Shimakaze (Experimental Super-Destroyer)
Fastest & Most Powerful - Shimakaze was Japan's experimental super-destroyer. 1 ship commissioned May 1943. 40.9 knots - fastest Japanese destroyer ever built! Most powerful destroyer armament: 15× 24-inch Long Lance torpedoes (5 triple mounts - more than any destroyer in world!). 6× 5-inch guns (3 twin turrets). Experimental high-pressure boilers (79,240 shp - incredible power). 3 shafts (unusual). Only 1 built (16 planned, cancelled). Served 18 months. Lost: October 26, 1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf (carrier aircraft). Ultimate expression of Japanese destroyer design - speed, torpedoes, aggression. Legendary ship, famous in popular culture.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 2570 t
- Displacement (full)
- 3048 t
- Length
- 424.9 ft
- Beam
- 36.7 ft
- Crew
- 267
- Ships built
- 1
- Commissioned
- 1943
- Decommissioned
- 1944 (sunk)
Performance
- Top speed
- 40.9 kn
- Range
- 6000 nm at 18 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 6× 127mm (5-inch) Type 3 - 3 twin turrets
- Torpedoes
- 15× 610mm (24-inch) Type 93 - 5 triple mounts
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None
- Fire control
- Type 94 fire control
In-Game
- Tier
- T6
- Game power
- 207.07
- Research cost
- 163,999
- Credit cost
- 144,949
Notable
- Fastest Japanese destroyer ever built (40.9 knots!)
- Most powerful destroyer armament: 15× 24-inch Long Lance torpedoes!
- Experimental high-pressure boilers (79,240 shp - enormous!)
- 3 shafts (unusual for Japanese destroyers)
- Only 1 built (16 planned, cancelled due to war situation)
- Lost at Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 26, 1944)
- Famous in popular culture (anime, games)
- Ultimate expression of Japanese destroyer philosophy