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Tanikaze

IJN Tanikaze

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassKagerō
WarSecond World War
Main guns6 × 127 mm (5.0 in)/50 caliber DP guns

Escorted the carriers to Pearl Harbor and at Midway. Sunk by USS Harder off Tawi-Tawi on 9 June 1944.

The Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Tanikaze at anchor in April 1941. It was the second Japanese warship to bear that name. Photo: Shizuo Fukui, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 6 × 127 mm (5.0 in)/50 caliber DP guns
  • up to 28 × Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns
  • up to 4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA guns
  • 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes
  • 36 depth charges
BuilderFujinagata Shipyards, Osaka
Launched1 November 1940
Commissioned25 April 1941
Displacement2,490 long tons (2,530 t)
Length118.5 m (388 ft 9 in)
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement240

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

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

1 November 1940