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The U.S.S. Shimakaze (NCC-74222) was Defiant class ship built during the Dominion war. It saw action in the first and second battles of Chin'toka, the Battle of Cardassia, the third very quick battle of sector 001, and numerous other engagements. The ship's name is Japanese for "Island wind." It follows the ship name legacy of the IJN Shimakaze (1920), The IJN Shimaakze (1943), and the JSDFN Hatakaze-class destroyer (DDG-172).

Battle history
The Shimakaze first saw action in a small skirmish just outside the Coridon system. While on patrol outside the system it was jumped by two Jem'hadar Fighters. The Shimakaze managed to quickly destroy one of the fighters and dog fought the other into retreating back into Dominion held space.

The Shimakaze would see several more skirmishes with the Dominion while it was apart of the 5th, 8th, and 12th fleets.

It finally got to see full battle action in the first battle of Chin'toka. During the battle it helped to destroy several orbital weapons platforms before they came online. After the platforms came online it took several hard hits but still managed to hold it's own. After the U.S.S. Defiant managed to trick the system into destroying its own power generation plant, the Shimakaze then proceeded to help finish off the rest of the weapons platforms. The Shimakaze would then help to recover several escape pods from other destroyed ships. Three of her crew were killed during the battle.

For the next eight months she would again see several skirmishes with other fleets and score several more kills.

It would then join Captain Benjamin Sisko's fleet during the second battle of Chin'toka. It was one of the few ships that managed to escape the disastrous battle by being assigned as one of the rear guard ships of the fleet. When the crew realized what the Breen weapons were doing to the rest of the fleet ahead of it, they, along with what remained of the rear guard, made emergency warp outs of the system. The Shimakaze and a few other ships would return within the hour to pick up as many escape pods as they could.

After Legate Damar started a rebellion against the Dominion the Shimakaze was assigned to covert operations and helped to deliver supplies to the Dumar's rebellion.

When the main part of the rebellion was finally put down the Shimakaze was reassigned to join The final fleets' attack on Cardassia. During the battle a Dominion torpedo struck the Shimakaze's impulse drive and temporarily knocked the ship out of action. Almost left a sitting duck the Shimakaze was about to be overwhelmed by a squadron of Jem'hadar Fighters when the Cardassians switched sides. The three fighters were quickly dispatched by a Cardassian Galor-class warship. Within minutes the crew had the impulse drive back up and running and rejoined the battle. It perused the retreating Dominion Fleet back to Cardassia where the Dominion eventually surrendered.

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The Shimakaze was present at the third very short battle of sector 001 when a Borg sphere arrived less than one AU away from Earth via a trans-warp conduit. The Borg sphere was quickly destroyed by the USS Voyager from within. The fleet, including the Shimakaze, escorted the Voyager the rest of the way to Earth.