Maikaze was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. On 17 February 1944, while evacuating convoys to Yokosuka from Truk following Allied attack on Truk, Maikaze, the cruiser Katori, and the auxiliary cruiser Akagi Maru were sunk by gunfire from the cruisers USS Minneapolis, USS New Orleans, and the battleship USS New Jersey 40 miles (75 km) northwest of Truk (). Maikaze herself was sunk with all hands on board.