Shimakaze
Destroyer · 3×2 127 mm
General characteristics
Mobility
Base concealment
Base API profile values before commander skills, upgrades and other modifiers.
Main battery
AP / SAP shell
HE shell
Torpedo armament
Anti-aircraft defense
Depth charges
Theoretical values
Before accuracy, penetration, saturation, angles and other mechanics.
Strengths
- Very large torpedo battery
- Excellent concealment
- Several torpedo loadout options
Weaknesses
- Low HP
- Long torpedo reload
- Weak AA defense
About the ship
An experimental fast "cruiser destroyer" boasting a heavy-duty power plant, reinforced AA defenses, and powerful torpedo armament. Improved performance was to be achieved by utilizing new boilers. Shimakaze was laid down in August 1941 and entered service in May 1943. She was to have been the lead ship in a series of 16 destroyers, but no sister ships were ever completed. Shimakaze participated in the evacuation of the Aleutian Islands, escorted convoys between 1943 and 1944, and engaged in the Battles of Leyte Gulf and Ormoc Bay.
Technical data imported from the public Wargaming API. For tech-tree ships, the displayed statistics use the fully researched configuration, before commander skills, upgrades, signals and other modifiers. Values may change with game updates.