Kamikaze-class destroyer (1922)

Kamikaze
Kamikaze underway on 23 December 1922.
Class overview
NameKamikaze class
Builders
Operators Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded byWakatake class
Succeeded byMutsuki class
In commission1921–1947
Planned27
Completed9
Cancelled18
Lost8
Retired1
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement
  • 1,400 long tons (1,422 t) normal,
  • 1,720 long tons (1,748 t) full load
Length
  • 97.5 m (320 ft) pp,
  • 102.6 m (337 ft) overall
Beam9.1 m (30 ft)
Draught2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Propulsion
  • (Kamikaze to Hatakaze)
  • 4 × Ro-Gō Kampon water-tube boilers
  • 2 × Parsons geared turbines
  • 38,500 shp
  • 2 shafts
  • (Oite to Yūnagi)
  • 4 × Ro-Gō Kampon water-tube boilers
  • 2 × Kampon geared turbines
  • 38,500 ihp (28,700 kW)
  • 2 shafts
Speed
  • (Kamikaze to Hatakaze)
  • 37.25 knots (68.99 km/h)
  • (Oite to Yūnagi)
  • 36.88 knots (68.30 km/h)
Range
  • 3600 nm @ 14 knots
  • (6,700 km at 26 km/h)
Complement154
Armament

The Kamikaze-class destroyers (神風型駆逐艦, Kamikazegata kuchikukan) were a class of nine destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy.[1] Some authors consider the Nokaze, Kamikaze and Mutsuki classes to be extensions of the Minekaze-class destroyers, and the Kamikaze class is sometimes referred to as the "Kiyokaze class" to distinguish it from the earlier World War I-era destroyer class of the same name. Obsolete by the beginning of the Pacific War, the Kamikazes were relegated to mostly secondary roles. Most ultimately were lost to U.S. submarines.

  1. ^ Jentsura, Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945