Japanese destroyer Minekaze
Minekaze at Yokosuka, 30 August 1932
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| Name: | Minekaze |
| Ordered: | 1917 Fiscal Year |
| Builder: | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down: | 20 April 1918 |
| Launched: | 8 February 1919 |
| Completed: | 29 May 1920 |
| Struck: | 31 March 1944 |
| Fate: | Sunk by USS Pogy, 10 February 1944 |
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| Class and type: | Minekaze-class destroyer |
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| Beam: | 9.04 m (29 ft 8 in) |
| Draft: | 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) |
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| Propulsion: | 2 shafts; 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines |
| Speed: | 39 knots (72 km/h; 45 mph) |
| Range: | 3,600 nmi (6,700 km; 4,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement: | 148 |
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The Japanese destroyer Minekaze (峯風 Summit Wind?) was the lead ship of the Minekaze-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the late 1910s. The ship served in the Second Sino-Japanese War during the 1930s and spent the Pacific War on escort duties in Japanese waters and the East China Sea. She was sunk by an American submarine in early 1944 near Formosa.
The Minekaze class was designed with higher speed and better seakeeping than the preceding Kawakaze-class destroyers. The ships had an overall length of 102.5 meters (336 ft 3 in) and were 94.5 meters (310 ft 0 in) between perpendiculars. They had a beam of 9.04 meters (29 ft 8 in), and a mean draft of 2.9 meters (9 ft 6 in). The Minekaze-class ships displaced 1,366 metric tons (1,344 long tons) at standard load and 1,676 metric tons (1,650 long tons) at deep load. They were powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by four Kampon water-tube boilers. The turbines were designed to produce 38,500 shaft horsepower (28,700 kW), which would propel the ships at 39 knots (72 km/h; 45 mph). The ships carried 401 metric tons (395 long tons) of fuel oil which gave them a range of 3,600 nautical miles (6,700 km; 4,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph). Their crew consisted of 148 officers and crewmen.
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