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| − | ===Important Information=== | + | ===Auxiliary Requirements=== |
| − | * Required for quest:
| + | {{QuestRequirement |
| − | ** Mandatory:
| + | |Mandatory=*{{Q|A54}}, {{Q|A55}} |
| − | *** {{Q|A54}}, {{Q|A55}}
| + | *{{Q|B46}}, {{Q|B47}} |
| − | *** {{Q|B46}}, {{Q|B47}}
| + | *{{Q|F36}} |
| − | *** {{Q|F36}}
| + | }} |
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| | + | {{AkashiHelper |
| | + | |Improvement=[[61cm Quintuple (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount]], [[New Model High Temperature High Pressure Boiler]], [[Prototype 61cm Sextuple (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount]] |
| | + | |Upgrade=[[Type 22 Surface Radar]], [[Enhanced Kanhon Type Boiler]] |
| | + | }} |
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| | ==Drop Locations== | | ==Drop Locations== |
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| | * She was launched on the 18th of July 1942. | | * She was launched on the 18th of July 1942. |
| | * Sunk in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ormoc_Bay Battle of Ormoc Bay] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebu,_Philippines Cebu, Philippines], on the 11th of November 1944. | | * Sunk in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ormoc_Bay Battle of Ormoc Bay] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebu,_Philippines Cebu, Philippines], on the 11th of November 1944. |
| | + | * Wreck located by RV ''Petrel'' on 1 December 2017. She lies a mangled wreck in 218 m (715 ft) of water, but is easily identified by her three quintuple torpedo launchers. |
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| | ===Historical Note=== | | ===Historical Note=== |
| − | Shimakaze was planned and built as the experimental prototype of a new class of heavy destroyers, designated "Type C" (丙型駆逐艦). Sixteen other units were ordered but later canceled due to more pressing wartime needs. Though never repeated, she was a successful design, combining large size (some 25 feet longer than ''Yuugumo''-class), firepower (six 5" guns in new Type D turrets), and heavy torpedo armament (three quintuple sets of 24" tubes, the most powerful such broadside ever mounted on a Japanese destroyer) with a 40-knot top speed. The latter was thanks to new high-pressure, high-temperature boilers able to generate nearly 80,000 shaft horsepower and would have propelled all future Japanese destroyer designs, had circumstances permitted their construction. | + | Shimakaze was planned and built as the experimental prototype of a new class of heavy destroyers, designated "Type C" (丙型駆逐艦). Sixteen other units were ordered but later canceled due to more pressing wartime needs. Though never repeated, she was a successful design, combining large size (some 8 m (25 ft) longer than ''Yuugumo''-class), firepower (six 5" guns in new Type D turrets), and heavy torpedo armament (three quintuple sets of 24" tubes, the most powerful such broadside ever mounted on a Japanese destroyer) with a 40-knot top speed. The latter was thanks to new high-pressure, high-temperature boilers able to generate nearly 80,000 shaft horsepower and would have propelled all future Japanese destroyer designs, had circumstances permitted their construction. |
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| | ==See Also== | | ==See Also== |
| | *[[wikipedia:Japanese_destroyer_Shimakaze_(1942)|Wikipedia entry on destroyer Shimakaze]] | | *[[wikipedia:Japanese_destroyer_Shimakaze_(1942)|Wikipedia entry on destroyer Shimakaze]] |
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