The Japanese destroyer Shimakaze was one of 15 Minekaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1910s. The ship was converted into a patrol boat in 1940 and then into a destr
Shimakaze in 1922
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A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare weapon designed to destroy submarines by detonating in the water near the target and subjecting it to a destructive hydraulic shock. Most depth charges use
Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1920)
…mph), the removal of two 12 cm guns and two torpedo tube mounts. These were replaced by ten license-built 25 mm (0.98 in) Type 96 light AA guns and 16 depth charges. The following year, the ship was rebuilt as a destroyer transport able to carry two Daihatsu-class landing craft and accommodate 250 troops. To make…
US World War II Mark IX depth charge. Streamlined and equipped with fins to impart rotation, allowing it to fall in a straight trajectory with less chance of drifting off target. This depth charge contained 200 lb (91 kg) of Torpex.
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Depth charges on USS Cassin Young (DD-793)
Depth charge exploding after being released by HMS Ceylon