Japanese destroyer Yamakaze
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 The Yamakaze |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 25 May 1935 |
| Launched: | 21 February 1936 |
| Completed: | 30 June 1937 |
| Commissioned: | |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 25 June 1942 |
| Struck: | 20 August 1942 |
| 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 |
Yamakaze was a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Mountain Wind" (Wind From the Hills).
On the night of January 11, 1942, the Dutch minelayer ship Prins van Oranje tried to escape Tarakan island but was sunk by Yamakaze (Lt. Cdr Shuichi Hamanaka) and patrol boat P-38.
On 11 February 1942 the Yamakaze is acredited with the sinking of the submarine USS Shark (SS-174) in the Makassar Strait. [1]
On 25 June 1942, while steaming independently from Ominato towards the Inland Sea, Yamakaze was torpedoed and sunk with all hands by USS Nautilus (SS-168) 60 miles (110 km) southeast of Yokosuka ().
Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Lt. Cmdr. Kanetomo Nomaguchi - 20 January 1937 - 30 June 1937
Lt. Cmdr. Kanetomo Nomaguchi - 30 June 1937 - 5 October 1938
Lt. Cmdr. Kiyoshi Kikkawa - 5 October 1938 - 15 November 1939
Lt. Cmdr. Shunichi Toyoshima - 15 November 1939 - 24 April 1940
Lt. Cmdr. Shuichi Hamanaka - 10 September 1941 - 25 June 1942 (KIA)
The USS Shark, just after being launched on 21 May 1935.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- CombinedFleet.com: Shiratsuyu-class destroyers
- CombinedFleet.com: Yamakaze history
- Shiratsuyu-class destroyer information
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