Shimakaze
| Country | Japan |
| Ship Class | Shimakaze-class Destroyer |
| Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Laid Down | 8 Aug 1941 |
| Launched | 18 Jul 1942 |
| Commissioned | 10 May 1943 |
| Sunk | 11 Nov 1944 |
| Displacement | 2,567 tons standard; 3,048 tons full |
| Length | 413 feet |
| Beam | 37 feet |
| Draft | 13 feet |
| Machinery | Two geared turbines, two shafts |
| Power Output | 76,000 shaft horsepower |
| Speed | 39 knots |
| Range | 1,400nm at 30 knots |
| Crew | 250 |
| Armament | 2x2x5in/50 DP guns, 28x25mm AA guns, 4x13mm guns, 3x5x25in torpedo tubes with 30 torpedos, 2 depth charge rails with 18 depth charges |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseShimakaze, a 3048-ton destroyer, was built at Maizuru, Japan. Completed in May 1943, she was extraordinarily large and fast, with a very heavy torpedo armament. She was commanded by Commander Hirose Hiromu between 10 May 1943 and 5 Oct 1943, and Commander Uwai Hiroshi until her sinking by US Navy carrier-based aircraft in the Philippines area on 11 November 1944.
ww2dbaseSource: Naval Historical Center
Last Major Revision: Jan 2005
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| 10 May 1943 | Shimakaze was commissioned into service. |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
22 Apr 2024 04:41:58 PM
Her name was inherited from the Minekaze-class destroyer of the interwar era (The original Shimakaze of 1920 was subsequently converted to a Patrol Boat along with her sister-ship Nadakaze. The two ships were renumbered PB-1 and PB-2.)
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Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, 16 Mar 1945
5 Mar 2024 04:09:54 PM
The original plan called for 32 Type-C destroyers in two subclasses, but only Shimakaze ended up being built. The rest were either cancelled or replanned to additional Type-B (Akizuki class) destroyers, which also got cancelled in favor of the Type-D (Matsu class) destroyers.