The Minekaze-class (峯風型駆逐艦 Minekazegata kuchikukan) was a class of fifteen 1st-class destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Obsolete by the beginning of the Pacific War, the Minekaze-class ships were relegated to mostly secondary roles, serving throughout the war as patrol vessels, high speed transports, target control vessels, and as kaiten (suicide torpedo) carriers. Most ultimately were lost to American and British submarines.
Specifications[]
- Type: Destroyer
- Service Period: 1919-1945
- Characteristics:
- Length: 337 feet (102.72 meters)
- Beam: 30 feet (9.1 meters)
- Draught: 9.5 feet (2.9 meters)
- Displacement: 1,345 tons (Standard); 1,650 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 148
- Propulsion: 4 x Kampon heavy oil fired boilers, 2-shaft Mitsubishi-Parsons geared steam turbines, 38,500 ihp (28,700 kW)
- Range: 3,600 nautical miles (6,670 kilometers) at 14 knots (25.93 km/h)
- Speed: 39 knots (72.23 km/h)
- Armament:
- 4 x 12cm/45-caliber 3rd Year Type naval guns
- 2 x 7.7mm machine guns
- 6 x 21" torpedo tubes
- 20 x mines
Unit Run[]
Minekaze-subclass[]
- IJN Minekaze
- IJN Sawakaze
- IJN Okikaze
- IJN Shimakaze
- IJN Nadakaze
- IJN Yakaze
- IJN Hakaze
- IJN Shiokaze
- IJN Akikaze
- IJN Yukaze
- IJN Tachikaze
- IJN Hokaze
Nokaze-subclass[]
- IJN Nokaze
- IJN Namikaze - transferred to Republic of China Navy in 1947, renamed ROCS Shen Yang
- IJN Numakaze