Japanese destroyer Umikaze

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Career Japanese Navy Ensign
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Fate: Sunk in action,
1 February 1944
Struck: 31 March 1944
General Characteristics
Displacement: 1,980 tons
Length: 352 ft 8 in (107.5 m)
Beam: 32 ft 6 in (9.9 m)
Draft: 11 ft 6 in (3.5 m)
Speed: 34 knots (63 km/h)
Complement: 180
Armament: 5 × 5 in ( 127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns,
up to 21 × 25 mm AA guns,
up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns,
8 × 24 in torpedo tubes,
16 depth charges

Umikaze was a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Sea Breeze".

On 1 February 1944, Umikaze was torpedoed and sunk by USS Guardfish (SS-217) off the southern entrance to Truk Atoll (07°10′N 151°43′E).


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Shiratsuyu-class destroyer

Shiratsuyu | Shigure | Murasame | Yudachi | Samidare | Harusame | Yamakaze | Kawakaze | Umikaze | Suzukaze

List of ships of the Japanese Navy