Ship:Shinonome

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Shinonome

Destroyer | Japan | Tier VI

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase priceSpecial

Hit Points12,900

Main Battery

127 mm/50 3rd Year Type on a Type A mount3 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire6.7 shots/min

Reload Time9 sec

Rotation Speed6 deg/sec

180 Degree Turn Time30 sec

Firing Range9 km

Maximum Dispersion82 m

HE Shell127 mm HE Type1

Maximum HE Damage2,150

Chance of Fire9 %

Initial HE Velocity915 m/s

HE Shell Weight23 kg

AP Shell127 mm AP Type0

Maximum AP Shell Damage2,200

Initial AP Shell Velocity915 m/s

AP Shell Weight23 kg

Torpedo Tubes

610 mm Triple3 х 3 pcs.

Rate of Fire0.8 shots/min

Reload Time73 sec

Rotation Speed  deg/sec

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec

TorpedoType8

Maximum Damage14,600

Torpedo Speed63 knot

Torpedo Range8 km

AA Defense

13 mm/76 Type 93 on a twin mount1 х 2 pcs.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed35 knot

Turning Circle Radius640 m

Rudder Shift Time3.2 sec

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range6.8 km

Air Detectability Range3 km

Battle Levels

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VI

Special

Shinonome — Japanese special premium Tier VI destroyer.

One of the first Fubuki-class destroyers, with an incredible striking power from her three 610 mm torpedo launchers. The ship significantly surpassed preceding-class destroyers in terms of artillery firepower. However, her anti-aircraft defenses were weak, which was characteristic of all Japanese destroyers.

Shinonome is available only as a reward for completing the Honorable Service campaign.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Dispersion (m)	Maximum HE Shell Damage (HP)	Chances of HE shells causing a fire on target (%)	Maximum AP Shell Damage (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
127 mm/50 3rd Year Type on a Type A mount	6.7	30	82	2,150	9	2,200		0	0

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Shinonome	12,900	6	20	3		1	3			0	0

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	Torpedo Tubes Reload Time (sec)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Damage (HP)	Torpedo Speed (knot)	Torpedo Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Type8 mod. 1	0.8	73	7.2	14,600	63	8		0	0

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Type6 mod. 1		0		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 50,000 hp	35		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4

Player Opinion

Performance

Warning: The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.
Refer to the in-game Port screens for more useful data.

Shinonome is a Tier VI premium Japanese destroyer. Astute captains will immediately notice her similarities to sister ship Fubuki.

Forgoing all of the intricate details like anti-aircraft rating and handling characteristics, any comparison of the two ships boils down to this: Fubuki has four guns in two twin mounts and 10.0 km torpedoes, while Shinonome has six guns in three twin mounts to go with 8.0 km range torpedoes. Digging deeper, we see that Fubuki’s torpedoes not only travel farther, they hit harder: over 16,000 rated damage each compared to Shinonome’s 14,400 damage apiece. While this makes Fubuki’s torpedoes more dangerous than Shinonome’s, Shinonome’s torpedoes are nothing to sneeze at. They are a comfortable middle ground between Fubuki’s two different torpedo modules, retaining the lower damage output of the Type 8 mod. 1's, but picking up some additional range as well as speed.

Both sister ships share the Japanese destroyer line's slow turret traverse; this weakness can make fighting at close range tricky, especially against American destroyers and their quick-turning guns. Shinonome gets more gun barrels, but has a slower reload time and less range. While she won't be winning many gun duels, the extra barrels give her a bigger damage potential per salvo against weakened enemies. Shinonome’s anti-aircraft suite is even more pathetic than Fubuki’s; captains are advised to simply disable her AA guns and never turn them on.

Overall, captains who are familiar with the play style of the Japanese destroyer line will feel right at home in Shinonome.

Pros:

• Hard hitting HE shells, with a good aim they are capable of doing ~3,000 damage per salvo against destroyers.
• Guns have excellent ballistics and accuracy capable of fighting destroyers better than Fubuki
• Carries one more turret compared to Fubuki
• Excellent torpedoes with the fastest reload at her tier with decent speed and range
• Three triple torpedo launchers capable of launching 9 torpedos ~every minute, same as Fubuki.
• Decent rudder shift time and good turn radius allows dodging shells, torpedos, aircraft easy.
• Okay concealment.

Cons:

• Ridiculously slow top speed for a destroyer, tied with Fubuki for the worst.
• Torpedos have 2 km less range, less damage, and flood chance than Fubuki.
• Very poor main battery rate of fire at 9 seconds, slow turret traverse speed, and poor range.
• Nonexistent AA with only a single twin mount, helpless against planes.
• Despite decent gun damage and accuracy, she can still fall quickly to rapid firing destroyers if one isn't careful.
• Can only be obtained by completing the Honorable Service campaign
  

Research

As a premium ship, Shinonome doesn't have any upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

Shinonome has more guns and shorter-range torpedoes than upgraded Fubuki, tipping the preference more toward a Gun build.

