Japanese destroyer Nadakaze
Nadakaze on high speed trials, 1921 | |
| History | |
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| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Nadakaze |
| Ordered | 1918 fiscal year |
| Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down | 9 January 1920 |
| Launched | 26 June 1920 |
| Completed | 30 September 1920 |
| Renamed | Patrol Boat No. 2, 1940 |
| Stricken | 30 September 1945 |
| Fate | Sunk on 25 July 1945 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Minekaze-class destroyer |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 9.04 m (29 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 39 knots (72 km/h; 45 mph) |
| Range | 3,600 nmi (6,700 km; 4,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 148 |
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| General characteristics as Patrol Boat No. 2 | |
| Class & type | Patrol Boat No. 2 |
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| Installed power | 19,250 shp (14,350 kW); 2 boilers |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
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The Japanese destroyer Nadakaze (灘風, High Seas Wind) was one of 15 Minekaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1920s. The ship was converted into a patrol boat in 1940 and then into a destroyer transport the next year. After the start of the Pacific War, she participated in the Philippines Campaign in late 1941, the Dutch East Indies campaign in early 1942 and played a minor role in the Battle of Midway in mid-1942. She was sunk by a British submarine in mid-1945.