Japanese destroyer Akikaze
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Akikaze (秋風, Autumn Wind)[1] was a Minekaze-class destroyer, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy immediately following the end of World War I. The Minekaze class of destroyers were considered advanced for their time; these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s. The class was considered obsolete by the start of the Pacific War and served in a number of roles including minesweeper, aircraft rescue ships and Kaiten-carriers.[2] On March 18, 1943, the crew of Akikaze massacred around 60 civilians on board.
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Akikaze |
Ordered | fiscal 1918 |
Builder | Mitsubishi shipyards, Nagasaki, Japan |
Laid down | 7 June 1920 |
Launched | 14 December 1920 |
Commissioned | 16 September 1921 |
Stricken | 10 January 1945 |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk on 3 November 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Minekaze-class destroyer |
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Beam | 8.92 m (29 ft 3 in) |
Draft | 2.79 m (9 ft 2 in) |
Installed power | 28,700 kW (38,500 shp) |
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Speed | 72 km/h (39 kn; 45 mph) |
Range | 6,700 km (3,600 nmi; 4,200 mi) at 26 km/h (14 kn; 16 mph) |
Complement | 154 |
Armament | 4 × 120 mm (4.7 in)/45 cal Type 3 naval guns, 6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes, 2 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine guns, 16 × naval mines |
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