Japanese destroyer Isokaze (1939)
Kagerō-class destroyer
Isokaze underway on 22 November 1940.
History
Empire of Japan
Name Isokaze
Ordered 1937
Builder Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down 25 November 1938
Launched 19 June 1939
Commissioned 30 November 1940
Stricken 25 May 1945
Fate Scuttled, 7 April 1945
General characteristics
Class and type Kagerō -class destroyer
Displacement 2,490 long tons (2,530 t)
Length 118.5 m (388 ft 9 in)
Beam 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in)
Draft 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Speed 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h)
Complement 239
Armament
Isokaze (磯風 , "Wind on the Beach") was one of 19 Kagerō -class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1930s.
Design and description
The Kagerō class was an enlarged and improved version of the preceding Asashio class . Their crew numbered 240 officers and enlisted men. The ships measured 118.5 meters (388 ft 9 in) overall , with a beam of 10.8 meters (35 ft 5 in) and a draft of 3.76 meters (12 ft 4 in).[ 1] They displaced 2,065 metric tons (2,032 long tons) at standard load and 2,529 metric tons (2,489 long tons) at deep load.[ 2] The ships had two Kampon geared steam turbines , each driving one propeller shaft , using steam provided by three Kampon water-tube boilers . The turbines were rated at a total of 52,000 shaft horsepower (39,000 kW) for a designed speed of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). The ships had a range of 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at a speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph).[ 3]
The main armament of the Kagerō class consisted of six Type 3 127-millimeter (5.0 in) guns in three twin-gun turrets , one superfiring pair aft and one turret forward of the superstructure . They were built with four Type 96 25-millimeter (1.0 in) anti-aircraft guns in two twin-gun mounts, but more of these guns were added over the course of the war. The ships were also armed with eight 610-millimeter (24.0 in) torpedo tubes for the oxygen-fueled Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedo in two quadruple traversing mounts; one reload was carried for each tube.[ 2] Their anti-submarine weapons comprised 16 depth charges .[ 3]
Career
Isokaze at Saiki Bay, October 1941
On 7 April 1945, Isokaze escorted the battleship Yamato from the Inland Sea on her Operation Ten-Go attack on the Allied forces on Okinawa . She was struck by aircraft of Task Force 58 and scuttled by the destroyer Yukikaze with gunfire[ 4] 150 miles (240 km) southwest of Nagasaki (30°28′N 128°55′E / 30.46°N 128.92°E / 30.46; 128.92 ). Of those on board, 20 were killed and the rest were rescued by other ships. Yamato ' s other escorts, including Hamakaze , Asashimo and Yamato herself, were sunk afterwards, Asashimo losing all hands during the encounter.
Isokaze's wreckage was located in an underwater survey in May 2016, but the news was not made public until February 10, 2018.
Notes
References
Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 . Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7 .
Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter & Mickel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945 . Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. ISBN 0-87021-893-X .
Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2 . Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1 .
External links
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1945
Shipwrecks
1 Apr: Awa Maru
2 Apr: CD-186 , USS Dickerson , U-321
3 Apr: Brummer , USS S-16 , U-1221 , U-2542 , U-3505 , T111
4 Apr: USS Dickerson , U-237 , U-749 , U-3003
5 Apr: U-242 , USS S-17
6 Apr: Amatsukaze , USS Bush , USS Colhoun , USS Leutze , USS Morris , USS Newcomb , USS Witter , SS Hobbs Victory , SS Logan Victory
7 Apr: Asashimo , Hamakaze , Isokaze , Isuzu , Kasumi , USS LST-447 , Oldenburg , USS PGM-18 , U-1195 , Yahagi , Yamato
8 Apr: U-774 , U-1001
9 Apr: Admiral Scheer , Ro-56 , U-677 , U-747 , U-804 , U-843 , U-982 , U-1065 , U-2509 , U-2514 , U-3512 , U-2516
10 Apr: U-878 , Weser
12 Apr: USS Mannert L. Abele , Ro-64 , U-486
13 Apr: Karlsruhe , U-1024
14 Apr: Belgian Airman , U-235 , U-1206
15 Apr: U-103 , U-285 , U-1063 , U-1235
16 Apr: HMCS Esquimalt , Lützow , USS Pringle , U-78 , U-880 , U-1274
17 Apr: Goya
19 Apr: Aquila , U-251 , U-548 , U-879
21 Apr: U-636
22 Apr: USS Swallow , U-518
23 Apr: USS Eagle Boat 56 , U-183
24 Apr: USS Frederick C. Davis , U-108 , U-546
25 Apr: Graf Zeppelin , Ro-109 , TA 32 , U-326
27 Apr: Canada Victory , TA 34
28 Apr: CH-17 , U-56
29 Apr: I-44 , U-56 , U-286 , U-307 , U-1017
30 Apr: HMS Goodall , TA 43 , U-879 , U-1107
Unknown date: I-56 , Ro-46 , Ro-49 , USS Snook , U-246 , U-325 , U-396 , U-398 , U-548 , U-857 , U-1055
Other incidents
2 Apr: USS Dickerson
5 Apr: USS Thornton
6 Apr: USS Defense , USS Emmons , USS Mullany , USS Rodman
8 Apr: USS Bullhead
9 Apr: USS Sea Devil
11 Apr: I-401
12 Apr: USS Lindsey , U-1024 , USS Zellars
14 Apr: USS Sigsbee
15 Apr: HMS Ekins , USS Laffey
16 Apr: USS Bryant , Goya , USS Harding
19 Apr: USS Bullhead , USS Pogy , USS Tolman
27 Apr: HMS Redmill
28 Apr: Argo , USS Huron
29 Apr: USS Baya
30 Apr: U-3525