Yamakaze at Ominato, 1926
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Class overview | |
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Name | Umikaze class |
Builders | |
Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Preceded by | Kamikaze class |
Succeeded by | Sakura class |
In commission | 28 September 1911 — 1 June 1930 |
Completed | 2 |
Retired | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | |
Beam | 8.6 m (28 ft) |
Draught | 2.7 m (8.9 ft) |
Propulsion | 3-shaft Parsons steam turbine, 8 boilers, 20,500 ihp (15,300 kW) |
Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h) |
Range | 850 nmi (1,570 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h) |
Complement | 141 |
Armament |
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The Umikaze-class destroyers (海風型駆逐艦, Umikazegata kuchikukan) were a class of two destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. They were the first large destroyers designed for open ocean service to be built in Japan.[1]