IJN · DD
SunkKamikaze-class destroyer (1923). She escorted the Philippines and Java invasions, took part in the Battle of Sunda Strait, made Tokyo Express runs in 1943 and was damaged at Truk in February 1944. USS Swordfish sank her on 9 June 1944.
| Class | Kamikaze class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Launched | 1923-10-30 |
| Commissioned | 1924-04-05 |
| Fate | Sunk. Torpedoed and sunk by USS Swordfish on 9 June 1944, 70 miles northeast of Chichijima, escorting a convoy from Tateyama to Saipan. |
| Armament (class) | Follow-on to the Minekaze class. Four single guns and two funnels. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
Matsukaze on speed trials off Maizuru, around 1924. Photograph from the Japanese book History of Japanese Destroyers (Kaigunsha), as credited on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons File:Japanese destroyer Matsukaze Taisho 13.jpg. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
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Battle of Sunda Strait
1942-03-01 · on 1 March 1942 she helped Shiokaze sink the Dutch auxiliary minesweeper Endeh; not sunk
Battle of Kolombangara
1943-07-13 · destroyer-transport; the troops got ashore; not sunk
Operation Hailstone, the raid on Truk
1944-02-17 · damaged in the raid (Wikipedia list from Jeffery). Not sunk
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