Japanese destroyer Matsukaze (1923)
Service
- as Matsukaze? — 10 August 19441,805 days of the war
- Name
- Matsukaze
- Pennant / hull number
- 1923
- Builder
- Maizuru Naval Arsenal
- Laid down
- 2 December 1922
- Launched
- 30 October 1923
- Struck
- 10 August 1944
- Fate
- Sunk on 9 June 1944 (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,719 long tons (1,747 t)
- Length
- 102.5 m (336.3 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.1 m (29.9 ft)
- Draught
- 2.9 m (9.5 ft)
- Speed
- 37.3 knots (69.1 km/h, 42.9 mph)
- Range
- 3,600 nmi (6,667 km)
- Complement
- 148
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Matsukaze was a Kamikaze-class destroyer (1922) destroyer, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1923. Her keel was laid at Maizuru Naval Arsenal on 2 December 1922. She was launched on 30 October 1923.
She was one of nine ships of her class. The class followed the Wakatake-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Mutsuki-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,400 long tons standard and 1,719 long tons at full load. She measured 102.5 m (336 ft) long with a beam of 9.1 m (30 ft). Her designed speed was 37.3 knots, and she carried a complement of 148.
Her main battery was four 120 mm (4.7 in) guns. 38,500 shp drove two shafts.
She was in commission for 1,805 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 August 1944.
She was sunk on 9 June 1944, at 26°59′N 143°13′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 shafts; 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines
- Power
- 38500 shp
- 4 × Kampon water-tube boilers
- Armament
- 4 × single 12 cm Type 3 guns
- 3 × twin 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Matsukaze (1923) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Japanese book "History of Japanese Destroyers" published by Kaigunsha — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons