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Akikaze departing Yokosuka, 1923
History
Empire of Japan
Name
Akikaze
Ordered
fiscal 1918
Builder
Mitsubishi shipyards, Nagasaki, Japan
Laid down
7 June 1920
Launched
14 December 1920
Commissioned
16 September 1921
Stricken
10 January 1945
Fate
Torpedoed and sunk on 3 November 1944
General characteristics
Class and type
Minekaze-class destroyer
Displacement
1,234 t (1,215 long tons) (normal)
1,367 t (1,345 long tons) (full load)
Length
97.5 m (319 ft 11 in) p.p.
102.6 m (336 ft 7 in) o/a
Beam
8.92 m (29 ft 3 in)
Draft
2.79 m (9 ft 2 in)
Installed power
28,700 kW (38,500 shp)
Propulsion
2 × Mitsubishi-Parsons geared turbines
4 × boilers
2 × shafts
Speed
72 km/h (39 kn; 45 mph)
Range
6,700 km (3,600 nmi; 4,200 mi) at 26 km/h (14 kn; 16 mph)
Complement
154
Armament
4 × 120 mm (4.7 in)/45 cal Type 3 naval guns, 6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes, 2 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine guns, 16 × naval mines
Service record
Operations:
Second Sino-Japanese War
Pacific War
Akikaze (秋風, Autumn Wind)[1] was a Minekaze-class destroyer, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy immediately following the end of World War I. The Minekaze class of destroyers were considered advanced for their time; these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s. The class was considered obsolete by the start of the Pacific War and served in a number of roles including minesweeper, aircraft rescue ships and Kaiten-carriers.[2] On March 18, 1943, the crew of Akikaze massacred around 60 civilians on board.
^Nelson. Japanese-English Character Dictionary. pages 666, 960
^Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. 1869–1945 by H. Jentschura, D. Jung, P. Mickel, p. 141 Arms and Armour Press (1996) Cassell plc ISBN 978-0-85368-151-9
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