• Slot 1 - Main Armaments Modification 1
• Slot 2 - Engine Room Protection
• Slot 3 - Main Battery Modification 2 * to do something about the horrid turret traverse.
• Slot 4 - Propulsion Modification 1

Upgrade Slot 3 also offers Aiming Systems Modification 1 and Torpedo Tubes Modification 1 . AA Guns Modification 1 is pointless since her AA consists of a cook with a revolver.

Commander Skills

The following information is provided for players who wish to create a permanent captain for the ship. Those players who are retraining captains or using the ship to gain extra experience for a captain should consult the page relevant to the ship to which the captain will be assigned.

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack				Defense
1	Grease the Gears +15% main battery traverse speed. ★	Liquidator +30% chance (multiplicative) of causing flooding.	Consumable Specialist −7.5% cooldown time of all Consumables except:  Damage Control Party ,  Repair Party .	Gun Feeder -40% time to switch shell type.	Incoming Fire Alert Receive a warning about a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5 km.	Preventive Maintenance −30% chance of main armament, engines, steering becoming incapacitated +15% to HP of secondary and AA guns. ★★
2	Demolition Expert +1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire. +15% to the damage-inflicting area of HE shells fired at submarines.	Swift Fish +5% torpedo speed. ★★	Consumables Enhancements +10% action time of: Hydroacoustic Search , Surveillance Radar , Smoke Generator , & Engine Boost . ★★	Extra-Heavy Ammunition +7.5% main battery AP shell damage. +10% damage from depth charges.	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies aiming at you with main battery.	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver - slowly - while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated. ★★★
3	Main Battery & AA Specialist -5% main battery reload time. +10% continuous AA damage.	Fill the Tubes -10% torpedo tubes reload time. ★★	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost +0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost. ★★	Inertial Fuse for HE Shells +25% armor penetration of HE shells Base fire chance reduced by half.	Superintendent +1 charge to all consumables.	Survivability Expert +350 HP per ship tier.
4	Main Battery & AA Expert +20% main battery range. +15% flak damage.	Swift in Silence So long as the ship remains undetected: +8% ship speed +5% main battery reload time. ★★	Radio Location Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken.. ★	Fearless Brawler +1 flak burst per salvo. -10% main battery reload when ship is spotted.	Concealment Expert -10% detectability range of the ship. ★★★	Dazzle For 15 seconds after you are detected: * +20% dispersion of enemy shells fired at you. * +8% ship speed.
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful      ★★ - Frequently Useful      ★ - Occasionally Useful     No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Shinonome equips the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Smoke Generator 
• Slot 3: Engine Boost 

Camouflage

As a premium ship, Shinonome comes with Default permanent camouflage and a set of permanent combat bonuses.

Signals

Shinonome captains should mount standard signal flags to improve the ship’s performance in battle. Captains looking to improve upon the ship’s armament should mount Victor Lima (), Juliet Whiskey Unaone (), and November Foxtrot () signal flags. Sierra Mike () signal flags are recommended to increase the ships top speed.

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Charlie Kilo +5% ship HP; +2.5% squadron HP. ★★★	Juliet Yankee Bissotwo -20% to flooding duration.	India Yankee -20% to fire duration.	Hotel Yankee -20% to damage received when ramming the enemy. +50% to damage dealt when ramming the enemy.	Victor Lima +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +4% chance of torpedoes causing flooding. ★★	India X-Ray +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. ★★
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding. ★★★	Mike Yankee Soxisix +5% to secondary battery maximum firing range. -5% to maximum dispersion of secondary battery shells. -5% to secondary battery loading time.	November Echo Setteseven +5% continuous AA damage at all ranges. +5% damage from flak bursts.	Sierra Mike +5% to the ship's maximum speed. ★★	November Foxtrot -5% reload time on all consumables. ★	India Delta +20% to the amount of HP recovered when Repair Party  is used.
X-Ray Papa Unaone +10% action time of a Smoke Generator .	Sierra Bravo +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search  -10% reload time of Defensive AA Fire .

Gallery

• 
  Shinonome screens ahead of the fleet. In the background are Arizona, Dunkerque, and New Orleans.
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  Shinonome engages three North Carolina class battleships in a desperate attempt to stall the enemy advance.
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  Shinonome takes a devastating salvo from an enemy Mikhail Kutuzov. The incoming 16 inch shells from North Carolina will finish the job.
• 
  JUSTICE! The Shinonome takes the enemy Mikhail Kutuzov with it.

