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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 715 feet of water, but is easily identified by her three quintuple torpedo launchers.

* 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.

==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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