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| − | ==Trivia==
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| − | *From her initial release, ''Kamikaze'' had a bug that caused her stats to increase higher than originally intended. This bug was however fixed on May 15th, 2016.
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| − | *Kamikaze means "Divine Wind", is a Shinto term refer to the divine, special, strong wind blown with the power of god.
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| − | **It was used to describe the storms that occurred in the 13th Century that sunk and repelled two Mongol armadas that invaded Japan.
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| − | **Note that ''Kamikaze'' is not related to the "kamikaze pilots" of World War II, despite being similarly named.
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| − | *''Kamikaze'' has a connection with all of the Myoukou sisters as shown in her lines.
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| − | **Des Div 1 was a part of the 5th Fleet led by [[Nachi]] during the Battle of Attu.
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| − | **''Kamikaze'' was protected by [[Haguro]] during the Battle of Malacca Strait . ''Haguro'' sunk while letting Kamikaze escape, though she lost 27 men. Kamikaze returned the next day to save the survivors.
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| − | **After ''Haguro'' sunk, ''[[Ashigara]]'' took command over ''Kamikaze''. However, during a transport mission in June, ''Ashigara'' was sunk as well. Kamikaze saved the survivors. In just two months Kamikaze witnessed the sinking of two of the Myoukou sisters.
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| − | **[[Myoukou]] survived the war with Kamikaze in Singapore although she was crippled and could not move.
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| − | ==Historical info==
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| − | *Laid down on 15 December 1921, launched 25th September '22 and completed on 19th December. She would not be given her name until 1928, after an unpopular ruling removing names for smaller vessels was overturned.
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| − | *Being an older ship she was not on the front-lines of the Pacific war, though she was part of the covering force for Operation AL, the accompanying operation for the Midway Invasion.
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| − | *She would mostly see convoy and escort duties after this in the Singapore area, though as the war eroded Japanese sea power she was attached to heavir units with more frequency, for example covering ''[[Ise]]'' and ''[[Hyuuga]]'s'' retreat back to Japan in February '45.
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| − | *After this she was back at Singapore working with ''Ashigara'' and ''Haguro'' on troop and supply runs. She was present at both of their sinkings: Firstly ''Haguro'' in May when ambush by British destroyers, she lost 27 men but escaped without serious damage - having been ordered to flee as she had no torpedoes on-board to make more supply room. The next month she was escorting ''Ashigara'' when she picked up a submarine contact and moved to engage, leaving Ashigara open to attack by another submarine, ''HMS Trenchant'', who managed to sink her.
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| − | *Her final notable action of the war was a battle against ''USS Hawkbill'' in which after a long chase she lost contact - the captains of the two ships became friends after the war.
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| − | *Beached 7th June 1946 while trying to rescue [[Kunashiri]], who had also ran aground on repatriation duties. A somewhat ironic end to her career as she had rescued multiple groups of survivors during the war.
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| | ==See Also== | | ==See Also== |