Historical Info

Construction

Sasebo Dockyard; Nagasaki, Japan

Laid down: 12 August 1926

Launched: 26 November 1927

Commissioned: 27 May 1928

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Specifications

1,750 tons displacement, standard

118.41m length

10.36m beam

3.2m draft

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Machinery

4 boilers, 2 turbines

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Performance

35 knots at 50,000 shaft horsepower

5,000nm at 14 knots

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Armament

Main

Six (3x2) 127mm guns

Anti-aircraft

Two (2x1) 13mm guns

Torpedoes

Nine (3x3) 610mm torpedo tubes

History

Design

Throughout the early 1920’s, Japan set about designing new destroyers with extended operational range, higher speeds, and heavier weapons than any other destroyer afloat. These designs would ultimately culminate into the “special type” destroyers which would become the standard for all future Japanese destroyer projects. The triple 610mm torpedo mounts from the Mutsuki class destroyers were retained but their location on the ships were changed. Rather than mounting one launcher on the bow and the remainder astern, all torpedo mounts were kept amidship. This prevented the mounts from being affected by seawater and improved seagoing characteristics. Additionally, main gun caliber was increased to 127mm and for the first time on a Japanese destroyer, guns were mounted in enclosed, weatherproof gun houses.

As the designs for the warships neared completion, it became evident that the ships would be over the limit of 1,400 tons displacement. Not desiring to reduce the armament, other components of the ships were reduced or removed instead. Lighter, less powerful machinery was carried, anti-aircraft armament was decreased, magazine storage was reduced, and lighter metal alloys were used during construction. As a result of these changes, the new Fubuki class ships were significantly slower than their proposed top speed of 40 knots. These changes also resulted in a significant reduction of structural integrity which would become apparent in the Fourth Fleet incident during which several “special type” destroyers suffered severe damage to their hulls in a typhoon. Following this, all “special type” destroyers were modified further. The magazine storage and superstructures of the ships were reduced and all hulls were strengthened.

Additional modifications occurred before and during World War II. Shields were mounted on the torpedo launchers to further guard against weather and seawater. The second turret was removed in favor of additional small caliber anti-aircraft weaponry, and additional 25mm and 13.2mm guns were added later in the war. Near the end of the war, all surviving units began to receive additional radar systems.

Service

Shinonome was commissioned in May 1928. Her interwar service was typical and unremarkable. Assigned to DesDiv (Destroyer Division) 12 of DesRon (Destroyer Squadron) 3 in the First Fleet, she sailed for Hainan Island in November 1941 to prepare for imminent hostilities. On 4 December 1941, DesDiv 12 escorted an invasion convoy destined for Khota Bharu in Malaya, remaining on station through 11 December, then returning to Camranh Bay. On 16 December, DesDiv 12 again covered an invasion convoy headed for British Borneo. On 17 December, Shinonome was attacked by a Dutch seaplane which scored two bomb hits. One detonated her aft magazine and Shinonome sank with all her crew, one of the first Japanese warships lost during World War II.

Historical Inaccuracies

• Light green camouflage was only applied on aircraft carriers towards the end of the war; Shinonome was sunk in December 1941.
• "Shinonome" is in her 1927 configuration, see Fubuki for her near accurate version of herself in 1941.
• Shinonome's name, written in katakana on both sides of the hull are missing (see Historical Gallery).
• The infobox image actually depicts Fubuki prior to the removal of her original (A) hull. Shinonome does not have an AA gun tub behind 'A' turret, and the AA platform between the funnels shows two twin 25 mm guns instead of a single twin 13 mm machine gun.

Historical Gallery

• 
  Shinonome in 1930.
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  Shinonome and the Second Destroyer Squadron, 1930.
• 
  Another view of Shinonome.
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  US Office of Naval Intelligence recognition drawing of Shinonome.

References

1. Japanese destroyer Shinonome (1927) - Wikipedia
2. Fubuki-class destroyer - Wikipedia

Ship Change Log

• Available to supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.5.13.
• Update 0.5.14:
  • Updated hull model using a special technique for drawing rails and other thin objects on the ship.
• Introduced in the game as a reward for completing the Honorable Service Campaign in December 2016.
• Update 0.6.0:
  • Fixed display of the boat at low graphics settings.
• Update 0.6.2:
  • Fixed small visual bugs at low and medium graphics settings.
  • The national flag was moved from the stern to the mast.
• Update 0.6.12:
  • Detectability when firing main guns in smoke changed to 2.62 km.
• Update 0.6.13:
  • Fire extinguishing time now 30 s instead of 60 s.
  • Improved display of thin elements.
• Update 0.6.15:
  • A bonus was added to the "Type 10" permanent camouflage: a 10% discount to the cost of post-battle maintenance.
• Update 0.7.2:
  • Players who have collected the "Uniforms" sub-collection of the "Yamomoto Isoroku" collection can use an alternate permanent camouflage color.
• Update 0.7.6:
  • Improved display of thin elements on the hull.
• Update 0.7.11:
  • HE shell damage increased from 1,800 to 2,150, fire change increased from 7 to 9%.
• Update 0.8.7:
  • Added a special permanent camouflage in the National style with the following bonuses:
    • −3% to being visible from ships.
    • +4% to the dispersion of shells of the enemy firing at your ship.
    • −10% to the cost of post-battle ship maintenance.
    • +100% to experience earned in a battle.
    • +35% to credits earned in a battle.
• Update 0.9.8:
  • Minor fixes to textures and geometry of the ship.
• Update 0.10.8:
  • The number of depth charges was increased from 1 to 2.
• Update 12.0:
  • Improved the geometry and textures of the ship.

Ships of Japan

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