Japanese destroyer Maikaze
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 Maikaze on July 15, 1941 |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Maikaze |
| Ordered: | 1939 |
| Laid down: | 22 April 1940 |
| Launched: | 15 March 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 15 July 1941 |
| Struck: | 31 March 1944 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 17 February 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Kagero-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,490 long tons (2,530 t) |
| Length: | 118.5 m (388 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
| Draft: | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 239 |
| Armament: | • 6 × 5 in (130 mm)/50 caliber DP guns • up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns • up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns • 8 × 24 in (610 mm) torpedo tubes • 36 depth charges |
Maikaze (舞風, "Whirlwind") was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
On 17 February 1944, while evacuating convoys to Yokosuka from Truk following Allied attack on Truk, Maikaze, the cruiser Katori, and the auxiliary cruiser Akagi Maru were sunk by gunfire from the cruisers USS Minneapolis and USS New Orleans 40 miles (75 km) northwest of Truk (07°45′N 151°20′E / 7.75°N 151.333°E). Maikaze herself was sunk with all hands on board.
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