IJN Asakaze

Sunk

Type	Destroyer
Class	Kamikaze
War	Second World War
Main guns	4 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns

Sunk by USS Haddo off Luzon on 23 August 1944.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Asakaze, Kamikaze-class. Her name was "DD No.3" at this time. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

4 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns
3 × twin 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes

Builder	Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down	16 February 1922 as Destroyer No. 3
Launched	8 December 1922
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)
Speed	37.3 knots (69.1 km/h; 42.9 mph)
Complement	148

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

8 December 1922