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<div class="b-description gw-frame-1"><div class="b-description-img b-description-img__indent b-description-img__single"><div style="width:160px; height:102px; opacity:.5; border-radius:2px; position:absolute; left:0; top:0; z-index:1; -webkit-transition:all 0.2s ease-out 0.1s; transition:all 0.2s ease-out 0.1s;">[[File:Wows_anno_flag_japan.png|160px]]</div><div class="l-description-img_class"><span class="b-description-img_type b-description-img_type__Destroyer b-description-img_type__Destroyer-Tech Tree"></span><span class="b-description-img_class">V</span></div><div class="b-description-img_vehicle">[[File:Ship_PJSD004_Minekadze_1920.png|160px|link=|left]]</div><div class="l-description-img_price"><span class="b-description-img_price b-description-img_price__gold"><span title="''{{#var:ship_name}}'' was first released for sale on DD Month YYYY.">1,380,000</span></span></div></div><p>[[Ship:{{#var:ship_name}}|{{#var:ship_name}}]] &mdash; Japan Tech Tree Tier&nbsp;V [[Ship:Destroyer|Destroyer]].</p><p>The "large" destroyers were conceived to escort Amagi-class battlecruisers. They featured an extended forecastle, and the bridge was set well back from its break—a bank of torpedo tubes was mounted in the well thus created. The Minekaze class was the first mass-produced Japanese destroyer to be equipped with geared turbines. The lead ship was laid down in April 1918. She escorted aircraft carrier Akagi in the 1930s and patrolled the Chinese coast during the Sino-Japanese War. Throughout World War II, the ship was engaged in patrol and escort duties in the East China Sea and Western Pacific regions.</p><p> </p></div>
A ship that had a remarkable influence on the development of destroyers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Owing to her powerful turbines, ''Minekaze'' could produce very high speeds that were superior to many of the destroyers built later.
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|Performance =  
===Pros===
Sometimes called "Ninjakaze" due to her ability to suddenly appear out of nowhere — an appearance that is frequently the harbinger of an incoming torpedo strike — ''Minekaze'' is a ship nearly 100% reliant on those torpedoes for damage.
* Pro 1
* Pro 2


She is arguably the weakest of the Japanese destroyers, with a low health pool, fragile modules, weak armor, and a very sub-par main battery.  Her guns have an abysmal turn rate of 25 seconds for 180 degrees, and a very long reload time of 10 seconds.  Though it is possible to do good damage with her high explosive shells, she will not be winning very many gun duels, especially not against the likes of ''[[Nicholas]]'' or ''[[Gnevny]]''.  ''Minekaze''’s guns should not be forgotten, but they shouldn't be relied on as the main source of damage and are best used sparingly in specific situations.
===Cons===
* Con 1
* Con 2


''Minekaze'' lives and dies by her torpedoes.  They are her main weapon, capable of striking outside of her detection range.  A skilled ''Minekaze'' player is able to sink enemy ships and never be spotted through the course of an entire match.  Her three twin-tube launchers allow her to cover a lot of ocean with her torpedo spreads, and she reloads those tubes very quickly at 42 seconds each.  Players looking to master the art of torpedoing enemies without being detected should start their training here; there is no better teacher than experience, and ''Minekaze''’s torpedoes reload quickly enough to provide plenty of that.


