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Shimakaze |
Type: |
Destroyer |
Class: |
Shimakaze |
Builder: |
Maizuru Navy Yard Maizuru, Japan |
Hull Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Commissioned: |
May 10, 1943 |
Keel Laid: |
August 8, 1941 |
Decommissioned: |
N/A |
Launched: |
July 18, 1942 |
Stricken: |
January 10,1945 |
Fate: |
Sunk Nov. 11, 1944 by US Aircraft from TF-38 (damaged and set on fire, later exploded) Location: Ormoc Bay, Leyte, Philippines. (10.50N - 124.35E) |
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Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
415' |
Engines: |
2 x Geared turbines |
Beam: |
36' 9" |
Boilers: |
N/A |
Draft: |
13' 6" |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
2,567 std. / 3,048 full |
SHP: |
76,000 |
Speed: |
39 |
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Crew: |
250 (aprox.) |
Range: |
1,400 NM @ 30 knots |
| Armament As Built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
6 |
5"/50 |
3 twin turrets |
4,700 yards (2.6 miles) @ 40° |
4 |
25mm/60 (1") AA |
twin mounts |
8,200 yards @ 50 ° 18,040' ceiling (max effictive 9,843') |
15 |
24" torpedo tubes 1 reload per tube |
3 x quintuple launchers |
Max. depending on type 43,700 yards (24 miles) Speed 50 knots 1,080 lb. warhead |
18 |
Depth charges |
2 launchers |
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Armament changes: Early 1944 second turret removed and replaced with 10 x 25mm. June 1944: 25mm increased to 28 guns and 4 x 13mm added. |
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Class Overview |
Builder's Data |
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Page published May 7, 2007 |