Japanese destroyer Suzukaze 1935-1944

Hatsuharu-class

Shiratsuyu-class 

Built under the Fiscal Year 1934, laid down by Uraga Dock Company on 9 July 1935, launched on 11 March 1937, commissioned on 31 August 1937, torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Skipjack 127 miles north-northwest of Pohnpei (Ponape or Ascension, Senyavin Islands) and stricken on 10 March 1944. Part of Shiratsuyu-class destroyers preceded by Hatsuharu-class, succeeded by Asashio-class. Consisted of Shiratsuyu, Shigure, Murasame, Yudachi, Harusame, Samidare, Umikaze, Yamakaze, Kawakaze and Suzukaze. Standard displacement 1,712 tons. Speed 34 knots. Armament 2x2&1x1-12.7cm/5” cal 50 Type 3 naval guns, 2x1-13.2 mm/0.52” Type 93 machine guns, 2x4-61cm/24” torpedo tubes for which 16 Type 9 3 torpedoes were carried and 16 depth charges.