She was also equipped with a Type 22 radar. The main battery used on the Yugumo-class of six Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns in three twin- gun turrets, one superfiring pair aft and one turret forward of the superstructure, was retained as well as the anti-aircraft battery of two twin-mount Type 96 AA guns, and anti-submarine capability of 18 depth charges.

The additional weight caused the design to be top-heavy, so no torpedo reloads were carried however, with a broadside of three quintuple mounts which could be trained to either port or starboard, Shimakaze had one of the largest torpedo capacities of any World War II destroyer. Shimakaze was based on a lengthened version of the Yugumo design, with an additional 25 feet of length to mount an additional quintuple torpedo launcher amidships. However, the complexity of the design, coupled with the lack of industrial capacity and resources during the Pacific War prevented these plans from being realized. Under the 1941 5th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme, a total of 16 Shimakaze-class destroyers were budgeted, with long term plans to build a total of 32 vessels to equip four destroyer squadrons. Ordered in 1939 under the 4th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme, Shimakaze was laid down at Maizuru Naval Arsenal in August 1941 and completed on. This made her one of the fastest destroyers in the world: her design speed was 39 knots (72 km/h 45 mph), but on trials she made 40.9 knots (75.7 km/h 47.1 mph). The ship also served as a testbed for an enormously powerful, high-temperature, high-pressure steam turbine that was able to develop 79,240 shp (59,090 kW). She was the only destroyer to be armed with 15 torpedo tubes, each capable of firing the deadly 610 mm (24 in) Type 93 'Long Lance' torpedo. Shimakaze ( 島風) (Island Wind) was an experimental destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, and intended as the lead ship in a projected new 'Type C' of destroyers.

16 × Type 96 anti-aircraft guns (4x3, 2x2) (increased in June to 28).

Early 1944 Refit: 6 × 12.7 cm Type 3 dual-purpose guns (3x2).

As Built: 6 × 12.7 cm Type 3 dual-purpose guns (3x2).

Sunk in the Battle of Ormoc Bay, 11 November 1944.

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