Harusame-class destroyer

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Japanese destroyer Murasame at Sasebo, 1919
Class overview
Name	Harusame class
Builders	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Shirakumo class
Succeeded by	Kamikaze class
In commission	June 1903 - April 1923
Completed	7
Lost	2
Retired	5
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	375 tons normal, 435 tons full load
Length	69.2 m (227 ft) pp 71.4 m (234 ft) overall
Beam	6.57 m (21.6 ft)
Draught	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	2-shaft reciprocating, 4 coal-fired boilers, 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW)
Speed	29 kn (54 km/h)
Range	1,200 nmi (2,200 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Complement	55
Armament	1 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun 1 x QF 12 pounder 8 cwt naval gun 4 × QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss guns 2 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedoes

The Harusame-class destroyers (春雨型駆逐艦, Harusamegata kuchikukan) was a class of seven torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Harusame class of destroyers were the first destroyers to be built in Japan.^[1]