Tanikaze 1921
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
江風 [Kawakaze] | Yokosuka K K | 2.1917 | 10.10.1917 | 11.1918 | stricken 4.1934 | ||
谷風 [Tanikaze] | Maizuru K K | 9.1916 | 20.7.1918 | 1.1919 | hulk 4.1935 |
Displacement normal, t |
1300 |
Displacement full, t |
1580 |
Length, m |
97.6 pp 103.6 oa |
Breadth, m |
8.80 |
Draught, m |
2.80 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
Kawakaze: 2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Kampon boilers Tanikaze: 2 Curtis steam turbines, 4 Kampon boilers |
Power, h. p. |
34000 |
Max speed, kts |
37.5 |
Fuel, t |
oil 380 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 4000(15) |
Armament |
3 x 1 - 120/45 3-shiki, 2 x 1 - 7.7/87, 3 x 2 - 533 TT |
Complement |
128 |
Project history: The improved variant of Isokaze, differed from a prototype by more powerful machinery with oil-firing boilers and, accordingly, increased speed. Number of 120mm guns was lowered, but calibre of torpedoes has increased to 533mm.
Modernizations: 1920s, both: - 3 x 2 - 533 TT; + 2 x 3 - 533 TT.
Naval service: As hulks both ships have lived to the Second World War.
Tanikaze
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