Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1920)
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Shimakaze in 1922
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 Empire of Japan
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| Name: | Shimakaze |
| Ordered: | 1918 fiscal year |
| Builder: | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down: | 5 September 1919 |
| Launched: | 31 March 1920 |
| Completed: | 15 November 1920 |
| Renamed: | Patrol Boat No.1 1940 |
| Struck: | 10 February 1943 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 12 January 1943 |
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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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| General characteristics as Patrol Boat No. 1 | |
| Class and type: | Patrol Boat No. 1 |
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| Installed power: | 19,250 shp (14,350 kW); 2 boilers |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
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The Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (島風 Island Wind?) was one of 15 Minekaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. The ship was converted into a patrol boat in 1940 and then into a destroyer transport the next year. After the start of the Pacific War, she participated in the Philippines Campaign in late 1941, the Dutch East Indies campaign in early 1942 and played a minor role in the Battle of Midway in mid-1942 before she was sunk by an American submarine in early 1943. This ship should not be confused with the later experimental super-destroyer Shimakaze of the 1940s.
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). On her sea trials, Shimakaze reached a speed of 40.65 knots (75.28 km/h; 46.78 mph) from 40,652 shaft horsepower (30,314 kW). 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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