The Enoki class was an emergency answer to destroyer shortages, with ships laid down from October 1917 and all six in service by April 1918. Each cost 1,696,792 yen. The government required completion within six months and barred construction from running into peacetime. Builders modified the Momo blueprints, adding roughly 15 tons of hull structure and strengthening the bow after extensive ramming, especially during training, and difficulties with heavy seas. British 4.7-inch guns and Brown-Curtis geared turbines were chosen because they could be obtained quickly. Japanese torpedo armament comprised six 533 mm tubes in two triple launchers. The result offered about 31.5 knots and 2,400 nautical miles at 15 knots in an approximately 1,100-ton full-load ship.
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The Enoki class meets a six-month emergency deadline
Japan completed six Enoki-class destroyers in six months by adapting the Momo design, reinforcing the hull, and fitting readily available British machinery and guns.