Tokitsukaze ( Jap. 時 津 風 favorable wind ) - Japanese destroyer type "Kagero" . In military history literature the name Tokitsukadze is widespread.
| Tokitsukaze | |
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| 津 風 | |
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| Service | |
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| Ship class and type | destroyer |
| Organization | Imperial fleet of Japan |
| Manufacturer | Maizuru Marine Arsenal |
| Construction started | February 20, 1939 |
| Launched | November 10, 1939 |
| Commissioned | January 15, 1940 |
| Removed from the fleet | March 3, 1943 |
| Status | sunk |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 2,032 tons (standard), 2,540 tons (full) |
| Length | 118.5 m |
| Width | 10.80 m |
| Draft | 3.76 m |
| Engines | 3 boilers and 2 MAL “Kampon” |
| Power | 52,000 liters with. (39,000 kW ) |
| Mover | 2 |
| Travel speed | 35.5 knots |
| Navigation range | 5,000 miles (with 18 knots) |
| Crew | 239 people |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 3 × 2 × 127 mm / 50 AU Type 3 |
| Flak | 2 (since 1941) 8 (since 1943) 25 mm Type 96 anti-aircraft guns up to 4 13.2 mm machine guns |
| Anti-submarine weapons | 18 depth charges |
| Mine-torpedo armament | 2 × 4 × 610 mm TA 16 torpedoes type 93 |
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Construction
Laid on February 20, 1939 at the shipyard of the Marine Arsenal in Maizuru . It was launched on November 10 of the same year, was commissioned on January 15, 1940 [1] .
Service
At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, "Tokitsukaze" was assigned to the 16th division of destroyers and was in the second destroyer squadron of the 2nd fleet. The destroyer moved from Palau as part of the escort aircraft carrier "Ryujo" to participate in the invasion of the southern Philippines [2] .
In early 1942, Tokitsukadze took part in the invasion of the Dutch East Indies , accompanying the invading forces of Manado , Kendari and Ambon in January, and the invading forces of Timor and East Java in February. On February 26-27, he participated in the battle in the Java Sea , taking part in a torpedo attack on the Allied fleet. In March, the second mine-carrying squadron took part in anti-submarine operations in the Java Sea . At the end of the month, "Tokitsukade" moved from Ambon to invade Western New Guinea . In late April, he returned to the naval arsenal in Kure for repairs and stood at the dock on 2 May.
On May 21, 1942, the Tokitsukadze, as part of the squadron, left Kure for Saipan , where they met with a convoy of troops and sailed towards the island of Midway . As a result of the defeat of the Attack and the loss of four aircraft carriers in the Battle of Midway, the invasion was canceled and the convoy withdrew, never seeing the battle. The division was ordered to return to Kure [1] .
On July 14, the Tokitsukaze was transferred to the 3rd Fleet and transferred to escort the Nankai Maru to Rabaul , then returned with the Mogami cruiser to Kura in mid-August. Tokitsukaze returned to Solomon Islands by the end of the month to participate in the battle off the eastern Solomon Islands on August 24 as an escort of the aircraft carrier Ryujo and the cruiser Tonet . After the battle, he assisted in rescuing the survivors from Ryujo and in September conducted patrols around the Truk Islands. He escorted the damaged aircraft carrier "Tayo" on Kure for repairs in mid-October.
In the battle of the island of Santa Cruz on October 26, he was part of the shock forces of Admiral Nagumo . In early November, the destroyer returned to Kura with the aircraft carrier Dzuikaku and participated in exercises in the inland Sea of Japan until the end of the year.
After redeployment to Shortland , on 10 January, providing cover for the operation to supply troops at Guadalcanal , Tokitsukadze participated in the sinking of the American PT-43 and PT-112 torpedo boats. Until the end of February, it continued to be used as a high-speed vehicle for the evacuation of Japanese troops from Guadalcanal.
During the battle at Bismarck on March 3, 1943, the Tokitsukaze was damaged by the Allied Air Force, which resulted in the deaths of 19 crew members, and the ship itself was deprived of travel. Captain Mayasoshi Motokura (Mayasyoshi Motokura) gave the order to leave the ship, and the survivors were taken aboard the destroyer Yukikaze . The abandoned ship was found south-east of Finshhafen and sunk by Allied aircraft the next morning at the coordinates of [3] .
April 1, 1943 "Tokitsukadze" was expelled from the fleet.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Nishidah, Hiroshi Asashio class 1st class destroyers (not available link) . Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy (2002). The date of circulation is December 18, 2015. Archived July 21, 2012.
- ↑ Allyn D. Nevitt. IJN Tokitsukaze : Tabular Record of Movement . combinedfleet.com (1998).
- ↑ Brown, David. Warship Losses of World War Two. - Naval Institute Press, 1990. - ISBN 1-55750-914-X .
Books
- Brown, David. Warship Losses of World War Two. - Naval Institute Press, 1990. - ISBN 1-55750-914-X .
- D'Albas, Andrieu. Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II. - Devin-Adair Pub, 1965. - ISBN 0-8159-5302-X .
- Evans, David. Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941. - US Naval Institute Press, 1979. - ISBN 0-87021-192-7 .
- Conway's All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1922-1946 / Roger Chesneau. - Grenwitch: Conway Maritime Press, 1980. - ISBN 0-85177-146-7 .
- Howarth, Stephen. The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The Drama of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895–1945. - Atheneum, 1983. - ISBN 0-689-11402-8 .
- Jentsura, Hansgeorg. Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. - US Naval Institute Press, 1976. - ISBN 0-87021-893-X .
- Watts, AJ Japanese Warships of World War II , Ian Allen, London, 1967.
- Whitley, MJ Destroyers of World War 2. - Cassell Publishing, 1988. - ISBN 1-85409-521-8 .
Links
- Tokitsukaze Destroyer Path (eng.)
- CombinedFleet.com: Kagero-class destroyers
- CombinedFleet.com: Tokitsukaze movements according to the logbook.
- Nishida, Hiroshi Materials of IJN: Kagero class destroyer . Imperial Japanese Navy . (inaccessible link)
- Globalsecurity.org IJN Kagero class destroyers .