Japanese destroyer Tanikaze
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| Launched: 1 November 1940 | |
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 9 June 1944 |
| Struck: | 10 August 1944 |
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| Displacement: | 2,490 tons |
| Length: | 388 ft 9 in (118.5 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 5 in (10.8 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 4 in (3.8 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 240 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 24 in torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
Tanikaze (谷風?) was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Wind from the Mountain to the Valley".
On 9 June 1944, Tanikaze was torpedoed and sunk by USS Harder (SS-257) in Sibutu Passage near Tawitawi, 90 miles (170 km) southwest of Basilan ().
Commanding Officers
Cmdr. Motoi Katsumi - 25 April 1941 - 15 January 1943 (KIA)
NO CO ASSIGNED - 15 January 1943 - 25 January 1943
Cmdr. Kiyoshi Tomura - 25 January 1943 - 25 April 1943
Cmdr. Shinichirou Maeda - 25 April 1943 - 8 November 1943
Lt. Cmdr. / Capt.* Shunsaku Ikeda - 8 November 1943 - 9 June 1944 (Died of Wounds; posthumous 2-rank promotion to Captain.)
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