The Super Shimakaze class destroyers (超島風型駆逐艦, Chō Shimakaze-class) were a projected class of destroyer 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...

 (IJN), developed during the Second World War. The intention was to develop a mass-production destroyer based on the experimental destroyer Shimakaze

Japanese destroyer Shimakaze

Japanese destroyer Shimakaze may refer to one of the following ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy:, an destroyer launched in 1920, renamed Patrol Boat No.1 in 1940 and sunk in 1943., a one-off WWII period super-destroyer launched in 1942, sunk in 1944...

. The IJN Fleet Command gave them the project number V6. However, the project was cancelled with none of the proposed ships being completed, because the IJN was defeated at Midway

Battle of Midway

The Battle of Midway is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, approximately one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea and six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Navy decisively defeated...

 on June 1942.

Ships in class

Ship	Ship #	Note
16 destroyers	733 to 748	Cancelled and re-planned to 7 of Super Akizuki-class Super Akizuki class destroyer The Super Akizuki-class destroyer were a projected class of destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy , developed during the Second World War. The intention was to develop a faster destroyer based on the Akizuki-class. The IJN Technical Department gave them the project number V7... (Ship # 5077-5083) on 30 June 1942