Japanese destroyer Yukaze
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| Career |  |
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| Launched: | ca. 1920 |
| Struck: | 5 October 1945 |
| Fate: | Turned over to Great Britain, 14 August 1947; later scrapped at Singapore. |
| 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 |
Yukaze ("Evening 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, Yukaze served as an escort for the old aircraft carrier Hōshō. After the Battle of Midway, Hōshō was used to train naval aviators, remaining in the Inland Sea.
After the war Yukaze was used as a repatriation ship. On 14 August 1947, she was turned over to Great Britain; she was scrapped at Singapore.
[edit] References
- ^ Japanese Warship Names. Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
- Nevitt, Allyn D. (1997). IJN Yukaze: Tabular Record of Movement. Long Lancers. Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
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