With patience and practice, the approximately 1km gap between maximum torpedo range and detection range can be maximized to devastate entire groups of unaware battleships and cruisers. It also allows captains to stalk a solo battleship or carrier, then flex ''Minekaze''’s speed to drive straight at them to deliver a full broadside of torpedoes at point blank range.  She is best off avoiding other enemy destroyers completely and breaking unfavorable gunnery engagements quickly; the ability to launch fast moving torpedoes from stealth is ''Minekaze''’s greatest asset, and a gunfight with anything that isn't another equal- or lower-tier Japanese destroyer is likely a losing battle.
==Ship Stats==
<div class="b-popup"><div class="b-popup_head js-tech-nav_head"><div><h2>Hull Information</h2></div><span class="b-tech-nav_arrow"></span></div><div class="b-popup_content" style="display: none;"><div>
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SURVIVABILITY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Minekaze (A) !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Minekaze (B)
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Hit Points || style="color:inherit;" | 9600 || style="color:inherit;" | 10900
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo protection damage reduction (%) || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | —
|}
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|Pros=<!-- write list of positive points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
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*Workable torpedoes with considerable damage.
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*Decent torpedo range of 7 km that allows her to launch them 1.6 km(0.8 km without Concealment Expert)closer than the max range without being spotted.
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ARMOR DETAIL !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
*Rudder shift time and turning circle is almost nonexistent that makes shells and torpedo dodging a snap.
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*Excellent torpedo reload time at 42 seconds which is the fastest of any destroyer tier V-X.
| style="color:inherit;" | • Belt (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | —
*Flexible three (3) twin torpedo tube configuration which makes it easy to spread out torpedoes.
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*Very fast at 39 knots, reaching 48 knots with {{Engine Boost}} activated, Sierra Mike signal, and swift in silence skill.
| style="color:inherit;" | • Deck (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | —
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Superstructure (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | —
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Extremities (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | —
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|Cons=<!-- write list of negative points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
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*Guns have very slow rotation speed, reload, now have worse fire chance, and do mediocre damage, aside from the fact they are vastly inferior to both her Russian and American counterparts.
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*Slow unupgraded torpedo speed, making hits from range difficult.
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MANEUVERABILITY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Minekaze (A) !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Minekaze (B)
*Weak anti-aircraft suite that is all bark and rarely bites.
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 39.0 || style="color:inherit;" | 39.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Turning circle radius (m) || style="color:inherit;" | 550 || style="color:inherit;" | 550
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Rudder-shift time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 4.2 || style="color:inherit;" | 2.8
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|Research=<!-- write text about priority sequence of research below -->
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Players should research Hull (B) first, as it provides a small increase to her health and maneuverability. Whether or not to research the remaining upgrades is up to the individual player, as ''Minekaze'' will not get a tremendous amount of use out of her guns and the experience may be better spent working up to ''[[Hatsuharu]]''.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | CONCEALMENT !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Minekaze (A) !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Minekaze (B)
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by sea (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 6.01 || style="color:inherit;" | 6.01
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by air (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 2.5 || style="color:inherit;" | 2.5
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km) || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | 2.22
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by depths (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 2.5 || style="color:inherit;" | 2.5
|}
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|OptimalConfiguration=<!-- write some general text about selection of optimal configuration below (optional)-->
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<div class="b-popup"><div class="b-popup_head js-tech-nav_head"><div><h2>Main Battery</h2></div><span class="b-tech-nav_arrow"></span></div><div class="b-popup_content" style="display: none;"><div><div style="border: 2px solid rgba(212,175,55,0.8); border-radius: 3px; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden;">
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MAIN BATTERY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | 120 mm/45 3rd Year Type on a Model G mount !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | 120 mm/45 3rd Year Type on a Model G mount
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Arrangement || style="color:inherit;" | 4×1 120mm || style="color:inherit;" | 4×1 120mm
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Firing range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 8.11 || style="color:inherit;" | 8.11
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Reload time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 10.9 || style="color:inherit;" | 10.0
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Rate of fire (shots/min) || style="color:inherit;" | 5.5 || style="color:inherit;" | 6
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • 180° turn time (sec) || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | 30.0
|}
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|Upgrades=<!-- write text about best upgrades below -->
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Upgrade choices for ''Minekaze'' almost make themselves:
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* Slot 1 - {{Main Armaments Modification 1}}
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DISPERSION !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
* Slot 2 - {{Engine Room Protection}}
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* Slot 3 - {{Aiming Systems Modification 1}}.
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion type || style="color:inherit;" | Standard DD dispersion
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion formula || style="color:inherit;" | Dispersion (m) = 7.5 × range(km) + 15
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Sigma || style="color:inherit;" | 2.0
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum dispersion (m) || style="color:inherit;" | 75
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 5 km || style="color:inherit;" | 52
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 8.11 km || style="color:inherit;" | 76
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HE SHELL !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Name || style="color:inherit;" | 120 mm HE Type1
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum damage || style="color:inherit;" | 1700
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Fire chance (%) || style="color:inherit;" | 7.0%
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell velocity (m/s) || style="color:inherit;" | 825
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell weight (kg) || style="color:inherit;" | 20.3
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Penetration (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 20
|}
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|CommanderSkills=<!-- write text about best set of Commander Skills below -->


