Shimakaze class 1st class destroyers



Shimakaze (as completed)

Displacement2567t standard, 3000t trial
Length120.5m pp, 125.0m wl
Width11.20m
Draught4.14m
Machinery2-shaft geared turbine, 3 boilers, 75,000shp
Speed39kt
Armament6-12.7cm/50cal DP gun (2x3), 6-25mm AA, 15-61cm TT (5x3), 18 DCs
Complement?



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
ShimakazeFY1939Maizuru NYd1941. 8. 81942. 7.181943. 5.10DD11944.11.11 sunk
(air attack, Ormoc bay)
[10.50N, 124.35E]
1945. 1.10 disc



TOP page INDEX Vessels


Copyright © Hiroshi Nishida (Misohito), 2003.
Illustration by courtesy of Tensho