Japanese destroyer Matsukaze (1923)

Matsukaze on speed trials off Maizuru, 1924.
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Matsukaze
Builder	Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down	2 December 1922 as Destroyer No. 7
Launched	30 October 1923
Completed	5 April 1924
Renamed	Matsukaze, 1 August 1928
Stricken	10 August 1944
Fate	Sunk on 9 June 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Kamikaze-class destroyer
Displacement	1,422 t (1,400 long tons) (normal) 1,747 t (1,719 long tons) (deep load)
Length	97.5 m (319 ft 11 in) (pp) 102.5 m (336 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam	9.1 m (29 ft 10 in)
Draft	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Installed power	38,500 shp (28,700 kW) 4 × Kampon water-tube boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines
Speed	37.3 knots (69.1 km/h; 42.9 mph)
Range	3,600 nmi (6,700 km; 4,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	148
Armament	4 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns 3 × twin 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
Service record
Operations:	Battle of the Philippines Battle of Sunda Strait Solomon Islands Campaign

The Japanese destroyer Matsukaze (松風, "Pine Wind") was one of nine Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1920s. During the Pacific War, she participated in the Philippines Campaign in December 1941 and the Dutch East Indies Campaign in early 1942. She took part in the Battle of Sunda Strait in March before beginning escort duties in Southeast Asia that lasted until mid-1943.