#OTD April 19 1940, IJN #Urakaze #浦風 was launched at #Fujinagata shipyard, #Osaka. She escorted the #KidoButai at Pearl Harbor, Midway, and Guadalcanal. Urakaze was part of Kurita's Center Force at Leyte Gulf, then torpedoed and sunk by USS Sealion one month later in the Taiwan Strait. 1/2
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