Hinoki was one of four s built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I. She was decommissioned in 1940 and subsequently scrapped.
Design and description The Momo-class destroyers were enlarged and faster versions of the preceding with a more powerful armament. They displaced at normal load and at deep load. The ships had a length between perpendiculars of and a waterline length of , a beam of and a draught of . The Momos were powered by two Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, each driving one shaft using steam produced by four Kampon water-tube boilers.Friedman 1985, p. 242 Two boilers burned a mixture of coal and fuel oil while the other pair only used oil.Todaka, et al., p. 215 The engines produced a total of that gave the ships a maximum speed of .Watts & Gordon, p. 252 They carried enough fuel to give them a range of at a speed of . Their crew consisted of 110 officers and ratings.Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 135
The main armament of the Momo-class ships consisted of three quick-firing (QF) guns; one gun each was located at the bow and stern with the third gun positioned between the funnels. Their torpedo armament consisted of two triple rotating mounts for Friedman 2011, p. 349 torpedoes located fore and aft of the funnels.
Construction and career Hinoki was launched on 25 December 1916 at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal and completed on 31 March 1917. The ship played a minor role in World War I and participated in the 1937 Battle of Shanghai that began the Second Sino-Japanese War. She was decommissioned on 1 April 1940 and subsequently broken up.
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