IJN · DD
SunkMinekaze-class destroyer. She spent nearly the whole war on patrol and escort in the north from Ominato, joined the Kiska evacuation, and was sunk by USS Pargo off French Indochina on 20 February 1945.
| Class | Minekaze class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Launched | 1921-10-01 |
| Commissioned | 1922-03-31 |
| Fate | Sunk. Torpedoed and sunk by USS Pargo on 20 February 1945 north of Nha Trang, French Indochina. She exploded and sank with 209 killed. Kamikaze rescued survivors. |
| 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.
Nokaze, February 1922. Photo from the Kaigunsha book History of Japanese Destroyers (1992), as credited on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons File:Japanese destroyer Nokaze.jpg. Public domain.
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