Japanese destroyer Tanikaze (1940)
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| Name | Tanikaze |
| Launched | 1 November 1940 |
| Stricken | 10 August 1944 |
| Fate | Sunk in action, 9 June 1944 |
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| 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 | 240 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 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 |
Tanikaze (谷風) was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Wind from the Mountain to the Valley".
On 9 June 1944, Tanikaze was torpedoed and sunk by USS Harder (SS-257) in Sibutu Passage near Tawitawi, 90 miles (170 km) southwest of Basilan (05°42′N 120°41′E / 5.700°N 120.683°E).
Commanding Officers
- Cmdr. Motoi Katsumi - 25 April 1941 - 15 January 1943 (KIA)
- NO C.O. ASSIGNED - 15 January 1943 - 25 January 1943
- Cmdr. Kiyoshi Tomura - 25 January 1943 - 25 April 1943
- Cmdr. Shinichirou Maeda - 25 April 1943 - 8 November 1943
- Lt. Cmdr. / Capt.* Shunsaku Ikeda - 8 November 1943 - 9 June 1944 (Died of Wounds; posthumous double promotion to Captain.)
See also
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 Republic of China Navy |
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