Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1920)
Shimakaze in 1922 | |
| History | |
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| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Shimakaze |
| Ordered | 1918 fiscal year |
| Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down | 5 September 1919 |
| Launched | 31 March 1920 |
| Completed | 15 November 1920 |
| Renamed | Patrol Boat No.1 1940 |
| Stricken | 10 February 1943 |
| Fate | Sunk on 12 January 1943 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Minekaze-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 9.04 m (29 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power |
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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 |
| Armament |
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| General characteristics as Patrol Boat No. 1 | |
| Class & type | Patrol Boat No. 1 |
| Displacement |
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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 Shimakaze (島風, Island Wind) was one of 15 Minekaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. 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 before she was sunk by an American submarine in early 1943.