Japanese destroyer Yamakaze (1911)
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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Yamakaze and Japanese minesweeper W-8.
Yamakaze (山風, "Mountain Wind")[1] was an Umikaze-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The second and last ship of this class to be built, she was completed in 1911. After mostly serving as a coastal patrol boat during World War I, she was converted to a minesweeper on June 1, 1930, along with her sister ship, Umikaze. On April 1, 1936 she was scrapped after 25 years of service.
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Japan | |
Name | Yamakaze |
Builder | Mitsubishi shipyards, Nagasaki, Japan |
Laid down | June 1, 1910 |
Launched | January 21, 1911 |
Commissioned | October 21, 1911 |
Decommissioned | April 1, 1936 |
Renamed | Minesweeper No. 8, 1930 |
Reclassified | As minesweeper, 1930 |
Stricken | 1936 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 1936 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Umikaze-class destroyer |
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Length | |
Beam | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 3 shafts; 3 steam turbine sets |
Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Range | 850 nmi (1,570 km; 980 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Complement | 140 |
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