Japanese destroyer Harukaze (1922)

Harukaze at Yokosuka, 1934
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Harukaze
Builder	Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down	16 May 1922 as Destroyer No. 5
Launched	18 December 1922
Completed	31 May 1923
Renamed	Harukaze, 1 August 1928
Stricken	10 November 1945
Fate	Scuttled, 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Kamikaze-class destroyer
Displacement	1,422 t (1,400 long tons) (normal) 1,747 t (1,719 long tons) (deep load)
Length	97.5 m (319 ft 11 in) (pp) 102.5 m (336 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam	9.1 m (29 ft 10 in)
Draft	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Installed power	38,500 shp (28,700 kW) 4 × Kampon water-tube boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines
Speed	37.3 knots (69.1 km/h; 42.9 mph)
Range	3,600 nmi (6,700 km; 4,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	148
Armament	4 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns 3 × twin 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
Service record
Part of:	Destroyer Division 5
Operations:	Battle of the Philippines Battle of Sunda Strait

Harukaze (春風, “Spring Wind”) was one of nine Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1920s. During the Pacific War, she participated in the Philippines Campaign in December 1941 and the Dutch East Indies Campaign in early 1942. She took part in the Battle of Sunda Strait in March and helped to sink two Allied cruisers.