Japanese destroyer Nadakaze

Nadakaze on high speed trials, 1921
History
Empire of Japan
Name:	Nadakaze
Ordered:	1918 fiscal year
Builder:	Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down:	9 January 1920
Launched:	26 June 1920
Completed:	30 September 1920
Renamed:	Patrol Boat No. 2, 1940
Struck:	30 September 1945
Fate:	Sunk by HMS Stubborn, 25 July 1945
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	Minekaze-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,366 t (1,344 long tons) (normal) 1,676 t (1,650 long tons) (deep load)
Length:	97.5 m (319 ft 11 in) (pp) 102.5 m (336 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam:	9.04 m (29 ft 8 in)
Draft:	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Installed power:	38,500 shp (28,700 kW) 4 × Kampon water-tube boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts; 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines
Speed:	39 knots (72 km/h; 45 mph)
Range:	3,600 nmi (6,700 km; 4,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement:	148
Armament:	4 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns 3 × twin 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes 20 × mines
General characteristics as Patrol Boat No. 2
Class and type:	Patrol Boat No. 2
Displacement:	1,270 long tons (1,290 t) normal 1,700 long tons (1,700 t) full load
Installed power:	19,250 shp (14,350 kW); 2 boilers
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Armament:	2 × single Type 3 120 mm guns 10 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Type 96 AA guns 1 × twin 53.3 cm torpedo tubes 16 × depth charges
Service record
Operations:	Second Sino-Japanese War Pacific War

The Japanese destroyer Nadakaze (灘風, High Seas Wind^?) was one of 15 Minekaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1920s. The ship was converted into a patrol boat in 1940 and then into a destroyer transport the next year. After the start of the Pacific War, she participated in the Philippines Campaign in late 1941, the Dutch East Indies campaign in early 1942 and played a minor role in the Battle of Midway in mid-1942. She was sunk by a British submarine in mid-1945.

The Minekaze class was designed with higher speed and better seakeeping than the preceding Kawakaze-class destroyers. The ships had an overall length of 102.5 meters (336 ft 3 in) and were 94.5 meters (310 ft 0 in) between perpendiculars. They had a beam of 9.04 meters (29 ft 8 in), and a mean draft of 2.9 meters (9 ft 6 in). The Minekaze-class ships displaced 1,366 metric tons (1,344 long tons) at standard load and 1,676 metric tons (1,650 long tons) at deep load. They were powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by four Kampon water-tube boilers. The turbines were designed to produce 38,500 shaft horsepower (28,700 kW), which would propel the ships at 39 knots (72 km/h; 45 mph). On her sea trials, Nadakaze reached a speed of 39.81 knots (73.73 km/h; 45.81 mph) from 40,511 shaft horsepower (30,209 kW). The ships carried 401 metric tons (395 long tons) of fuel oil which gave them a range of 3,600 nautical miles (6,700 km; 4,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph). Their crew consisted of 148 officers and crewmen.