Japanese destroyer Tokitsukaze (1916)
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| History | |
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 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Tokitsukaze |
| Builder | Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation, Kobe |
| Launched | 27 December 1916 |
| Completed | 31 May 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 1 April 1935 |
| Reclassified | As a training ship, 1940 |
| Fate | Sank in a storm, 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Isokaze-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 27 ft 11 in (8.5 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 3 in (2.8 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 3 shafts; 3 × geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 128 |
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Tokitsukaze (時津風, Favorable Wind) was one of four Isokaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I.
The Isokaze-class destroyers were enlarged and improved versions of the preceding Umikaze class. They displaced 1,227 long tons (1,247 t) at normal load and 1,570 long tons (1,600 t) at deep load. The ships had a length between perpendiculars of 310 feet (94.5 m) and an overall length of 326 feet (99.4 m), a beam of 27 feet 11 inches (8.5 m) and a draft of 11 feet 9 inches (3.6 m).[1] Tokitsukaze was powered by three Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, each driving one shaft using steam produced by five Kampon water-tube boilers.[2] Two boilers burned a mixture of coal and fuel oil while the other three only used oil.[3] The engines produced a total of 27,000 indicated horsepower (20,000 kW) that gave the ships a maximum speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph). They carried a maximum of 147 long tons (149 t) of coal and 297 long tons (302 t) of oil which gave them a range of 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).[1] Their crew consisted of 92 officers and ratings.[4]
The main armament of the Isokaze-class ships consisted of four quick-firing (QF) 12-centimeter (4.7 in) gun on single mounts. One gun was located on the bow, another between the forward pair of funnels, and the last two fore and aft of the rear superstructure. The destroyers' torpedo armament consisted of three twin rotating mounts[1] for 450-millimeter (17.7 in)[5] torpedoes. One mount was positioned between the forward funnel and the forecastle while the other pair were between the aft guns and the rear funnel.[1]
