Japanese destroyer Hatsuyuki (1928)

Hatsuyuki
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Hatsuyuki
Ordered	1923 Fiscal Year
Builder	Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Yard number	Destroyer No.37
Laid down	12 April 1927
Launched	29 September 1928
Commissioned	30 March 1929
Stricken	5 October 1943
Fate	Sunk in air raid, 17 July 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	Fubuki-class destroyer
Displacement	1,750 long tons (1,780 t) standard 2,050 long tons (2,080 t) re-built
Length	111.96 m (367.3 ft) pp 115.3 m (378 ft) waterline 118.41 m (388.5 ft) overall
Beam	10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draft	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	4 × Kampon type boilers 2 × Kampon Type Ro geared turbines 2 × shafts at 50,000 ihp (37,000 kW)
Speed	38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	219
Armament	6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3×2) up to 22 × Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns up to 10 × 13 mm AA guns 9 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes 36 × depth charges
Service record
Operations:	Second Sino-Japanese War Invasion of French Indochina Battle of Malaya Battle of Sunda Strait Indian Ocean raid Battle of Midway Solomon Islands campaign Guadalcanal campaign Battle of Cape Esperance Naval Battle for Guadalcanal Battle of Kula Gulf

Hatsuyuki (初雪, "First Snow") was the third of twenty-four Fubuki-class destroyers^[1] built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. When introduced into service, these ships were the most powerful destroyers in the world.^[2] They served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, and remained formidable weapons systems well into the Pacific War.