Japanese destroyer Tachikaze
Tachikaze on speed trials off Maizuru, 1921
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| Name: | Tachikaze |
| Ordered: | fiscal 1918 |
| Builder: | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down: | 18 August 1920 |
| Launched: | 31 March 1921 |
| Commissioned: | 5 December 1921 |
| Struck: | 31 March 1944 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 17 February 1944 |
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| Class and type: | Minekaze-class destroyer |
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| Beam: | 8.92 m (29.3 ft) |
| Draught: | 2.79 m (9.2 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft Mitsubishi-Parsons geared turbines, 4 boilers 38,500 ihp (28,700 kW) |
| Speed: | 39 knots (72 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,600 nautical miles (6,700 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 154 |
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Tachikaze (太刀風 Sword Wind?) was a Minekaze-class destroyer, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy immediately following World War I. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, but were considered obsolescent by the start of the Pacific War.
Construction of the large-sized Minekaze-class destroyers was authorized as part of the Imperial Japanese Navy's 8-4 Fleet Program from fiscal 1917–1920, as an accompaniment to the medium-sized Momi class with which they shared many common design characteristics. Equipped with powerful engines, these vessels were capable of high speeds and were intended as escorts for the projected Amagi-class battlecruisers, which were ultimately never built.Tachikaze, built at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal, was the eleventh ship of this class. The destroyer was laid down on 18 August 1920, launched on 31 March 1921 and commissioned on 5 December 1921.
On completion, Tachikaze was teamed with sister ships Hakaze, Akikaze, and Hokaze at the Yokosuka Naval District to form Destroyer Division 4 under Torpedo Squadron 1 (第1水雷戦隊). In 1938-1939, the division was assigned to patrols of the central China coastline in support of Japanese efforts in the Second Sino-Japanese War. Tachikaze also served on detached duty in support of the Japanese Invasion of French Indochina in 1940.
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