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Suzukaze

IJN Suzukaze

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassShiratsuyu
WarSecond World War
Main guns5 × 5″ guns in 2 twin and 1 single mounts

Fired torpedoes at Tassafaronga.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Suzukaze (Shiratsuyu-class) on trial run at Uraga Channel. She is completed on August 31, 1937. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 5 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval guns (2×2, 1×1)
  • 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA guns
  • 8 × 24 in (610 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 16 × Depth charges
BuilderUraga Dock Company
Laid down9 July 1935
Launched11 March 1937
Commissioned31 August 1937
Displacement1,685 long tons (1,712 t)
Length103.5 m (340 ft) pp 107.5 m (352 ft 8 in) waterline
Speed34 knots (39 mph; 63 km/h)
Complement226

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

11 March 1937

30 November 1942

Fate

Sunk

Torpedoed and sunk, 25 January 1944