Japanese destroyer Akikaze
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| Career |  |
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| Launched: | ca. 1920 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 3 November 1944 |
| Struck: | 10 January 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,215 tons |
| Length: | 336 ft 6 in (102.6 m) |
| Beam: | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 Kanpon boilers 2 Parsons geared turbines 2 shafts at 38,500 SHP (29 MW) |
| Speed: | 39 knots (72 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,000 nmi. at 15 knots (7,400 km at 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 148 |
| Armament: | 4 × 4.7 in (120 mm)/45 cal S.P. guns 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes in three twin mountings 2 × 7.7 mm machine guns |
Akikaze ("Autumn Wind")[1] was a Minekaze-class destroyer, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy immediately following World War I. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers throughout the 1920s and 1930s until gradually replaced by newer types.
In World War II, Akikaze served as an escort and troop transport in the central and southwestern Pacific.
On 14 March 1943, Akikaze and two other destroyers attacked a submarine — possibly USS Triton (SS-201) — near Kairiru Island ().[2]
On 1 November 1944, Destroyer Division 30 — Yuzuki (flagship), Uzuki, and Akikaze — departed Makung City, escorting aircraft carrier Junyō and cruiser Kiso toward Brunei. On 3 November 1944, USS Pintado (SS-387) fired a spread of torpedoes at Junyō, but Akikaze intercepted them.[3] She sank with all hands, 160 miles west of Cape Bolinao, Luzon (Coordinates: ).
[edit] References
- ^ Japanese Warship Names. Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
- ^ CombinedFleet.com says 14 March, but the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships says,
"On 15 March, Trigger reported that she had attacked a convoy and had been depth charged. Even though attacks on her ceased, she could still hear distant depth charging for about an hour. No further messages from Triton were ever received. Post-war examination of Japanese records revealed that on 15 March 1943 three Japanese destroyers attacked a submarine a little northwest of Triton's assigned area and subsequently observed an oil slick, debris, and items with American markings." Triton. DANFS. U.S. Naval Historical Center. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
Maybe Akikaze made two attacks on Triton, on both the 14th and 15th? - ^ Hackett, Bob; Sander Kingsepp (11/28/2007). IJN Kiso: Tabular Record of Movement. Junyokan. Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
- Nevitt, Allyn D. (1997). IJN Akikaze: Tabular Record of Movement. Long Lancers. Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
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