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Japanese destroyer Sawakaze (1919)

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53: 1198: 1165: 31: 508:, one aft of the rear funnel, and the last gun atop the aft superstructure. The guns were numbered '1' to '4' from front to rear. The ships carried three above-water twin sets of 53.3-centimeter (21.0 in) 535:
was modified in 1939 to serve as an aircraft rescue ship. Two years later, all of her torpedo tubes were removed as were all of her guns except No. 1. They were replaced by 10 license-built
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throwers, and 36 depth charges. During the summer of 1944, her light AA armament was augmented to between thirteen and twenty 25 mm guns and five
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between the forward superstructure and the forward gun and the other two were between the aft funnel and aft superstructure. They could also carry 20
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as a search and rescue craft, and was scheduled to be retired at the end of 1938; however with the start of the
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for the duration of the war, making only an occasional convoy escort run along the coast of Japan to
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was still based at Tateyama. The destroyer was reassigned to Yokosuka from March 1942 and assigned
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The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The Drama of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895–1945
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of 102.5 meters (336 ft 3 in) and were 94.5 meters (310 ft 0 in)
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of 1932, Destroyer Division 2 was engaged in river patrol duties along the
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Minekaze-class destroyers on Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy
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on 7 January 1919 and completed on 6 March 1920. On commissioning,
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Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter & Mickel, Peter (1977).
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on 15 September 1945, and was subsequently broken up in 1947.
446:-class ships displaced 1,366 metric tons (1,344 long tons) at 195: 621:
From 1930 to 1932, Destroyer Division 2 was assigned to the
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on escort duties in Japanese waters before she became an
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She spent most of the 19:For other ships with the same name, see 734: 614:to form Destroyer Division 2 under the 498:12-centimeter (4.7 in) Type 3 guns 168:1,366 t (1,344 long tons) (normal) 16:Destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy 194:102.5 m (336 ft 3 in) ( 187:97.5 m (319 ft 11 in) ( 25: 773: 771: 765:Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 141 722:. The destroyer was removed from the 297:3 × twin 53.3 cm (21.0 in) 49: 7: 912:. Garden City, New York: Doubleday. 761: 759: 749: 747: 293:12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns 549:13.2 mm (0.5 in) Type 93 208:9.04 m (29 ft 8 in) 14: 537:25 mm (0.98 in) Type 96 485:which gave them a range of 3,600 1293:World War II destroyers of Japan 1196: 1163: 216:2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) 171:1,676 t (1,650 long tons) ( 51: 29: 496:-class ships consisted of four 466:, using steam provided by four 380:and played a minor role in the 650:. From 1935 to December 1938, 1: 889:: Tabular Record of Movement" 625:as part of the escort of the 592:was teamed with sister ships 426:destroyers. The ships had an 246:2 shafts; 2 × Kampon geared 1257:List of destroyers of Japan 929:Destroyers of World War Two 786:Gardiner & Gray, p. 244 741:Gardiner & Gray, p. 243 454:. They were powered by two 354: 261:(72 km/h; 45 mph) 21:Japanese destroyer Sawakaze 1309: 910:The Imperial Japanese Navy 804:Watts & Gordon, p. 257 777:Watts & Gordon, p. 258 18: 1278:Minekaze-class destroyers 1252: 1226: 1150: 883:Nevitt, Allyn D. (1997). 845:Howarth, Stephen (1983). 552:anti-aircraft machineguns 492:The main armament of the 399:survived the war and was 348: 312: 141: 44: 28: 660:Second Sino-Japanese War 382:Second Sino-Japanese War 324:Second Sino-Japanese War 927:Whitley, M. J. (1988). 664:Yokosuka Naval District 656:Tateyama Naval Air Base 640:First Shanghai incident 562:Construction and career 512:; one mount was in the 142:General characteristics 1171:Republic of China Navy 684:anti-submarine patrols 676:attack on Pearl Harbor 504:, one between the two 432:between perpendiculars 407:Design and description 374:Imperial Japanese Navy 612:Sasebo Naval District 678:on 7 December 1941, 654:was assigned to the 999:-class patrol boats 895:. 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They had a 433: 429: 425: 423: 418: 414: 406: 404: 402: 398: 394: 393:training ship 391: 387: 383: 379: 375: 371: 368: 366: 356: 344: 343: 330: 327: 325: 322: 321: 320: 317: 316: 311: 306: 302: 300: 299:torpedo tubes 296: 294: 290: 289: 288: 285: 284: 280: 277: 276: 272: 268: 265: 264: 260: 256: 253: 252: 249: 245: 242: 241: 236: 232: 229: 225: 224: 223: 220: 219: 215: 212: 211: 207: 204: 203: 197: 193: 190: 186: 185: 184: 181: 180: 174: 170: 167: 166: 165: 162: 161: 158: 155: 153: 149: 146: 145: 140: 136: 132: 129: 128: 124: 121: 120: 116: 113: 112: 108: 105: 104: 100: 97: 96: 93: 89: 86: 83: 82: 78: 75: 74: 71: 68: 65: 64: 60: 48: 43: 38: 32: 27: 22: 1241: 1232: 1212: 1184: 1179: 1140: 1133: 1126: 1116: 1105: 1098: 1091: 1084: 1077: 1070: 1063: 1056: 1050: 1043: 1037: 1030: 1023: 1022: 1016: 1006: 996: 989: 928: 909: 897:. Retrieved 893:Long Lancers 892: 886: 865: 849:. 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Index

Japanese destroyer Sawakaze

Empire of Japan
Mitsubishi
Nagasaki
breakwater
Minekaze-class
destroyer
deep load
pp
o/a
shp
water-tube boilers
steam turbines
knots
nmi
12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns
torpedo tubes
mines
Second Sino-Japanese War
Pacific War
Minekaze-class
destroyers
Imperial Japanese Navy
plane guard
Second Sino-Japanese War
Pacific War
anti-submarine
training ship
broken up

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