Shiratsuyu 1942
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 白露 [Shiratsuyu] | Sasebo K K | 11/1933 | 5.4.1935 | 8/1936 | collision 15.6.1944 | ||
| 時雨 [Shigure] | Uraga, Tokyo | 12/1933 | 18.5.1935 | 9/1936 | sunk 24.1.1945 | ||
| 村雨 [Murasame] | Fujinagata, Osaka | 2/1934 | 20.6.1935 | 1/1937 | sunk 6.3.1943 | ||
| 夕立 [Yudachi] | Sasebo K K | 10/1934 | 21.6.1936 | 1/1937 | sunk 13.11.1942 | ||
| 五月雨 [Samidare] | Uraga, Tokyo | 12/1934 | 6.7.1935 | 7/1937 | sunk 25.8.1944 | ||
| 春雨 [Harusame] | Uraga, Tokyo | 2/1935 | 21.9.1935 | 8/1937 | sunk 8.6.1944 | ||
| 山風 [Yamakaze] | Uraga, Tokyo | 5/1935 | 21.2.1936 | 7/1937 | sunk 25.6.1942 | ||
| 江風 [Kawakaze] | Fujinagata, Osaka | 4/1935 | 1.11.1936 | 4/1937 | sunk 6.8.1943 | ||
| 海風 [Umikaze] | Maizuru K K | 5/1935 | 27.11.1936 | 5/1937 | sunk 1.2.1944 | ||
| 涼風 [Suzukaze] | Uraga, Tokyo | 7/1935 | 11.3.1937 | 8/1937 | sunk 26.1.1944 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1685 |
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Displacement full, t |
2090 |
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Length, m |
103.5 pp 107.5 wl 110.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
9.90 |
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Draught, m |
3.50 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Kampon geared steam turbines, 3 Kampon boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
42000 |
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Max speed, kts |
34 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 500 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
6000(15) |
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Armament |
2 x 2 - 127/50 3-shiki, 1 x 1 - 127/50 3-shiki, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76, 2 x 4 - 610 TT (16), 2 DCT (16) |
| Electronic equipment | 93-shiki sonar |
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Complement |
180 |
Project history: Were built under 1st and 2nd Supplementary Programmes of 1931 and 1934. First six were ordered still as Hatsuharu class, but during building the design, after incident with Tomozuru, have significantly altered. Last four (Kawakaze, Umikaze, Yamakaze and Suzukaze) were ordered already under the changed design within limits of the 1934 Programme. Destroyers had a lot of similar to Hatsuharu class, but differed hardly in smaller breadth and increased draught. Superstructures have been considerably decreased in the sizes. The artillery repeated accepted on destroyers of the previous class after rebuilding, and torpedo armament have been changed: instead of three triple TT there were two quadruple. Spare torpedoes for fore TT took places in pairs, on each side from the second funnel, unlike an asymmetric arrangement on Hatsuharu.
Modernizations: 1939 - 1940, all: - 2 x 1 - 13.2/76; + 2 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki
1942 - 1943, all: - 1 x 1 - 127/50, 4 spare torpedoes (totally 12); + 2 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 4 x 1 - 13.2/76, 2 DCT (36 totally)
1944, all survived: - 1 x 2 - 25/60; + 1 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki
late 1944, Shigure: + 8 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki
1944-1945, all survived: + 2-shiki 2-go, 3-shiki 1-go radars, E-27 ECM suite
Naval service: Yamakaze 25.6.1942 was sunk W off Yokosuka by US submarine Nautilus. Yudachi was hard damaged in battle at Sawo by a torpedo from US destroyer, in the morning 13.11.1942 she was finished by gunfire of US cruiser Portland. Murasame 6.3.1943 was sunk at Kolombangara by gunfire of US cruisers Cleveland, Denver, Montpelier and destroyer Waller. Kawakaze 6.8.1943 was sunk at Kolombangara by US destroyers Dunlap, Craven and Maury. Suzukaze 4.2.1942 was hard damaged by a torpedo from US submarine Sculpin, 26.1.1944 she was sunk off Carolina Islands by US submarine Skipjack. Umikaze 1.2.1944 was sunk at Truk by US submarine Guardfish. Harusame 8.6.1944 was sunk at coast of New Guinea by US Army aircraft. Shiratsuyu 29.11.1942 was hard damaged by US Army aircraft E off Boona Island, 15.6.1944 she was sunk SE off Surigao Strait as a result of collision with tanker Seijo Maru. Samidare 18.8.1944 was hard damaged, has lost a course; 25.8.1944 during salvage operations she was sunk at Palau by US submarine Batfish. Shigure 24.1.1945 was sunk at coast of Malaya by US submarine Blackfin.
Umikaze
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