Japanese destroyer Akikaze
Akikaze departing Yokosuka, 1923 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Akikaze |
| Ordered | fiscal 1918 |
| Builder | Mitsubishi shipyards, Nagasaki, Japan |
| Laid down | 7 June 1920 |
| Launched | 14 December 1920 |
| Commissioned | 16 September 1921 |
| Stricken | 10 January 1945 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk on 3 November 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Minekaze-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 8.92 m (29 ft 3 in) |
| Draft | 2.79 m (9 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power | 28,700 kW (38,500 shp) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 72 km/h (39 kn; 45 mph) |
| Range | 6,700 km (3,600 nmi; 4,200 mi) at 26 km/h (14 kn; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 154 |
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Akikaze (秋風, Autumn Wind) was a Minekaze-class destroyer, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy immediately following the end of World War I. The Minekaze class of destroyers were considered advanced for their time; these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s. The class was considered obsolete by the start of the Pacific War but served in a number of roles including minesweeper, aircraft rescue, and Kaiten-carriers. On March 18, 1943, Akikaze was the scene of a massacre of about 60 civilians on board.