IJN · DD
SunkLead ship of the Minekaze class, built after the First World War as an escort for the planned Amagi-class battlecruisers. She spent the Pacific war on patrol and convoy escort in northern and East China waters and was sunk by USS Pogy off Taiwan on 10 February 1944.
| Class | Minekaze class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Launched | 1919-02-08 |
| Commissioned | 1920-05-29 |
| Fate | Sunk. Torpedoed and sunk by USS Pogy on 10 February 1944, about 7 miles southeast of Wu-shih Pi, Taiwan, escorting a convoy from Moji to Takao. |
| Armament (class) | Older fleet destroyer. 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.
Minekaze at Yokosuka, 30 August 1932. Photo from the Kaigunsha book History of Japanese Destroyers (1992), as credited on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons File:Japanese destroyer Minekaze Yokosuka Showa 7.jpg. Public domain.
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