Hatsuharu-class destroyer

Hatsuharu in 1934 as reconstructed
Class overview
Name	Hatsuharu class
Builders	Sasebo Naval Arsenal (2) Uraga Dock Company (2) Kawasaki-Kobe (1) Maizuru Naval Arsenal (1)
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Akatsuki class
Succeeded by	Shiratsuyu class
Subclasses	Ariake class
Built	1931–1935
In commission	1933–1945
Completed	6
Lost	6
General characteristics (as initially completed)
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,530 t (1,510 long tons)
Length	109.5 m (359 ft 3 in) overall
Beam	10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draught	3.38 m (11 ft 1 in)
Installed power	42,000 shp (31,000 kW) 3 water-tube boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 Kampon steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) @ 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	212
Armament	2 × twin, 1 × single Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns 2 × single 40 mm AA guns 2 × triple 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes 18 × depth charges

The Hatsuharu-class destroyers (初春型駆逐艦, Hatsuharugata kuchikukan) were a class of Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers in the service before and during World War II. The final two vessels in the class, completed after modifications to the design, are sometimes considered a separate "Ariake class".