Japanese destroyer Umikaze (1936)
Service
- as Umikaze31 May 1937 — 31 March 19441,670 days of the war
- Name
- Umikaze
- Pennant / hull number
- 1936
- Builder
- Maizuru Naval Arsenal
- Ordered
- 1934
- Laid down
- 4 May 1935
- Launched
- 27 November 1936
- Commissioned
- 31 May 1937
- Struck
- 31 March 1944
- Fate
- Torpedoed and sunk, 1 February 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)
Umikaze was a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1936. Her keel was laid at Maizuru Naval Arsenal on 4 May 1935. She entered service on 31 May 1937, having been launched on 27 November 1936.
Her class ran to ten ships. 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 1,670 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 31 March 1944.
She was sunk on 1 February 1944 by torpedo, at 7°10′N 151°43′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 Suzukaze
- Japanese destroyer Yamakaze (1936)
- Japanese destroyer Yūdachi (1936)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Umikaze (1936) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons