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Maikaze
Maikaze on 15 July 1941
History
Japanese destroyer MaikazeEmpire of Japan
NameMaikaze
Ordered1939
BuilderFujinagata Shipyards
Laid down22 April 1940
Launched15 March 1941
Commissioned15 July 1941
Stricken31 March 1944
FateSunk in action by USS New Jersey, USS Minneapolis, and USS New Orleans, 17 February 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeKagerō-class destroyer
Displacement2,490 long tons (2,530 t)
Length118.5 m (388 ft 9 in)
Beam10.8 m (35 ft 5 in)
Draft3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Speed35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h)
Complement239
Armament
  • 6 × 127 mm (5.0 in)/50 caliber DP guns
  • up to 28 × Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns
  • up to 4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA guns
  • 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes
  • 36 depth charges

Maikaze (舞風, "Dancing Wind") was one of 19 Kagerō-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1930s.

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