IJN · DD
AfloatMinekaze-class destroyer. She was the escort of the old carrier Hosho through the whole war, including Midway, and survived to carry repatriates before the British took her in 1947.
| Class | Minekaze class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Builder | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki |
| Launched | 1921-05-28 |
| Commissioned | 1921-08-24 |
| Fate | Afloat. Surrendered at Kure. She was a repatriation ship from October 1945 to August 1947, when she was handed to the Royal Navy at Singapore as a prize and broken up. |
| 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.
Yukaze at Kure, 16 October 1945. The destroyer Kiri is among the ships in the background. U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-351880 (National Archives). Wikimedia Commons File:80-G-351880 YUKAZE (Japanese destroyer, 1921).jpg. Public domain.
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Battle of Midway
1942-06-04 · escorting the old carrier Hosho; not sunk
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