Japanese destroyer Kamikaze (1922)

Kamikaze underway on 23 December 1922
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Kamikaze
Builder	Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down	15 December 1921 as Destroyer No. 1
Launched	25 September 1922
Completed	19 December 1922
Renamed	Kamikaze, 1 August 1928
Stricken	5 October 1945
Fate	Wrecked, 7 June 1946 Scrapped, 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Kamikaze-class destroyer
Displacement	1,422 t (1,400 long tons) (normal) 1,747 t (1,719 long tons) (deep load)
Length	97.5 m (319 ft 11 in) (pp) 102.5 m (336 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam	9.1 m (29 ft 10 in)
Draft	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Installed power	38,500 shp (28,700 kW) 4 × Kampon water-tube boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines
Speed	37.3 knots (69.1 km/h; 42.9 mph)
Range	3,600 nmi (6,700 km; 4,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	148
Armament	4 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns 3 × twin 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
Service record
Part of:	Destroyer Division 1
Operations:	Battle of the Malacca Strait

The Japanese destroyer Kamikaze (神風, "Divine Wind" or "Spirit Wind") was the lead ship of nine Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1920s. At the beginning of the Pacific War in December 1941, the ship was assigned to the Ōminato Guard District. She remained in northern Japanese waters until mid-1942 when she participated in the Aleutian Islands Campaign. Kamikaze continued to patrol northern Japanese waters until early 1945 when she was transferred to the Singapore area.