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Shimakaze (島風, Island Wind) was an experimental destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, and intended as the lead ship in a projected new "Type C" of destroyers. She was the only destroyer to be armed with 15 torpedo tubes , each capable of firing the deadly 610 mm (24 in) Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedo .
The Yūgumo-class destroyers (夕雲型駆逐艦, Yūgumo-gata kuchikukan) were a group of 19 destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The IJN called them Destroyer Type-A (甲型駆逐艦,, Kō-gata Kuchikukan) from their plan name.
The following is a list of destroyers and 1st class (steam) torpedo boats of Japan grouped by class or design. In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers.
Further technical developments were prototyped in Shimakaze, but the design was not continued. [8] Although the anti-aircraft (AA) defences of Japanese destroyers were shown to be inadequate, the IJN had recognised the need for fleet AA defence and the Akizuki s were intended to fill this need.
Three warships of Japan have borne the name Shimakaze (島風, "island wind"): Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1920), a Minekaze-class destroyer launched in 1920, renamed Patrol Boat No.1 in 1940 and sunk in 1943. Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1942), a one-off World War II period super-destroyer launched in 1942 and sunk in 1944
Shimakaze (Island Wind) Sep 1919 Nov 1920 Submarine near Kavieng, Jan 1943 Nadakaze (High Seas Wind) Jan 1920 Sep 1920 Submarine near Lombok Strait, Jul 1945 Yakaze (Arrow Wind) Jan 1918 Jul 1920 Scrapped, 1948 Hakaze (Winged Wind) Nov 1918 Sep 1920 Submarine near Kavieng, Jan 1943 Shiokaze (Tide Wind) May 1920 Jul 1921 Scuttled, 1945 Akikaze
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The Super Shimakaze-class destroyers (超島風型駆逐艦, Chō-Shimakaze gata kuchiku-kan) were a projected class of destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), developed during the Second World War. The intention was to develop a mass-production destroyer based on the experimental destroyer Shimakaze.