Last update: 22.02.2001
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Shimakaze class
General Info
Fleet / Country: Imperial Japanese Navy / Japan Empire In service from: 1943 Complement (officers/enlisted): 267

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
126,00  /   120,32
Beam overall / wl.:
11,20  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
40,1  /  

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
2567
Full loaded
3048

Armament
Main guns
6x127/50
Secondary guns
4x25/60 od 44:4x127/50, 15-28x25/60
Torpedo tubes
15x609
Radars
Type 21, Type 22

Engines
Boilers
3 - Kampon
Turbines
2 - Kampon

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
39,0
endurance
1400 miles @ 30 kts
Engines load
75000 HP
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
0

Armor
(milimetres)
Main Battery turrets
Shimakaze II,