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===Fit Bonuses===

===Fit Bonuses===

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* Required for quest:

* Required for quest:

** Mandatory:

** Mandatory:

*** [[Quests#A54|A54]], [[Quests#A55|A55]]

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*** [[Quests#B46|B46]], [[Quests#B47|B47]]

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*** [[Quests#F36|F36]]

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==Drop Locations==

==Drop Locations==

|translation = Developed as the pinnacle of fleet destroyers with high speed and heavily armed with torpedoes, the Shimakaze-class.

|translation = Developed as the pinnacle of fleet destroyers with high speed and heavily armed with torpedoes, the Shimakaze-class.

I can go faster than 40 knots after all.<ref>She was able to achieve speeds of 40.9 knots in trials.</ref>

I can go faster than 40 knots after all.<ref>She was able to achieve speeds of 40.9 knots in trials.</ref>

But I wasn't fit for mass-production so I was the only one built.<ref>Due to the complexity of her experimental engine and the changing war situation, plans to mass produce her were scrapped in favour of the Akizuki-class.</ref>

But I wasn't fit for mass-production so I was the only one built.<ref>Due to the complexity of her experimental engine and the changing war situation, plans to mass-produce her were scrapped in favor of the Akizuki-class.</ref>

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|kai = yes

|kai = yes

|origin = んぁ？…ん、今、連装砲ちゃんとお話したの。ふぅ…だって退屈なんだもん！

|origin = んぁ？…ん、今、連装砲ちゃんとお話したの。ふぅ…だって退屈なんだもん！

|translation = Hmmm? ...Mmm, I'm talking with Rensouhou-chan now. *sigh*... It's because I'm bored!<ref>"Rensouhou" (連装砲) refers to the 12.7cm twin mounted gun robots that she has.</ref>

|translation = Hmmm? ...Mmm, I'm talking with Rensouhou-chan now. *sigh*... It's because I'm bored!<ref>"Rensouhou" (連装砲) refers to the 12.7cm twin-mounted gun robots that she has.</ref>

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==CG==

==CG==

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==Trivia==

==Trivia==

'''General Information'''

;General Information

* Her name means "island wind".

* Her name means "island wind".

* She was launched on the 18th of July 1942.

* She was launched on the 18th of July 1942.

* Sunk in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ormoc_Bay Battle of Ormoc Bay] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebu,_Philippines Cebu, Philippines], on the 11th of November 1944.

* Sunk in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ormoc_Bay Battle of Ormoc Bay] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebu,_Philippines Cebu, Philippines], on the 11th of November 1944.

'''Update History'''

;Update History

* She was part of the original game's launch when the game was released on the 23rd of April 2013.

* She was part of the original game's launch when the game was released on the 23rd of April 2013.

'''Misc'''

;Misc

* She was a unique ship with no sister ships.  In media, she is often shown as depressed by this.

* She was a unique ship with no sister ships.  In media, she is often shown as depressed by this.

** However, [[Amatsukaze]] used prototype steam boilers and turbines which were later used in Shimakaze's construction.

** However, [[Amatsukaze]] used prototype steam boilers and turbines which were later used in Shimakaze's construction.

* She was not actually the world's fastest destroyer at the time; that honor goes to the French destroyer ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_destroyer_Terrible Terrible]''. ''Terrible'' had a top speed of 45 knots as opposed to Shimakaze's 40.9 knots. However if one considers offshore speed, Shimakaze would be the fastest destroyer at that time.

* She was not actually the world's fastest destroyer at the time; that honor goes to the French destroyer ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_destroyer_Terrible Terrible]''. ''Terrible'' had a top speed of 45 knots as opposed to Shimakaze's 40.9 knots. However if one considers offshore speed, Shimakaze would be the fastest destroyer at that time.

* Fans have given her the nickname "Zekamashi", her name "spelled" backward as it would be on an old Japanese life preserver. This is because traditionally, Japanese was written in vertical columns from right to left. If you tried to write on something thin like a life preserver, there would only be space for one character per line, so you would end up writing backward by modern, left-to-right standards.

* Fans have given her the nickname "Zekamashi", her name "spelled" backward as it would be on an old Japanese life preserver. This is because traditionally, Japanese was written in vertical columns from right to left. If you tried to write on something thin like a life preserver, there would only be space for one character per line, so you would end up writing backward by modern, left-to-right standards.

* The Shimakaze in game is the second ship in the Japanese Navy to bear the name. Her predecessor being a Minekaze-class Destroyer who was slightly slower at 40.65 knots during sea trials.

* The Shimakaze in game is the second ship in the Japanese Navy to bear the name. Her predecessor being a ''Minekaze''-class Destroyer who was slightly slower at 40.65 knots during sea trials.

===Behind the Design===  

===Behind the Design===  

[[File:PrototypeFubuki.png|right]]

[[File:PrototypeFubuki.png|right]]

Back in June 2016's Comtiq Magazine, an interview was conducted with Kantai Collection's producer Kensuke Tanaka, and artist Shizuma Yoshinori where they discussed about the work they did together back while producing the game.It was revealed through their interview that Yoshinori originally created Shimakaze's design for the [[Fubuki|Fubuki-class]]. But as revealed the design looked too fast to fit the Fubuki-class so Takana suggested that Yoshinori use this design and re-do it for Shimakaze.  

Back in June 2016's Comtiq Magazine, an interview was conducted with Kantai Collection's producer Kensuke Tanaka, and artist Shizuma Yoshinori where they discussed about the work they did together back while producing the game. It was revealed through their interview that Yoshinori originally created Shimakaze's design for the [[Fubuki|Fubuki-class]]. But as revealed the design looked too fast to fit the ''Fubuki''-class so Takana suggested that Yoshinori use this design and re-do it for Shimakaze.  

As an end result the design that originally started off as the Fubuki-classes design would then become changed into the Shimakaze we now know today.

As an end result the design that originally started off as the ''Fubuki''-classes design would then become changed into the Shimakaze we now know today.

===Historical Note===

===Historical Note===

Shimakaze was planned and built as the experimental prototype of a new class of heavy destroyers, designated "Type C" (丙型駆逐艦). Sixteen other units were ordered but later canceled due to more pressing wartime needs. Though never repeated, she was a successful design, combining large size (some 25 feet longer than yuugumo-class), firepower (six 5" guns in new Type D turrets), and heavy torpedo armament (three quintuple sets of 24" tubes, the most powerful such broadside ever mounted on a Japanese destroyer) with a 40-knot top speed. The latter was thanks to new high-pressure, high-temperature boilers able to generate nearly 80,000 shaft horsepower and would have propelled all future Japanese destroyer designs, had circumstances permitted their construction.

Shimakaze was planned and built as the experimental prototype of a new class of heavy destroyers, designated "Type C" (丙型駆逐艦). Sixteen other units were ordered but later canceled due to more pressing wartime needs. Though never repeated, she was a successful design, combining large size (some 25 feet longer than ''Yuugumo''-class), firepower (six 5" guns in new Type D turrets), and heavy torpedo armament (three quintuple sets of 24" tubes, the most powerful such broadside ever mounted on a Japanese destroyer) with a 40-knot top speed. The latter was thanks to new high-pressure, high-temperature boilers able to generate nearly 80,000 shaft horsepower and would have propelled all future Japanese destroyer designs, had circumstances permitted their construction.

==See Also==

==See Also==

*[[wikipedia:Japanese_destroyer_Shimakaze_(1942)|Wikipedia entry on destroyer Shimakaze]]

*[[wikipedia:Japanese_destroyer_Shimakaze_(1942)|Wikipedia entry on destroyer Shimakaze]]

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