Minekaze-class destroyer

Minekaze at Yokosuka on 30 August 1932
Class overview
Name	Minekaze class
Builders	Maizuru Naval Arsenal Mitsubishi-Nagasaki
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy  Republic of China Navy
Preceded by	Momi class
Succeeded by	Wakatake class
Subclasses	Nokaze class
In commission	1919–1946
Completed	15
Lost	11
Retired	4
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,345 long tons (1,367 t) (normal) 1,650 long tons (1,676 t) (full load)
Length	97.5 m (319 ft 11 in) (pp) 102.6 m (336 ft 7 in) (o/a)
Beam	9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Installed power	4 boilers 38,500 ihp (28,700 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	39 knots (72 km/h; 45 mph)
Range	3,600 nmi (6,700 km; 4,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	148
Armament	4 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) guns 2 × 7.7mm machine guns 3 × twin 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 20 × mines

The Minekaze class (峯風型駆逐艦, Minekazegata kuchikukan) was a class of fifteen 1st-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Obsolete by the beginning of the Pacific War, the Minekaze-class ships were then relegated to mostly secondary roles, serving throughout the war as patrol vessels, high speed transports, target control vessels, and as kaiten (suicide torpedo) carriers. Most ultimately were lost to U.S. and British submarines. The basic design of the Minekaze was used for the next three classes of Japanese destroyers, a total of 36 ships.