IJN Hatsukaze

Sunk

Type	Destroyer
Class	Kagerō
War	Second World War
Main guns	(1939)

Fought at the Java Sea. Sunk at Empress Augusta Bay in 1943.

Japanese destroyers Natsugumo (left) and Hatsukaze (right) docked together in Formosa Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

(1939)
6 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 DP guns
2 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes
16 depth charges
2 × paravanes
(1943)
8 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
36 depth charges

Builder	Kawasaki Shipyards
Laid down	3 December 1937
Launched	24 January 1939
Displacement	2,033 long tons (2,066 t) standard
Length	118.5 m (388 ft 9 in)
Speed	35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h)
Complement	239

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

Career

Launched

24 January 1939

Battle of the Java Sea

Survived

27 February 1942

Fate

Sunk

Sunk in action, 2 November 1943