Shimakaze could fire fifteen Long Lance torpedoes in a broadside. A ten-torpedo salvo supplies a rough comparison for the threat posed by such a large spread, without establishing a guaranteed result against a target. The design is praised for the offensive power it concentrated in one destroyer. Plans are described as sixteen ships, potentially rising to thirty-two, while only one was built. The hypothetical value of a fleet of these destroyers remained far removed from the force actually available.
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Shimakaze's fifteen-torpedo broadside
Shimakaze's offensive promise is set against plans for sixteen, possibly thirty-two, ships and the completion of a single hull.