Japanese destroyer Maikaze
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 17 February 1944 |
| Struck: | 31 March 1944 |
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| Displacement: | 2,490 tons |
| Length: | 388 ft 9 in (118.5 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 5 in (10.8 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 4 in (3.8 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 240 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 24 in torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
Maikaze (舞風? "Whirlwind") was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
On 17 February 1944, during the Allied attack on Truk, Maikaze, Katori, and Akagi Maru were sunk by gunfire from the cruisers USS Minneapolis (CA-36) and USS New Orleans (CA-32) 40 miles (75 km) northwest of Truk ().
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| Kagero-class destroyer |
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Kagero | Kuroshio | Oyashio | Hatsukaze | Natsushio | Yukikaze | Hayashio | Maikaze | Isokaze | Shiranuhi | Amatsukaze | Tokitsukaze | Urakaze | Hamakaze | Nowaki | Arashi | Hagikaze | Tanikaze | Akigumo |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
