Japanese destroyer Hagikaze

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Fate: Sunk in action,
7 August 1943
Struck: 15 October 1943
General Characteristics
Displacement: 2,490 tons
Length: 388 ft 9 in (118.5 meters
Beam: 35 ft 5 in (10.8 m)
Draft: 12 ft 4 in (3.8 m)
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement: 240
Armament: 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50

caliber DP guns,
up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns,
up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns,
8 × 24 in torpedo tubes,
36 depth charges

Hagikaze (萩風? "Wind Before the Horn Clover Blooms") was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

On 7 August 1943, Hagikaze was sunk between Kolombangara and Vella Lavella (07°50′S 156°55′E) during the Battle of Vella Gulf.


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Kagero-class destroyer

Kagero | Kuroshio | Oyashio | Hatsukaze | Natsushio | Yukikaze | Hayashio | Maikaze | Isokaze | Shiranuhi | Amatsukaze | Tokitsukaze | Urakaze | Hamakaze | Nowaki | Arashi | Hagikaze | Tanikaze | Akigumo
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