{{Commander Skills 3 DD
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| rating11 = <!-- Grease the Gears -->
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | AP SHELL !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
| rating12 = <!-- Liquidator -->
|-
| rating13 = <!-- Consumables Specialist -->
| style="color:inherit;" | • Name || style="color:inherit;" | 120 mm AP Type0
| rating14 = <!-- Gun Feeder -->
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| rating15 = <!-- Incoming Fire Alert -->
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum damage || style="color:inherit;" | 2000
| rating16 = 2 <!-- Preventive Maintenance -->
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell velocity (m/s) || style="color:inherit;" | 825
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell weight (kg) || style="color:inherit;" | 20.3
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Fuse time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 0.01
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Ricochet start (°) || style="color:inherit;" | 45
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Always ricochet (°) || style="color:inherit;" | 60
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Normalisation (°) || style="color:inherit;" | 10
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Arming threshold (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 20
|}
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<div class="b-popup"><div class="b-popup_head js-tech-nav_head"><div><h2>Torpedoes</h2></div><span class="b-tech-nav_arrow"></span></div><div class="b-popup_content" style="display: none;"><div>
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | TORPEDO LAUNCHERS !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Number of launchers || style="color:inherit;" | 1
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo name || style="color:inherit;" | PJPT004
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Reload time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 42.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • 180° turn time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 7.2
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Damage || style="color:inherit;" | 29800
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 0.2
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 57
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 1.2
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Flooding chance (%) || style="color:inherit;" | 1.75%
|}
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| rating21 =  <!-- Pyrotechnician -->
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| rating22 = 2 <!-- Swift Fish -->
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| rating23 = 2 <!-- Consumables Enhancements -->
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| rating24 = <!-- Extra-Heavy AP Shells -->
'''Minekaze (A)'''
| rating25 =  <!-- Priority Target -->
| rating26 = 2 <!-- Last Stand -->


| rating31 = <!-- Main Battery & AA Specialist -->
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| rating32 = 2 <!-- Fill the Tubes -->
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | AA ARMAMENT !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MOUNTS × BARRELS
| rating33 = 2 <!-- Adrenaline Rush -->
|-
| rating34 = <!-- Inertial Fuse for HE Shells -->
| style="color:inherit;" | 8 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 2 × 1
| rating35 =  <!-- Superintendent -->
|}
| rating36 =  <!-- Survivability Expert -->


| rating41 = <!-- Main Battery & AA Expert -->
'''Continuous damage''' — average DPS within each action zone
| rating42 = 2 <!-- Swift in Silence -->
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0.8em 0; width:100%; color:inherit;"
| rating43 =  <!-- Radio Location -->
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | RANGE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DPS !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HIT CHANCE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ACTION ZONE (km)
| rating44 = <!-- Fearless Brawler -->
|-
| rating45 = 2 <!-- Concealment Expert -->
| style="color:inherit;" | Short-range || style="color:inherit;" | 7 || style="color:inherit;" | 95% || style="color:inherit;" | 1.5
| rating46 = <!-- Dazzle -->
|}
}}


|Consumables=<!-- write text about selection of Consumables below -->
'''Minekaze (B)'''
''Minekaze'' equips the following consumables:
* '''Slot 1:'''  {{Damage Control Party}}
* '''Slot 2:'''  {{Smoke Generator}} &ndash; 3 charges
* '''Slot 3:''' {{Engine Boost}} &ndash; 3 charges


|Camouflage=<!-- write text about useful camouflage below -->
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0.8em 0; width:100%; color:inherit;"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | AA ARMAMENT !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MOUNTS × BARRELS
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | 25 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 1 × 2
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | 13 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 1 × 2 + 2 × 1
|}


