12.7 cm Twin mount turrets x 3
Quadruple 61 cm torpedo tubes x 2
25 mm twin/triple mount automatic cannons
Depth charges x 16
...though she did not sink but instead broke into two halves, with the front half sinking due to a storm. The rear half was adrift until it was discovered by friendly ships and was towed to port to be repaired.A warrior ship with an extremely unfortunate fate
Amatsukaze
Kagerou-class destroyer, ship number nine
Length 118.5 m
Beam 10.8 m
Displacement 2033 tons
Speed 35 ktAs a testbed for Shimakaze, she was installed with a high-temperature high-pressure turbine.Ouu!?She participated in the Battle of the Philippines, the Battle of the Java Sea, and the Solomon Islands Campaign, but during an escort mission in 1944 she was struck by a torpedo...
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