Her rigging includes a funnel attached to her back with an adjoining mast and two twin-tube torpedo launchers on either side of the funnel. Further out to the sides, at thigh-level, are cutoff-ship-deck-like platforms that bear a single-cannonturret. She also carries a single-cannon turret in her left hand like a pistol, which is modeled like a ship's bow.
Personality
Matsukaze has a confident, competitive, and tomboyish (and refers to herself with the boyish "boku", similar to Hatsuzuki, among others), but also fairly warm personality. Unlike some of her sisters, she's not afraid of the night, and in her hourlies, greets them in the morning.
History
The historical IJN Matsukaze was launched October 30th, 1923. At the time of The Battle of Pearl Harbor, she was assigned to Destroyer Division 5 (alongside sister-ships Harukaze and Asakaze). As one of the more obsolete classes of destroyers, her early-war career was spent escorting troop transports for invasions, although in the Battle of Sunda Straight, she helped sink an auxiliary minesweeper.
Throughout the middle of the war (1943-1944), Matsukaze was engaged in "Tokyo Express" expeditions. Matsukaze was at Truk during Operation Hailstone, but survived with no direct hits from major ordinance. Later in the year, while escorting a convoy near Saipan, Matsukaze was struck by a torpedo from the USS Sailfish and sank on August 25th, 1944.
Trivia
Her boyish character, androgynous appearance and Taisho-era clothing have drawn comparisons with Takarazuka Revue and the otokoyaku role.
