Japanese destroyer Akikaze

"Akikaze" ( "Autumn Wind") [cite web
url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/ijnnames.htm
title= Japanese Warship Names
publisher= Combinedfleet.com
accessdate= 2008-05-24 ] was a "Minekaze"-class destroyer, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy immediately following World War I. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers throughout the 1920s and 1930s until gradually replaced by newer types.

In World War II, "Akikaze" served as an escort and troop transport in the central and southwestern Pacific.

On 14 March 1943, "Akikaze" and two other destroyers attacked a submarine — possibly USS "Triton" (SS-201) — near Kairiru Island (coord|3|20|10|S|143|33|0|E |region:PG-ESW_type:isle). [ CombinedFleet.com says 14 March, but the "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" says, "On 15 March, "Trigger" reported that she had attacked a convoy and had been depth charged. Even though attacks on her ceased, she could still hear distant depth charging for about an hour. No further messages from "Triton" were ever received. Post-war examination of Japanese records revealed that on 15 March 1943 three Japanese destroyers attacked a submarine a little northwest of "Triton"'s assigned area and subsequently observed an oil slick, debris, and items with American markings." cite web
url= http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/t8/triton-iii.htm
title= "Triton"
work= DANFS | publisher= U.S. Naval Historical Center
accessdate= 2008-05-24 Maybe "Akikaze" made two attacks on "Triton", on both the 14th and 15th?]

On 1 November, 1944, Destroyer Division 30 — "Yuzuki" (flagship), "Uzuki", and "Akikaze" — departed Makung City, escorting aircraft carrier "Junyō" and cruiser "Kiso" toward Brunei. On 3 November, 1944, USS "Pintado" (SS-387) fired a spread of torpedoes at "Junyō", but "Akikaze" intercepted them. [ cite web
url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/kiso_t.htm
title= IJN "Kiso": Tabular Record of Movement
last= Hackett | first= Bob | coauthors= Sander Kingsepp
date= 11/28/2007 | work= Junyokan | publisher= Combinedfleet.com
accessdate= 2008-05-23 ] She sank with all hands, 160 miles west of Cape Bolinao, Luzon (coord|16|48|N|117|17|E |display=title,inline ).

References

*cite web
url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/akikaz_t.htm
title= IJN "Akikaze": Tabular Record of Movement
last= Nevitt | first= Allyn D.
year= 1997 |month= | work= Long Lancers | publisher= Combinedfleet.com
accessdate= 2008-05-23