Restore Shiratsyu DD to RSRD..its missing

[barkhorn45]

Was'nt Hara the commander of the Shigure?His was regarded as a lucky ship in that it was involved in a lot of action and he did'nt lose one man.

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by barkhorn45

Was'nt Hara the commander of the Shigure?His was regarded as a lucky ship in that it was involved in a lot of action and he did'nt lose one man.

Hatsuharu-Shigure

Hara, nothing to do with Hatsuharu, There was a ship of the Shiratsuyu class named Shigure. Hara was famous in the Solomons I know, but don't know about not ever losing any men, never heard that, thought he lost several.
Don't know if he was Cap of the Shigure late war, but it was sunk near wars end.

[Bubblehead1980]

Ah was unaware of all this.Thanks.

[WernherVonTrapp]

Originally Posted by barkhorn45

Was'nt Hara the commander of the Shigure?His was regarded as a lucky ship in that it was involved in a lot of action and he did'nt lose one man.

Yes, Capt. Tameichi Hara was commander of the Shigure. He also commaded a light cruiser (name escapes me at the moment) accompanying the Yamato during operation Ten-Go. Up until that time, he had never been sunk and was afforded the title "The Unsinkable Captain" by the Japanese public. He was somewhat of a legend in Japan during WWII. He also (literally) wrote the book on torpedo attack tactics that was officially adopted by the IJN during WWII. This book was used in training new officers at the Eta Jima Naval Academy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Shigure

I know it's Wikipedia but, a fast glance seems to prove it accurate.