Super Shimakaze-class destroyer
For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Shimakaze.
Class overview | |
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Name: | Super Shimakaze class |
Operators: | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Preceded by: | Shimakaze |
Planned: | 16 (1942) |
Cancelled: | 16 (1942) |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Destroyer |
Displacement: |
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Length: | 413 ft 5 in (126.01 m) (overall) |
Beam: | 36 ft 9 in (11.20 m) |
Draught: | 13 ft 7 in (4.14 m) |
Depth: | 23 ft 4 in (7.11 m) |
Propulsion: |
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Speed: | 39.0 kn (72.2 km/h) |
Range: | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h) |
Armament: |
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The Super Shimakaze-class destroyers (超島風型駆逐艦 Chō-Shimakaze kata kuchiku-kan) were a projected class of destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), developed during the Second World War. The intention was to develop a mass-production destroyer based on the experimental destroyer Shimakaze. The IJN Fleet Command gave them the project number V6. However, the project was cancelled with none of the proposed ships being completed, because the IJN was heavily crippled at Midway on June 1942.
Ships in class
Ship | Ship # | Note |
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16 destroyers | 733 to 748 | Cancelled and re-planned to 7 of the Super Akizuki class (Ships # 5077-5083) on 30 June 1942 |
Bibliography
- Rekishi Gunzō, History of Pacific War Vol.23 Akizuki class destroyers, Gakken (Japan), 1999, ISBN 4-05-602063-9
- Collection of writings by Sizuo Fukui Vol.5, Stories of Japanese Destroyers, Kōjinsha (Japan) 1993, ISBN 4-7698-0611-6
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