Japanese destroyer Yamakaze
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 The Yamakaze |
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 25 June 1942 |
| Struck: | 20 August 1942 |
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| 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 |
Yamakaze was a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Mountain Wind" (Wind From the Hills).
On 25 June 1942, while steaming independently from Ominato towards the Inland Sea, Yamakaze was torpedoed and sunk by USS Nautilus (SS-168) 60 miles (110 km) southeast of Yokosuka (). Photos of the sinking "Yamakaze" can be found here [[1]].
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| Shiratsuyu-class destroyer |
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Shiratsuyu | Shigure | Murasame | Yudachi | Samidare | Harusame | Yamakaze | Kawakaze | Umikaze | Suzukaze |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
