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Shimakaze (島風, Island Wind) was an experimental destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, and intended as the lead ship in a projected new "Type C" of destroyers. She was the only destroyer to be armed with 15 torpedo tubes , each capable of firing the deadly 610 mm (24 in) Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedo .
Further technical developments were prototyped in Shimakaze, but the design was not continued. [8] Although the anti-aircraft (AA) defences of Japanese destroyers were shown to be inadequate, the IJN had recognised the need for fleet AA defence and the Akizuki s were intended to fill this need.
Three warships of Japan have borne the name Shimakaze (島風, "island wind"): Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1920), a Minekaze-class destroyer launched in 1920, renamed Patrol Boat No.1 in 1940 and sunk in 1943. Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1942), a one-off World War II period super-destroyer launched in 1942 and sunk in 1944
The following is a list of destroyers and 1st class (steam) torpedo boats of Japan grouped by class or design. In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers.
Musashi (Japanese: 武蔵, named after the former Japanese province [2]) was one of four planned Yamato-class battleships [N 1] built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), beginning in the late 1930s.
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HMCS Ottawa, JS Chōkai, and Shimakaze participated in a bilateral exercise between the Royal Canadian Navy and the JMSDF on 16 October 2019. [3] On 30 March 2020, Shimakaze was damaged in a collision with a Chinese fishing vessel in the East China Sea. [4] [5] Shimakaze was converted to a training ship and redesignated as TV-3521 on 19 March ...
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