, some design shortcomings were revealed: first of all, the wrong center of gravity, which resulted in poor stability of these destroyers, as well as insufficient overall strength of the structure. However, all Fubuki-class ships (including Amagiri) underwent repairs and modernizations in the period 1935-1938, which eliminated the above-mentioned disadvantages. Undoubtedly, destroyers of this type were among the best destroyers in the world at the turn of the 1930s and 1940s, maintaining their combat value throughout the entire war in the Pacific. The unit took quite an active part in the initial phase of the Second Japanese-Chinese War (1937-1945), and Amagiri began his service in World War II by supporting landing operations in Malaya. In the summer of 1942, he took part indirectly in the Battle of Midway. The destroyer also took a very active part in the fighting in the Solomon Islands and was an important element of the so-called Tokio Express. It is worth adding that one of the most important events in the history of the destroyer Amagiri was the ramming and sinking of the PT-109 cutter, commanded by the future US president - John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Amagiri sank on April 23, 1944 as a result of crashing into a sea mine near the island of Borneo.