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{{short description|Destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy}}

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{{Infobox ship image
 | Ship image = IJN Okikaze at Yokosuka Showa 7.jpg
 | Ship caption = ''Okikaze'' at Yokosuka, 1932
}}
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 | Hide header =  
 | Ship country = [[Empire of Japan]]
 | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Empire of Japan|naval}}
 | Ship name = ''Okikaze''
 | Ship namesake =  
 | Ship ordered = fiscal 1917
 | Ship builder = [[Maizuru Naval Arsenal]]
 | Ship laid down = 22 February 1919
 | Ship launched = 3 October 1919 
 | Ship completed =  
| Ship acquired =  
 | Ship commissioned = 17 August 1920
 | Ship decommissioned =  
 | Ship fate = Sunk on 10 January 1943
 | Ship struck = 1 March 1944
| Ship honors =  
 | Ship notes =  
}}
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Minekaze|destroyer}}
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1345|LT|t}} normal,
*{{convert|1650|LT|t|abbr=on}} full load
|Ship length=*{{convert|97.5|m|ft|abbr=on}} [[Length between perpendiculars|pp]],
*{{convert|102.6|m|ft|abbr=on}} overall
|Ship beam={{convert|9|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|2.8|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=2-shaft Mitsubishi-[[Parsons geared turbine]]s, 4 boilers {{convert|38500|ihp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed={{convert|39|kn|km/h|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|3600|nmi|km}} at {{convert|14|kn|km/h}}
|Ship complement=148
| Ship sensors =  
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| Ship armament =*4 × [[Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun]]
*6 × 21 in (533 mm) [[torpedo tube]]s
*2 × 7.7 mm [[machine gun]]s   
| Ship notes =  
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|operations=*[[January 28 Incident|First Shanghai incident]]
*[[Pacific War]]
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The '''Japanese destroyer {{nihongo|''Okikaze'''''|沖風|Offshore Wind}} was one of 15 {{sclass|Minekaze|destroyer}}s built for the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] during the late 1910s. The ship served as a [[plane guard]] and played a minor role in the [[January 28 Incident|First Shanghai incident]] during the 1930s. She spent most of the [[Pacific War]] on escort duties in Japanese waters until she was sunk by an American [[submarine]] in early 1943.

==Design and description==
The ''Minekaze'' class was designed with higher speed and better [[seakeeping]] than the preceding {{sclass|Kawakaze|destroyer|2}}s.<ref>Gardiner & Gray, p. 243</ref> The ships had an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|102.5|m|ftin|sp=us}} and were {{convert|94.5|m|ftin|sp=us}} [[between perpendiculars]]. They had a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|9.04|m|ftin|sp=us}}, and a mean [[draft (hull)|draft]] of {{convert|2.9|m|ftin|sp=us}}. The ''Minekaze''-class ships displaced {{convert|1366|t|LT|sp=us|0}} at [[Displacement (ship)#Standard displacement|standard load]] and {{convert|1676|t|LT|sp=us|0}} at [[deep load]].<ref name=w1>Whitley, p. 188</ref> They were powered by two [[Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company|Parsons]] geared [[steam turbine]]s, each driving one [[propeller shaft]], using steam provided by four [[Kampon]] [[water-tube boiler]]s. The turbines were designed to produce {{convert|38500|shp|kW|lk=in}}, which would propel the ships at {{convert|39|kn|lk=in}}. The ships carried {{convert|401|t|LT|0|sp=us}} of [[fuel oil]] which gave them a range of {{convert|3600|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|14|kn}}. Their crew consisted of 148 officers and crewmen.<ref name=j5>Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 141</ref>

The main armament of the ''Minekaze''-class ships consisted of four [[Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun|{{convert|12|cm|sp=us|adj=on|1}} Type 3 guns]] in single mounts; one gun forward of the [[superstructure]], one between the two [[funnel (ship)|funnel]]s, one aft of the rear funnel, and the last gun atop the aft superstructure. The guns were numbered '1' to '4' from front to rear. The ships carried three above-water twin sets of {{convert|53.3|cm|sp=us|adj=on|1}} [[torpedo tube]]s; one mount was in the [[well deck]] between the forward superstructure and the forward gun and the other two were between the aft funnel and aft superstructure. They could also carry 20 [[naval mine|mines]]<ref name=j5/> as well as [[Minesweeper|minesweeping gear]].<ref name=wg8>Watts & Gordon, p. 258</ref>

