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Minekaze Class Destroyers Class Overview |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
336' 6" |
Engines: |
2 x Parsons geared turbines |
Beam: |
29' |
Boilers: |
4 x Kanpon |
Draft: |
10' |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
1,215 |
SHP: |
38,500 |
Speed: |
39 |
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Crew: |
148 |
Range: |
4,000 NM @ 15 knots |
| Armament As Built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement
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Maximum Range / Ceiling
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4 |
4.7"/45 (12cm) |
Single mounts |
17,500 yards @ 33° (9.9 miles) |
2 |
7.7mm/94 (0.303") |
Single mounts |
9,840' AA ceiling |
6 |
21" torpedo tubes |
3 x 2 tube launchers |
16,400 yards (9.3 miles) 26 knots 448 lb. warhead |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
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Sawakaze |
Mitsubishi Zosensho Nagasaki, Japan |
Jan. 7, 1919 |
Mar. 16, 1920 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1948
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Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
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Minekaze |
Maizuru Navy Yard Maizuru, Japan |
Feb. 8, 1919 |
Mar. 29, 1920 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Sunk Feb. 10, 1944 by USS Pogy SS-266 (torpedoed)
Location: North Pacific 7miles SE of Wu-shih Pi, Taiwan. (23.12N - 121.30E) (Alt. source states location of loss as 85 miles NE of Taiwan) Unknown number of casualties. |
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Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
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Okikaze |
Maizuru Navy Yard Maizuru, Japan |
Oct. 3, 1919 |
Aug. 17, 1920 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Sunk Jan. 10, 1943 by USS Trigger SS-237 (torpedoed)
Location: North Pacific 43 miles SE of Yokosuka, Japan. (35.02N - 140.12E) Unknown number of casualties. |
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Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
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Yakaze |
Mitsubishi Zosensho Nagasaki, Japan |
Apr. 10, 1920 |
July 19, 1920 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped 1947
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Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
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Hakaze |
Mitsubishi Zosensho Nagasaki, Japan |
June 21, 1920 |
Sept. 16, 1920 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Sunk Jan. 23, 1943 by USS Guardfish SS-217 (torpedoed)
Location: South Pacific 18 miles SE of Kavieng, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. (02.47S - 150.38E) Unknown number of casualties. |
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Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
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Shiokaze |
Maizuru Navy Yard Maizuru, Japan |
Oct. 22, 1920 |
July 29, 1921 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped 1948
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Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
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Akikaze |
Mitsubishi Zosensho Nagasaki, Japan |
Dec. 14, 1920 |
Apr. 1, 1921 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Sunk Nov. 3, 1944 by USS Pintado SS-387 (torpedoed)
Location: South China Sea 170 miles W of Cape Bolinao, Luzon, Philippines. (16.48N - 117.17E) Unknown number of casualties. |
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Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
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Tachikaze |
Maizuru Navy Yard Maizuru, Japan |
Mar. 31, 1921 |
Dec. 5, 1921 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Sunk Feb. 17, 1944 by US Aircraft
Location: North Pacific near Truk Lagoon (07.03N - 151.56E) Unknown number of casualties. |
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Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
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Yukaze |
Mitsubishi Zosensho Nagasaki, Japan |
May 28, 1921 |
Aug. 24, 1921 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Turned over to the UK after WW2, towed to Singapore and scrapped.
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Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
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Hokaze |
Maizuru Navy Yard Maizuru, Japan |
July 12, 1921 |
Dec. 22, 1921 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Sunk July 6, 1944 by USS Paddle SS-263 (torpedoed)
Location: Celebes Sea 105 miles NNE of Manila, Philippines (03.24N - 125.28E) Unknown number of casualties. |
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Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
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Nokaze |
Maizuru Navy Yard Maizuru, Japan |
Oct. 1, 1921 |
Mar. 31, 1922 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Sunk Feb. 20, 1945 by USS Pargo SS-264 (torpedoed)
Location: South China Sea 13 miles ESE Cape Varella, Vietnam (12.48N - 109.38E) *Last Japanese destroyer sunk by US Submarine. 209 killed / 21 survivors picked up by Kamikaze. |
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Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
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Numakaze |
Maizuru Navy Yard Maizuru, Japan |
Feb. 25, 1922 |
July 24, 1922 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Sunk Dec. 19, 1943 by USS Grayback SS-208 (torpedoed)
Location: North Pacific 50 miles ENE Naha, Okinawa (26.29N - 128.26E) No survivors. |
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Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
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Namikaze |
Maizuru Navy Yard Maizuru, Japan |
June 24, 1922 |
Nov. 11, 1922 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Turned over to China in 1947 and renamed Shen Yang, later scrapped.
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Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
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Nadakaze (Later Patrol Boat #2) |
Maizuru Navy Yard Maizuru, Japan |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Sunk July 25, 1945 by HMS Stubborn P-238 (torpedoed)
Location: Java Sea 175 miles E of Soerabaja, Java (07.06S - 115.42E) *Note: Redesignated Patrol Boat #2 in 1939. Unknown number of casualties. |
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Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
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Shimakaze (Later Patrol Boat #1) |
Maizuru Navy Yard Maizuru, Japan |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Sunk Jan. 12, 1943 by USS Guardfish SS-217 (torpedoed)
Location: Bismarck Sea 30 miles SW of New Hanover, Papua New Guinea *Note: Redesignated Patrol Boat # 1 in 1940 Unknown number of casualties. |
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Number in class |
Sunk |
Scrapped |
Remaining |
15 |
10 |
5 |
0 |
Class Notes: |
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1941-42: |
All except Shimakaze, Nadakaze and Yakaze had the 4.7"/45 guns replaced with 2 x 4.7"/50 and 10 x 25mm AA machine guns. Torpedo tubes reduced to 2. Minelaying and minesweeping equipment removed and equipped with depth charge launchers. (carrying 36 depth charges) |
1944: |
Anti-aircraft guns increased to between 13-20 x 25mm Additionally 5 x 13mm AA were added. Displacement increased to 1,350 tons and speed reduced to 35 knots. |
Sept. 1944: |
Namikaze was damaged by a mine and converted into a Kaiten carrier. Could carry 2 Kaiten's |
Jan. 1945: |
Shiokaze damaged and converted into a Kaiten carrier. Could carry 4 Kaiten's |
1945: |
Sawakaze fitted with 5.9" 9 barrel anti-submarine rocket launcher.
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