Kamikaze class destroyer
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| Operators: | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Completed: | 9 |
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| Displacement: | 1,270 tons |
| Length: | 366 feet 6 inches (111.7 m) |
| Beam: | 30 feet (9.1 m) |
| Draft: | 9 feet 7 inches (2.9 m) |
| Speed: | 37.3 knots (69.1 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,600 nautical miles (6,670 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 168 |
| Armament: | 3 × 4.7 inch guns 10 × 25 mm anti-aircraft guns 4 × 21 inch torpedo tubes 16 × naval mines |
The Kamikaze-class destroyers were a class of destroyers in the service of the Imperial Japanese Navy from World War I through World War II.
Nine ships of the class were built, from 1921 to 1925. By the time World War II broke out, the Kamikazes, largely obsolescent, were being modernized. Construction of the last two planned Kamikazes was cancelled in conformance with the Washington Treaty
In design, they were essentially improved Minekaze-class destroyers.
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[edit] Modifications
1941-1942: Rearmed with 3 × 4.7" guns, 10 × 25mm/60 AA guns, 4 × 21" torpedo tubes, and 18 depth charges.
1944-6: Light AA armament increased to 13 to 20 25mm guns and 4 × 13 mm/76 machine guns. Speed reduced to 35 knots.
[edit] Ships in class
- Kamikaze
- Harukaze
- Asakaze
- Matsukaze
- Yunagi
- Hatakaze
- Oite
- Hayate
- Asanagi
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