Japanese destroyer Tanikaze
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Tanikaze was a of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...
. Her name means "Wind from the Mountain to the Valley".
In June 1942 the ship participated in the battle of Midway where she was damaged by air attacks. Later that year she was busy with transport missions to Guadalcanal and in first months of 1943 she helped in the evacuation of Japanese forces from Guadalcanal.
On 9 June 1944, Tanikaze was torpedo
Torpedo
The modern torpedo is a self-propelled missile weapon with an explosive warhead, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater towards a target, and designed to detonate either on contact with it or in proximity to it.The term torpedo was originally employed for...
ed and sunk by in Sibutu Passage
Sibutu Passage
Sibutu Passage is a safe and deep channel some 18 miles wide that separates Borneo from the Sulu Archipelago. It has a deep sill allowing entry of deep water into the Sulu basin while connecting the Sulu Sea with the Sulawesi Sea that feeds from the Pacific Ocean by the Mindanao Current.At the...
near Tawitawi, 90 miles (170 km) southwest of Basilan
Basilan
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(05°42′N 120°41′E). 114 crew members were killed, while 126 survivors, including her commander Lieutenant Commander Ikeda, were rescued by , which would later be sunk by with all hands, including several survivors from Tanikaze.