'''Continuous damage''' — average DPS within each action zone
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | RANGE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DPS !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HIT CHANCE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ACTION ZONE (km)
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | Short-range || style="color:inherit;" | 10.5 || style="color:inherit;" | 95% || style="color:inherit;" | 2.5
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | Mid-range || style="color:inherit;" | 3.5 || style="color:inherit;" | 95% || style="color:inherit;" | 2.5
|}
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<div class="b-popup"><div class="b-popup_head js-tech-nav_head"><div><h2>Depth Charges</h2></div><span class="b-tech-nav_arrow"></span></div><div class="b-popup_content" style="display: none;"><div>
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DEPTH CHARGES !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Max damage || style="color:inherit;" | 4600
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Number of charges || style="color:inherit;" | 2
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Bombs per charge || style="color:inherit;" | 1
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Reload time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 40.0
|}
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|Signals=<!-- write text about best set of signals below -->
{{Signal Flags
| November Echo Setteseven =  <!-- +5% AA damage -->
| Mike Yankee Soxisix =  <!-- Secondaries: +5% range, -5% reload, -5% dispersion-->
| India X-Ray = 1 <!-- +1/0.5% (160mm) fire, +5% you detonate -->
| Juliet Whiskey Unaone = 2 <!-- +15% flood, +5% you detonate -->
| Victor Lima = 1 <!-- +1/0.5% (160mm) fire, +4% flood -->
| Hotel Yankee = 1 <!-- ram someone -->


| November Foxtrot =  <!-- -5% Consumables reload -->
<!-- Add the ship code here to populate the upgrade table -->
| Sierra Mike = 2 <!-- +5% speed -->
{{Ship Upgrades Section|code=PJSD004_Minekadze_1920}}
| India Delta = 0 <!-- +20% HP from Repair Party -->
| Juliet Yankee Bissotwo =  <!-- -20% flood duration -->
| India Yankee =  <!-- -20% Fire duration -->
| Juliet Charlie = 3 <!-- No Detonate -->


| X-Ray Papa Unaone = 1 <!-- +15% Smoke Gen action time -->
| Sierra Bravo = 0 <!-- +10% Hydro action time;  -10% DFAA reload time -->


<!-- Consumables have to be tagged individually on a slot by slot basis -->
{{Ship Consumables Section|consumables=
* '''Slot 1:''' {{Damage Control Party}} (5.0s action, 40.0s cooldown)
* '''Slot 2:''' {{Smoke Generator}} (3 charges, 20.0s action, 160.0s cooldown)
* '''Slot 3:''' {{Engine Boost}} (3 charges, 120.0s action, 120.0s cooldown)
}}
}}




|Gallery=<!-- write below list of files without tags. description (if necessary) for each should be separated with | --><gallery>
==Gallery==
File:MinekazeStart.png|''Minekaze'' prepares for battle.
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File:MinekazePlane.png|Enemy fighters spot ''Minekaze'' from above.
File:MinekazeFire.png|''Minekaze'' fires her guns at enemy ships.
File:MinekazeClose.png|''Minekaze'' closes on an enemy [[ship:Clemson|''Clemson'']].
File:Minekaze Screenshot.jpeg


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|History=<!-- write text below -->
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{{AnnoWiki|content=
<h3>Construction</h3>
:Maizuru Naval Yard; Kyoto, Japan<br />
:Laid down: 20 April 1918<br />
:Launched: 8 February 1919<br />
:Commissioned: 29 March 1920
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===Specifications===
:1,345 tons displacement, standard<br />
:102.5m length<br />
:9.04m beam<br />
:2.9m draft
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====Machinery====
:4 boilers, 2 turbines
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====Performance====
:39 knots at 38,500 shaft horsepower<br />
:3,600nm at 14 knots
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====Armament====
=====Main=====
:Four (4x1) 120mm guns
=====Anti-aircraft=====
:Two (2x1) 7.7mm guns
=====Torpedoes=====
:Six (3x2) 533mm torpedo tubes
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[[File:IJN Hokaze (1921).jpg|500px|link=]]
===History===
 
====Design====
The Japanese destroyer ''Minekaze'' (峯風 Summit Wind?) was the lead ship of the ''Minekaze''-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the late 1910s. The ship served in the Second Sino-Japanese War during the 1930s and spent the Pacific War on escort duties in Japanese waters and the East China Sea. She was sunk by an American submarine in early 1944 near Formosa.
 
