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Tokitsukaze

IJN Tokitsukaze

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassKagerō
WarSecond World War
Main guns6 × 5″ guns

Fought at the Java Sea. Sunk in the Bismarck Sea in 1943.

The Japanese destroyer Tokitsukaze under air attack during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 4 March 1943. Photo: United States Army Air Forces photo 342-FH-3A33340-23278AC, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • (1939)
  • 6 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 DP guns
  • 2 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
  • 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes
  • 18 depth charges
  • 2 × paravanes
  • (1943)
  • 8 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
BuilderUraga Dock Company
Laid down20 February 1939
Launched10 November 1939
Displacement2,033 long tons (2,066 t) standard
Length118.5 m (388 ft 9 in)
Speed35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h)
Complement239

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

Career

Launched

10 November 1939

27 February 1942

Fate

Sunk

Sunk in action, 4 March 1943