IJN · DD

Yakaze

Afloat

Minekaze-class destroyer. She escorted Akagi and Hosho in the early 1930s, was converted to a target ship in 1942, and lay bottomed in Yokosuka at the end of the war. Scrapped in 1947.

Class	Minekaze class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Builder	Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Commissioned	1920-07-19
Fate	Afloat. Converted to a target ship in 1942 and taken off the destroyer list on 20 July 1942. Damaged and flooded at Yokosuka and bottomed at the end of the war. Scrapped in 1947. Wikipedia and combinedfleet.com agree on the completion date; Wikipedia gives two different launch dates, so none is shown.
Armament (class)	Older fleet destroyer. Four single guns and two funnels.
Command	Takahashi, Masao Commanding officer until 27 June 1942 Dobashi, Takeyoshi Commanding officer from 27 June 1942; Relieved on 10 July 1942 Aono, Shigeo Commanding officer from 10 July 1942

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.

Yakaze, photographed in July 1922. Photo from the Kure Maritime Museum's destroyer album (Todaka, ed.). Wikimedia Commons File:Yakaze.jpg. Public domain.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

MTTakahashi, MasaoCommanding officer until 27 June 1942 TDDobashi, TakeyoshiCommanding officer from 27 June 1942Relieved on 10 July 1942 SAAono, ShigeoCommanding officer from 10 July 1942

Crew stories

No stories submitted yet. Submit a Story.