Pan_asia Destroyer
Namikaze, a Minekaze-class destroyer, was built at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal shipyards. She was part of the First Destroyer Division. In 1942, she was part of the reserve group for the Aleutian operation, and she was later engaged in patrol duties. From December 1943, Namikaze was tasked with escorting convoys. In 1944, the destroyer took a torpedo hit from USS Seal and was sent to Maizuru to be repaired and converted into a Kaiten carrier. In 1945, she served as minesweeper. After the end of World War II, the ship evacuated Japanese soldiers, and in 1947, she was transferred to China as part of reparations and renamed Shenyang. In 1949, she was transferred to the Republic of China Navy and served there until 1960.