Umikaze-class destroyer

Yamakaze at Ominato, 1926
Class overview
NameUmikaze class
Builders
Operators Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded byKamikaze class
Succeeded bySakura class
In commission28 September 1911 — 1 June 1930
Completed2
Retired2
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement
  • 1,030 long tons (1,047 t) normal,
  • 1,150 long tons (1,168 t)
Length
  • 94.5 m (310 ft) pp,
  • 98.5 m (323 ft) o/a
Beam8.6 m (28 ft)
Draught2.7 m (8.9 ft)
Propulsion3-shaft Parsons steam turbine, 8 boilers, 20,500 ihp (15,300 kW)
Speed33 knots (61 km/h)
Range850 nmi (1,570 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement141
Armament

The Umikaze-class destroyers (海風型駆逐艦, Umikazegata kuchikukan) were a class of two destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. They were the first large destroyers designed for open ocean service to be built in Japan.[1]

  1. ^ Jentsura, Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945.