Japanese destroyer Umikaze
Umikaze underway on 9 April 1937.
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| Name: | Umikaze |
| Ordered: | 1934 FY |
| Builder: | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down: | 4 May 1935 |
| Launched: | 27 November 1936 |
| Commissioned: | 31 May 1937 |
| Struck: | 31 March 1944 |
| Fate: | Sunk 1 February 1944 |
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| Class and type: | Shiratsuyu-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,685 long tons (1,712 t) |
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| Beam: | 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) |
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| Speed: | 34 knots (39 mph; 63 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 226 |
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Umikaze (海風 ”Sea Breeze”?) was the seventh of ten Shiratsuyu-class destroyers, and the first to be built for the Imperial Japanese Navy under the Circle Two Program (Maru Ni Keikaku).
The Shiratsuyu-class destroyers were modified versions of the Hatsuharu class, and were designed to accompany the Japanese main striking force and to conduct both day and night torpedo attacks against the United States Navy as it advanced across the Pacific Ocean, according to Japanese naval strategic projections. Despite being one of the most powerful classes of destroyers in the world at the time of their completion, none survived the Pacific War.
Umikaze, built at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal was laid down on 4 May 1935, launched on 27 November 1936 and commissioned on 31 May 1937.
At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Umikaze was assigned to Destroyer Division 24 of Destroyer Squadron 4 of the IJN 2nd Fleet together with her sister ships Yamakaze, Kawakaze, and Suzukaze, and had sortied from Palau as part of the Philippine invasion force, covering landings at Legaspi and Lamon Bay. From January 1942, Umikaze participated in operations in the Netherlands East Indies, including the invasion of Tarakan Island, and landings at Balikpapan and Makassar. After participating in the invasion of eastern Java, Umikaze was engaged in convoy duty, and thus escaped combat during the Battle of the Java Sea.
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