====Service====
The design of the ''Minekaze'' class was approved during the last years of World War I, though none were completed before 1919. The first to be completed, ''Sawakaze'', joined the navy in March 1920. The ''Minekaze'' class destroyers had typically uneventful interwar service records. By the beginning of war with China in 1937, they had become obsolete and were relegated to second line duties. By the time Japan had entered World War II, some had been converted for other purposes and most were used in merchant and convoy escort roles.
 
''Akikaze'' would spend most of her wartime service engaged in ASW patrols and convoy escort duties. She would be damaged twice by air attack, once in August 1943, and again in December of that year. Torpedoed by submarine and sunk, November 1944.
 
''Hakaze'' was engaged in escort and patrol duties for her entire war career. Torpedoed and sunk by submarine in January 1943.
 
''Hokaze'' performed convoy escort and patrol duties for the entirety of her war service. She was damaged by submarine torpedo in June of 1943. Torpedoed and sunk by submarine, July 1944.
 
''Minekaze'' would spend her entire war service engaged in ASW patrols and convoy escort duties. She was torpedoed and sunk by submarine in March 1944.
 
''Nadakaze'' was re-rated as a PG in 1941. Rearmed with 120mm guns and having her torpedo armament reduced, she was later converted and again re-rated to APD. Torpedoed and sunk by submarine, July 1945.
 
''Namikaze'' was assigned to convoy escort duties until she was severely damaged by submarine torpedo in September of 1944, when she was repaired and rebuilt as a Kaiten carrier. She survived the war and was awarded to China in 1947.
 
''Nokaze'' served on ASW patrols and as a convoy escort for the entirety of her war career. She was torpedoed and sunk by submarine, February, 1944.
 
''Numakaze'' performed convoy escort duties until she was torpedoed and sunk with all her crew lost in December 1943.
 
''Okikaze'' had been disarmed and stricken from the navy list in preparation for disposal, but was rearmed , re-rated as a DD in 1941 at the beginning of World War II. She performed escort and patrol duties until January 1943, when she was torpedoed and sunk by submarine.
 
''Sawakaze'' participated in ASW patrols and as a convoy escort until 1945, when she was converted for air and sea rescue. She was also fitted with an experimental ASW rocket launcher. ''Sawakaze'' survived the war and was scrapped in 1948.
 
''Shimakaze'' re-rated and rearmed as a PG like ''Nadakaze'', she was torpedoed and sunk by submarine in January 1943.


''Shiokaze'' was engaged as a convoy escort for most of her war service. Damaged by air attack in January 1945, she was repaired and rebuilt as a Kaiten carrier and was fitted with radar. She survived the war and was later scrapped.
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''Tachikaze'' was, like her sisters, primarily engaged in ASW patrols and convoy escort. Damaged by air attack in December 1942 and again in April of 1943, she was sunk by air attack in February 1944.
 
''Yakaze'' was converted into a wireless controlled target ship in May 1942. She was sunk in harbor during the air raids on the Home Islands in 1945. She was re-floated after the war and scrapped.
 
''Yukaze'' spent the entire war as part of the naval air training group with ''Hosho''. Like ''Sawakaze'', she was converted to facilitate air-sea rescue. She survived the war and was awarded to Great Britain in 1947.
 
