Hamakaze ship construction5/29/2023 Initially, 16 similar destroyers to the shimakaze were planned to be laid down and built as part of Japan's Long term "5th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme". ![]() Compared to Destroyer Type-A who sacrificed quality for quantity, Shimakaze was specifically placed into Type-C. Also equipped and serving as a test bed for a new enormously-powerful, high temperature, high pressure Kampon steam turbine engine, she was designed to be capable in reaching speed up to 39 Kns but was able to reach up to 40.9 Kns during her sea trails. The Shimakaze was a one-off super-destroyer designed by Japan, equipped with 3 sets of quintuple 24" Long Lance torpedo Launchers.
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