Japanese destroyer Shiokaze
Service
- as Shiokaze29 July 1921 — 5 October 19452,193 days of the war
- Name
- Shiokaze
- Builder
- Maizuru Naval Arsenal
- Ordered
- 1918
- Laid down
- 15 May 1920
- Launched
- 22 October 1920
- Commissioned
- 29 July 1921
- Struck
- 5 October 1945
- Fate
- Scuttled
- 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)
Shiokaze was a Minekaze-class destroyer, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Maizuru Naval Arsenal on 15 May 1920. Launched on 22 October 1920, she entered service on 29 July 1921.
Her class ran to twelve ships. The class followed the Momi-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Wakatake-class destroyer.
Displacement was 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 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 5 October 1945.
She was scuttled. 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 Tachikaze (1921)
- Japanese destroyer Yakaze
- Japanese destroyer Yūkaze
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Shiokaze on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — 『写真日本の軍艦第10巻 駆逐艦I』p68 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons