Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze

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The Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kagerō-class destroyer that saw extensive action in World War II, including major Pacific naval engagements.

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instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy warship
Kagerō-class destroyer
World War II destroyer
antiAircraftArmament 25 mm AA guns
beam about 10.8 m
builder Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation
builtAt Kobe, Japan
linked to: Kobe
class Kagerō class
commissioned 1940-11-10
conflict World War II
country Empire of Japan
linked to: Japan
crewComplement about 240 officers and men
damagedBy USS Helena (CL-50)
dateSunk 1945-04-06
dateTorpedoed 1943-01-10
displacementFullLoad about 2600 tons
displacementStandard about 2033 tons
draft about 3.8 m
fate sunk in World War II
laidDown 1938-12-14
launched 1939-10-05
lengthOverall about 118.5 m
locationSunk off Amoy, China
locationTorpedoed off Makassar Strait
mainArmament 6 × 127 mm guns in 3 twin turrets
nameMeaning "Heavenly Wind" in Japanese
navalFleet Japanese Combined Fleet
notableAction torpedoed and heavily damaged USS Helena (CL-50) at the Battle of Tassafaronga
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
participatedIn Attack on Pearl Harbor
Battle of Midway
Battle of Tassafaronga
Battle of the Coral Sea
linked to: Battle of Coral Sea

Battle of the Java Sea
Guadalcanal Campaign
Solomon Islands campaign
Tokyo Express operations
pennantNumber not regularly used by IJN (no Western-style hull number)
powerOutput about 52000 shp
propulsion oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
repairedAt Japan
shaftCount 2
shipType destroyer
successorNameUsedBy Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Amatsukaze (DDG-163)
sunkBy USS Redfin (SS-272)
topSpeed about 35 knots
torpedoArmament 8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes
torpedoedBy USS Redfin (SS-272)
torpedoType Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedoes

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Naval Battle of Guadalcanal involvedShip Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze