Japanese destroyer Nokaze
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| Career |  |
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| Launched: | ca. 1920 |
| Struck: | 10 April 1945 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 20 February 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,215 tons |
| Length: | 336 ft 6 in (102.6 m) |
| Beam: | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 Kanpon boilers 2 Parsons geared turbines 2 shafts at 38,500 SHP (29 MW) |
| Speed: | 39 knots (72 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,000 nmi. at 15 knots (7,400 km at 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 148 |
| Armament: | 4 × 4.7 in (120 mm)/45 cal S.P. guns 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes in three twin mountings 2 × 7.7 mm machine guns |
Nokaze ("Wind over Fields")[1] was a Minekaze-class destroyer, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy immediately following World War I. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers throughout the 1920s and 1930s until gradually replaced by newer types.
In World War II, Nokaze was used mostly for patrol and convoy escort duties.
On 20 February 1945, Nokaze was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Pargo (SS-264) off Cape Varella in the South China Sea (Coordinates: ). The ship exploded violently, with 209 killed. Destroyer Kamikaze rescued 21 survivors, including the captain, Lieutenant Commander Tarou Ebihara. Nokaze was the last of 39 Japanese destroyers to fall victim to U.S. submarines during the war.
On 10 April 1945 Nokaze was removed from Navy List.
[edit] References
- ^ Japanese Warship Names. Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
- Nevitt, Allyn D. (1997). IJN Nokaze: Tabular Record of Movement. Long Lancers. Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
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