Japanese destroyer Suzukaze
Service
- as Suzukaze31 August 1937 — 10 March 19441,652 days of the war
- Name
- Suzukaze
- Builder
- Uraga Dock Company
- Ordered
- 1934
- Laid down
- 9 July 1935
- Launched
- 11 March 1937
- Commissioned
- 31 August 1937
- Struck
- 10 March 1944
- Fate
- Torpedoed and sunk, 25 January 1944
By torpedo (1944) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,685 long tons (1,712 t)
- Length
- 107.5 m (352.7 ft) WL
- Beam
- 9.9 m (32.5 ft)
- Draught
- 3.5 m (11.5 ft)
- Speed
- 34 knots (63 km/h, 39.1 mph)
- Range
- 4,000 nmi (7,408 km)
- Complement
- 226
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Suzukaze was a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Uraga Dock Company on 9 July 1935. She entered service on 31 August 1937, having been launched on 11 March 1937.
Ten ships of the class were built. The class followed the Hatsuharu-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Asashio-class destroyer.
Displacement was 1,685 long tons. She measured 107.5 m (353 ft) long with a beam of 9.9 m (32 ft). Her designed speed was 34 knots, and she carried a complement of 226.
Her main battery was five 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,652 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 March 1944.
She was sunk on 25 January 1944 by torpedo, at 8°51′N 157°10′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shaft Kampon geared turbines
- 3 boilers, 42000 hp
- Armament
- 5 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval guns (2×2, 1×1)
- 2 × 13.2 mm AA guns
- 8 × 24 in torpedo tubes
- 16 × Depth charges
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Harusame (1935)
- Japanese destroyer Kawakaze (1936)
- Japanese destroyer Murasame (1935)
- Japanese destroyer Samidare (1935)
- Japanese destroyer Shigure (1935)
- Japanese destroyer Shiratsuyu (1935)
- Japanese destroyer Umikaze (1936)
- Japanese destroyer Yamakaze (1936)
- Japanese destroyer Yūdachi (1936)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Suzukaze on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — 写真日本の軍艦第11巻p64 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons