Japanese destroyer Yamakaze

Last updated October 02, 2021

Two destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy were named Yamakaze:

Japanese destroyer Yamakaze (1911), an Umikaze-class destroyer launched in 1911, she was renamed W-8 and re-rated as a minesweeper in 1930; broken up in 1936
Japanese destroyer Yamakaze (1936), a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer launched in 1936 and sunk in 1942

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Japanese destroyer <i>Yamakaze</i> (1936)

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Yamakaze was an Umikaze-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The second and last ship of this class to be built, she was completed in 1911. After mostly serving as a coastal patrol boat during World War I, she was converted to a minesweeper on June 1, 1930, along with her sister ship, Umikaze. On April 1, 1936 she was scrapped after 25 years of service.

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