Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1920)とは 意味・読み方・使い方

Shimakaze (島風, Island Wind^?) was a Minekaze-class destroyer, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy immediately following World War I. In speed trials during commissioning, Shimakaze was clocked at 40.698 knots (75.373 km/h), setting a new record for Japanese destroyers at that time. Advanced for their time, the Minekaze-class served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, but were considered obsolescent by the start of the Pacific War. Shimakaze was de-rated to a patrol boat in 1940. It should not be confused with the later experimental super-destroyer Shimakaze of the 1940s.