Japanese destroyer Tachikaze (1921)
Service
- as Tachikaze5 December 1921 — 31 March 19441,670 days of the war
- Name
- Tachikaze
- Pennant / hull number
- 1921
- Builder
- Maizuru Naval Arsenal
- Ordered
- 1918
- Laid down
- 18 August 1920
- Launched
- 31 March 1921
- Commissioned
- 5 December 1921
- Struck
- 31 March 1944
- Fate
- Sunk in action, 17 February 1944 (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,215 long tons (1,234 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,345 long tons (1,367 t)
- Length
- 102.6 m (336.6 ft) OA
- Beam
- 8.92 m (29.3 ft)
- Draught
- 2.79 m (9.2 ft)
- Speed
- 39 knots (72.2 km/h, 44.9 mph)
- Range
- 3,600 nmi (6,667 km)
- Complement
- 154
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Tachikaze was a Minekaze-class destroyer in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1921. Maizuru Naval Arsenal laid her keel on 18 August 1920. Launched on 31 March 1921, she entered service on 5 December 1921.
Twelve ships of the class were built. The class followed the Momi-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Wakatake-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,215 long tons standard and 1,345 long tons at full load. She measured 102.6 m (337 ft) long with a beam of 8.9 m (29 ft). Her designed speed was 39 knots, and she carried a complement of 154. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 1,670 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 31 March 1944.
She was sunk on 17 February 1944, at 7°03′N 151°56′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 Mitsubishi-Parsons geared turbines, 4 boilers 38500 ihp
- Armament
- 4 × Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun
- 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 2 × 7.7 mm machine guns
- 20 × naval mines
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Akikaze
- Japanese destroyer Hakaze
- Japanese destroyer Hokaze
- Japanese destroyer Minekaze
- Japanese destroyer Nadakaze
- Japanese destroyer Okikaze
- Japanese destroyer Sawakaze (1919)
- Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1920)
- Japanese destroyer Shiokaze
- Japanese destroyer Yakaze
- Japanese destroyer Yūkaze
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Tachikaze (1921) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Japanese book "History of Japanese Destroyers" (1992) published by Kaigunsha, p.71 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons