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Japanese destroyer Tanikaze (1940)
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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Tanikaze.
Tanikaze (谷風, Valley Wind) was one of 19 Kagerō-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1930s, which saw extensive action throughout WW2, spending her early war career operating alongside Japanese aircraft carriers. Tanikaze was damaged by American dive bombers during the battle of Midway, June 6 1942, and helped to sink the light cruiser USS Helena at the battle of Kula Gulf, July 6 1943. Tanikaze was eventually torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Harder on June 9 1944.
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Name | Tanikaze |
Builder | Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka |
Launched | 1 November 1940 |
Commissioned | 25 April 1941 |
Stricken | 10 August 1944 |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by USS Harder, 9 June 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kagerō-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,490 long tons (2,530 t) |
Length | 118.5 m (388 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
Draft | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
Speed | 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
Complement | 240 |
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