Shimakaze, a 3048-ton destroyer, was built at Maizuru, Japan. Completed in May 1943, she was extraordinarily large and fast, with a very heavy torpedo armament. Shimakaze was sunk by U.S. Navy carrier-based aircraft in the Philippines area on 11 November 1944.
This page features the only view we have concerning the Japanese destroyer Shimakaze.
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Page made 28 February 1999
Coding updated 3 May 2009