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File:IJN_Hokaze_(1921).jpg|''Hokaze'' at Yokosuka, circa 1921.
File:Yakaze(1922).jpeg|''Yakaze'' in 1922.
File:IJN_DD_Shiokaze_and_BC_Kongo_in_1924.jpg|''Shiokaze'' with ''[[Kongo]]'' in 1924.
File:Minekaze_(1919).jpg|''Minekaze'' at Yokosuka, 30 August 1932.
File:IJN_Minekaze_schema.jpg|US Office of Naval Intelligence recognition drawing of ''Minekaze''.
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*Added to the game from the very beginning (alpha version) as a Tier VI destroyer.
*Update 0.1.3.1 or Update 0.1.5 (conflicting articles):
**Moved from Tier VI to Tier V.
*Update 0.1.5:
**The range of the AA defense was increased.
*Update 0.2.2.5:
**The traverse angles of the main battery were slightly increased.
*Update 0.5.0:
**Reduced launch angles of the torpedo tubes.
**The main battery rotation speed was increased from 4 to 6 degrees per second.
**Detectability from ships increased from 5.94 to 6.2 km.
**The 533 mm Type 89 torpedo was removed from research. Players who had researched and purchased this module were compensated in the amount of 5,000 experience and 415,000 credits. If the module was no longer owned, only experience was compensated.
**The Experience and Credit earnings were reduced by a value in the range of 5-10%.
*Update 0.5.2:
**As a temporary offer, it became possible to purchase and install a special New Year's permanent camouflage. After the camouflage was removed from sale, it remained with those players who purchased it.
*Update 0.5.3.2:
**Type 9 camouflage renamed Type 12.
*Update 0.5.7:
**The armor model of the hull was refined.
*Update 0.5.8:
**The sector of rotation of turrets No. 1 and No. 3 is now 360°
*Update 0.5.15:
**Moved to an alternative branch of Japanese destroyers.
**Replacement Rules:
*** If a player had researched Minekaze before the update was released, and had not researched Mutsuki, then Mutsuki and Gun Fire Control Type 4 mod 2 for Isokaze were researched. Unused experience was transferred to Mutsuki.
*** If a player had purchased Minekaze before the update was released, and had not researched Mutsuki, then Mutsuki was credited to their account with a Port Slot. Any unused experience was transferred to Mutsuki.
*** If a player had any Commanders with a Minekaze specialisation before the update, then the Commanders were retrained as a specialist in captaining Mutsuki. In addition, a Commander with 10,000 Commander XP and specialisation in commanding Minekaze plus a reserve slot was added to the player's account.
*Update 0.6.2:
**The national flag was moved from the stern to the mast.
*Update 0.6.3:
**Base firing range increased from 6,927 to 8,110 m.
*Update 0.6.12:
**Detectability when firing main guns in smoke changed to 2.22 km.
*Update 0.6.13:
**Fire extinguishing time now 30 s instead of 60 s.
**Improved display of thin elements.
**Hull B: durability of steering gears increased by 400 units. The change does not affect the HP of the ship in any way.
*Update 0.6.15:
**A bonus was added to the "Type 12" permanent camouflage: a 10% discount to the cost of post-battle maintenance.
*Update 0.7.6 update:
**Improved display of thin elements on the hull.
*Update 0.7.12:
**Steering gears protection from damage caused by HE shells was increased.
*Update 0.9.6:
**The value of the in-game turning circle radius was changed to 550 m to correct prior discrepancy.
*Update 0.11.11:
**Minor updates to geometry and textures.
*Update 12.10:
**Fixed a bug that prevented the Vanguard permanent camouflage for the ship from being shown in the Captain's Logbook.
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Minekaze — Japan Tech Tree Tier V Destroyer.

The "large" destroyers were conceived to escort Amagi-class battlecruisers. They featured an extended forecastle, and the bridge was set well back from its break—a bank of torpedo tubes was mounted in the well thus created. The Minekaze class was the first mass-produced Japanese destroyer to be equipped with geared turbines. The lead ship was laid down in April 1918. She escorted aircraft carrier Akagi in the 1930s and patrolled the Chinese coast during the Sino-Japanese War. Throughout World War II, the ship was engaged in patrol and escort duties in the East China Sea and Western Pacific regions.

Pros

  • Pro 1
  • Pro 2

Cons

  • Con 1
  • Con 2


Ship Stats

Hull Information

Main Battery

Torpedoes

AA Defense

Depth Charges


Compatible Upgrades

 Slot 1 
 Main Armaments Modification 1
 Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
 Damage Control Party Modification 1
 Slot 2 
 Damage Control System Modification 1
 Engine Boost Modification 1
 Engine Room Protection
 Slot 3 
 Main Battery Modification 2
 AA Guns Modification 1
 Aiming Systems Modification 1
 Smoke Generator Modification 1
 Torpedo Tubes Modification 1


Consumables


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