Japanese destroyer Matsukaze (1906)

Sister ship Ayanami
History
Empire of Japan
NameMatsukaze
BuilderKawasaki Shipyards, Kobe
Launched23 December 1906
Completed16 February 1907
Decommissioned1 April 1924
FateScrapped, 1924
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeKamikaze-class destroyer
Displacement
Length
  • 227 ft (69.2 m) (pp)
  • 234 ft (71 m) (o/a)
Beam21 ft 7 in (6.6 m)
Draught6 ft (1.8 m)
Installed power4 boilers; 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement70
Armament

Matsukaze (松風) ("Wind in the coastal pines") was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.