Kamikaze 1942
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 第1駆逐艦 [1-go] (ex-清風 [Kiyokaze]), 1928- 神風 [Kamikaze] | 369 | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | 12.1921 | 25.9.1922 | 12.1922 | damaged 15.5.1945, never repaired | |
| 第3駆逐艦 [3-go] (ex-軽風 [Karukaze]), 1928- 朝風 [Asakaze] | 370 | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | 2.1922 | 8.12.1922 | 6.1923 | sunk 23.8.1944 | |
| 第5駆逐艦 [5-go] (ex-真風 [Makaze]), 1928- 春風 [Harukaze] | Maizuru K K | 5.1922 | 18.12.1922 | 5.1923 | damaged 21.1.1945, never repaired | ||
| 第7駆逐艦 [7-go], 1928- 松風 [Matsukaze] | Maizuru K K | 12.1922 | 30.10.1923 | 4.1924 | sunk 7.6.1944 | ||
| 第9駆逐艦 [9-go], 1928- 旗風 [Hatakaze] | Maizuru K K | 7.1923 | 15.3.1924 | 8.1924 | sunk 12.1.1945 | ||
| 第11駆逐艦 [11-go], 1928- 追風 [Oite] | Uraga, Tokyo | 3.1923 | 27.11.1924 | 10.1925 | sunk 17.2.1944 | ||
| 第13駆逐艦 [13-go], 1928- 疾風 [Hayate] | Ishikawajima, Tokyo | 11.1922 | 23.3.1925 | 11.1925 | sunk 11.12.1941 | ||
| 第15駆逐艦 [15-go], 1928- 朝凪 [Asanagi] | Fujinagata, Osaka | 3.1923 | 21.4.1924 | 12.1925 | sunk 22.5.1944 | ||
| 第17駆逐艦 [17-go], 1928- 夕凪 [Yunagi] | Sasebo K K | 9.1923 | 23.4.1924 | 5/1925 | sunk 25.8.1944 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1270 |
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Displacement full, t |
1720 |
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Length, m |
97.5 pp 102.6 oa |
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Breadth, m |
9.10 |
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Draught, m |
2.90 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Kampon boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
38500 |
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Max speed, kts |
37.2 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 420 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4000(15) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 120/45 3-shiki, 2 x 1 - 7.7/80, 3 x 2 - 533 TT, 20 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear |
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Complement |
148 |
Project history: Built under the 1921-1922 Programme as second group of Minekaze class. For raise of stability ships had slightly increased breadth. Because of the increased displacement max speed has fallen to 37.25kts. Armament repeated Minekaze class and took places the same as by three last ships of the previous design. Destroyers carried minelaying and minesweeping equipment.
Building of 11 ships was provided, but after signing of Washington Treaty order for two was cancelled. 19-go Okaze and 21-go Tsumikaze were cancelled before they were laid down. All ships at completion received numbers and named in 1928.
Modernizations: 1939, all: + 4 DCT (18), 93-shiki sonar (presumably)
1941 - 1942, all but Hayate: - 1 x 1 - 120/45 (No 4), 2 x 1 - 7.7/80, 1 x 2 - 533 TT; + (3 - 5) x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, standard displacement increased to 1523t, maximal speed was 35kts
to mid-1944, all survived: + (7 - 10) - 25/60 96-shiki (totally 13 - 20 guns), 4 x 1 - 13.2/76, DC stowage increased to 36 - 48.
1944, most survived: + 2-shiki 2-go or 3-shiki 1-go radar
Naval service: Hayate was sunk 11.12.1941 at Wake by US coastal battery. Oite 17.2.1944 was sunk at Truck by US carrier aircraft of TF.38. Asanagi 22.5.1944 was sunk at Bonin by US submarine Pollack. Matsukaze was sunk 9.6.1944 at Bonin by US submarine Swordfish. Asakaze was sunk 23.8.1944 at Luzon by US submarine Haddo. Yunagi was sunk 25.8.1944 at Luzon by US submarine Picuda. Hatakaze 2.3.1943 was hard damaged as a result of internal explosion in Yokosuka, 15.1.1945 she was sunk at Òàêàî (Formosa) by US carrier aircraft of TF.38. Kamikaze 15.5.1945 was damaged in Strait of Malacca by British destroyers; till the end of war she was not repaired. Harukaze 16.11.1942 was hard damaged on a mine off Surabaya, 4.11.1944 she was mined off Luzon (on others data by a torpedo from US submarine Sailfish), 21.1.1945 she was hard damaged by US carrier aircraft off Formosa, she was towed off to Japan but was not under repair.
Yunagi 1928
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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