Japanese destroyer Umikaze
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Fate: | Sunk in action, 1 February 1944 |
Struck: | 31 March 1944 |
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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 |
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 ( ).
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Shiratsuyu-class destroyer |
Shiratsuyu | Shigure | Murasame | Yudachi | Samidare | Harusame | Yamakaze | Kawakaze | Umikaze | Suzukaze |
List of ships of the Japanese Navy |