| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Super Shimakaze-class destroyer |
| Operators: |
 Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Preceded by: | Shimakaze |
| Planned: | 16 (1942) |
| Cancelled: | 16 (1942) |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: |
2,567 tons standard; 3,048 tons full load |
| Length: | 413 ft 5 in (125 metres) (overall) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 9 in (11.2 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft 7 in (4.1 m) |
| Depth: | 23 ft 4 in (7.0 m) |
| Propulsion: |
3 × Kampon water tube boilers, 2 × Kampon geared turbines, 2 shafts, 75,000 shp (56 MW) |
| Speed: | 39.0 knots (68 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,000nm at 18 kn (33 km/h) |
| Armament: |
• 6 × 127 mm / 50 cal DP guns • some Type 96 25 mm AA guns • 15 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedoes, • some depth charges |
The Super Shimakaze class destroyers (超島風型駆逐艦, Chō Shimakaze-class) were a projected class of destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), developed during the Second World War. The intention was to develop a mass-production destroyer based on the experimental destroyer Shimakaze. The IJN Fleet Command gave them the project number V6. However, the project was cancelled with none of the proposed ships being completed, because the IJN was defeated at Midway on June 1942.
Ships in class[]
| Ship | Ship # | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 16 destroyers | 733 to 748 | Cancelled and re-planned to 7 of Super Akizuki-class (Ship # 5077-5083) on 30 June 1942 |
Bibliography[]
- Rekishi Gunzō, History of Pacific War Vol.23 Akizuki class destroyers, Gakken (Japan), 1999, ISBN 4-05-602063-9
- Collection of writings by Sizuo Fukui Vol.5, Stories of Japanese Destroyers, Kōjinsha (Japan) 1993, ISBN 4-7698-0611-6
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