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Hatakaze

IJN Hatakaze

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassKamikaze
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns

Sunk by US carrier aircraft at Takao in Formosa on 15 January 1945.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Hatakaze off Mako, circa 1924. 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
BuilderMaizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down3 July 1923
Launched15 March 1924
Displacement1,422 t (1,400 long tons) (normal) 1,747 t (1,719 long tons) (deep load)
Length97.5 m (319 ft 11 in) (pp) 102.5 m (336 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Speed37.3 knots (69.1 km/h; 42.9 mph)
Complement148

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

15 March 1924