Japanese destroyer Suzukaze

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Career Japanese Navy Ensign
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Fate: Sunk in action,
25 January 1944
Struck: 10 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

Suzukaze was a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Cool Breeze in Summer".

On 25 January 1944, while escorting a convoy from Truk to Eniwetok, Suzukaze was torpedoed and sunk by USS Skipjack (SS-184) 140 miles (260 km) north-northwest of Ponape (08°51′N, 157°10′E).

Commanding Officers

Chief Equipping Officer - Lt. Cmdr. Yoshio Inoue - 1 May 1937 - 31 August 1937

Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Yoshio Inoue - 31 August 1937 - 15 December 1938 (Promoted to Commander on 15 November 1938.)

Lt. Cmdr. Setsuji Moriya - 15 December 1938 - 16 September 1940

Lt. Cmdr. Masao Kamiyama - 16 September 1940 - 15 April 1942

Lt. Cmdr. Kazuo Shibayama - 15 April 1942 - 23 May 1943

Lt. Cmdr. Masao Yamashita - 23 May 1943 - 25 January 1944 (KIA)


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