That's true, the overall design just reminded me more of Libeccio than sister ships usually do.
Even more than Inazuma reminds you of Ikazuchi? Or Ise reminds you of Hyuuga? Or Fusou reminds you of Yamashiro? Or the Fubuki sisters remind you of each other? Or... well, you get the idea.
For anyone curious about her talking so much about mines and anchor chains. This refer to the circumstance of her damaging on 9 January 1943 - while escorting a merchant ship, Maestrale had her stern destroyed by a mine, leaving her drifting without rudder or propellers. Another destroyer, Corsaro, was also sunk on mines while trying to help her. Maestrale drifted towards more minefields, but the crew managed to stop the ship by connecting the two anchor chains and thus obtaining a longer anchor chain that allowed them to anchor the ships in 300 meters of water. She was later reached by other ships and towed to safety.
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