In 1937–38, ''Okikaze'' was one of the ships that had her hull strengthened, funnel caps added and her fuel capacity reduced to {{convert|275|LT|t|0|sp=us|disp=flip}}. Early in the war, Nos. 2 and 3 guns and both sets of aft torpedo tubes were removed in exchange for four [[depth charge]] throwers, 36 depth charges, and 10 license-built [[Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun|{{convert|25|mm|abbr=on}} Type 96]] light [[AA gun]]s. These changes reduced their speed to {{convert|35|kn}}.<ref name=wg8>Watts & Gordon, p. 258</ref>

==Construction and career==
''Okikaze'', built at the [[Maizuru Naval Arsenal]], was [[laid down]] on 22 February 1919, [[Ship launching|launched]] on 3 October 1919 and completed on 17 August 1920.<ref>Watts & Gordon, p. 257</ref> On commissioning, ''Okikaze'' was teamed with sister ships {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Minekaze||2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sawakaze|1919|2}}, and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yakaze||2}} at the [[Sasebo Naval District]] to form Destroyer Division 2 under the [[IJN 2nd Fleet]].

From 1930 to 1932, Destroyer Division 2 was assigned to the [[1st Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy|IJN 1st Air Fleet]] as part of the escort of the [[aircraft carrier]] {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Akagi||2}}, to assist in [[search and rescue]] operations for downed aircraft. At the time of the [[January 28 Incident|First Shanghai incident]] of 1932, ''Okikaze'' was engaged in river patrol duties along the [[Yangzi River]] in [[China]].

===Pacific War===
[[File:IJN Okikaze sinking by USS Trigger.jpg|right|upright|thumb|Periscope view of sinking ''Okikaze'' taken from {{USS|Trigger|SS-237|6}}, 10 January 1943]]
At the time of the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941, ''Okikaze'' was based at the [[Ōminato Guard District]] in northern Japan, and was assigned to patrols of the [[Tsugaru Strait]] and the coastline of southern [[Hokkaidō]]. In April 1942, ''Okikaze'' was recalled to the [[Yokosuka Naval District]], where it was assigned [[Anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine patrols]] of the entrance of [[Tokyo Bay]] for the duration of the war, making only an occasional convoy escort run along the coast of Japan to [[Kushimoto, Wakayama]] or patrols of the coast of northern [[Honshū]] through the end of 1942.

On 10 January 1943, ''Okikaze'' was torpedoed by the [[submarine]] {{USS|Trigger|SS-237|6}} just {{convert|35|mi|km}} southeast of [[Yokosuka, Kanagawa|Yokosuka]], within sight of [[Katsuura, Chiba|Katsura Lighthouse]] at coordinates {{coord|35|02|N|140|12|E|region:JP-12|display=inline,title}}. One torpedo hit under the well deck and folded the destroyer's [[forecastle]] up at a 45° angle, and another hit ''Okikaze''{{’}}s [[stern]]. The ship sank with the loss of most crewmen, including the captain. However, ''Okikaze'' was not officially removed from the [[Navy List]] until 1 March 1944.<ref name=ne>Nevitt</ref>

==Notes==
{{reflist|30em}}

==References==
*{{cite book |editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Gray|editor2-first=Randal|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|location=Annapolis, Maryland|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-85177-245-5|name-list-style=amp}}
*{{cite book
 | last = Howarth  
 | first = Stephen
 | year = 1983
 | title = The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The Drama of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895–1945
 | publisher = Atheneum 
 | location =
 | isbn = 0-689-11402-8
}}
*{{cite book| last = Jentschura| first = Hansgeorg| first2 = Dieter |last2=Jung|first3=Peter |last3=Mickel| year = 1977| title = Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869&ndash;1945| publisher = United States Naval Institute| location = Annapolis, Maryland| isbn = 0-87021-893-X|name-list-style=amp}}
* {{cite web| url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/okikaz_t.htm | title= IJN ''Okikaze'': Tabular Record of Movement | last= Nevitt | first= Allyn D. | year= 1997|access-date=10 November 2015 | work= Long Lancers | publisher=Combinedfleet.com}}
*{{cite book|last1=Watts|first1=Anthony J.|title=The Imperial Japanese Navy|date=1971|publisher=Doubleday|location=Garden City, New York|isbn= 0385012683|last2=Gordon|first2=Brian G.|name-list-style=amp}}
* {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War Two|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1|location=Annapolis, Maryland}}

==External links==
*[https://archive.today/20120708205335/http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0418.htm Minekaze-class destroyers on Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy]

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