Japanese destroyer Shimakaze photograph

Japanese Destroyer Shimakaze

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Length130 m
Construction startedAugust 8, 1941
LaunchedJuly 18, 1942
Speed40. 9 kn (75. 7 km/h; 47. 1 mph)
Installed power75,000 shp (56,000 kW)
BuilderMaizuru Naval Arsenal
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID1086892
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About Japanese Destroyer Shimakaze


Shimakaze was an experimental destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, and intended as the lead ship in a projected new "Type C" of destroyers. She was the only destroyer to be armed with 15 torpedo tubes, each capable of firing the deadly 610 mm Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedo.

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