Japanese destroyer Kawakaze (1936)
Kawakaze (江風, ”River Wind”) was the ninth of ten Shiratsuyu-class destroyers, and the third to be built for the Imperial Japanese Navy under the Circle Two Program (Maru Ni Keikaku). Completed in April of 1937, Kawakaze saw minor roles in the battles of the Java Sea, Eastern Solomans, Santa Cruz, and Guadalcanal, usually not doing much of note, but torpedoed and sank the destroyer USS Blue in the aftermath of the Battle of Savo Island, and came to her own in the Battle of Tassafaronga where she torpedoed and sank the heavy cruiser USS Northampton. Kawakaze was sunk by a mass torpedo attack from US destroyers at the Battle of Vella Gulf.
| History | |
|---|---|
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Kawakaze |
| Namesake | River Wind |
| Ordered | 1933 FY |
| Builder | Fujinagata Shipyards |
| Laid down | 25 April 1935 |
| Launched | 1 November 1936 |
| Commissioned | 30 April 1937 |
| Stricken | 15 October 1943 |
| Fate | Sunk 7 August 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Shiratsuyu-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,685 long tons (1,712 t) |
| Length |
|
| Beam | 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion |
|
| Speed | 34 knots (39 mph; 63 km/h) |
| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h) |
| Complement | 226 |
| Armament |
|
| Service record | |
| Operations: |
|
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.