Shimakaze

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
depth charges
6 × 127 mm guns
15 × 610 mm torpedo tubes
gptkbp:beam 11.2 m
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Maizuru_Naval_Arsenal
gptkbp:class gptkb:Shimakaze-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 10 May 1943
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:crew 267
gptkbp:displacement 2,610 tons (standard)
3,048 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 4.15 m
gptkbp:fate sunk
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:Kantai_Collection
gptkb:World_of_Warships
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shimakaze
gptkbp:influenced postwar destroyer designs
gptkbp:launched 18 July 1942
gptkbp:length 126.01 m
gptkbp:locationSunk gptkb:Ormoc_Bay,_Philippines
gptkbp:namedAfter Shimakaze (meaning 'Island Wind')
gptkbp:notableFor fastest destroyer of Imperial Japanese Navy
carried largest number of torpedo tubes on a destroyer
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:range 6,000 nautical miles at 18 knots
gptkbp:speed 40.9 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:ship
gptkbp:sunkBy 11 November 1944
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:ship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4