Japanese destroyer Asakaze (1922)
Service
- as Asakaze? — 10 October 19441,866 days of the war
- Name
- Asakaze
- Pennant / hull number
- 1922
- Builder
- Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
- Laid down
- 16 February 1922
- Launched
- 8 December 1922
- Struck
- 10 October 1944
- Fate
- Sunk on 23 August 1944 (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,719 long tons (1,747 t)
- Length
- 102.5 m (336.3 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.1 m (29.9 ft)
- Draught
- 2.9 m (9.5 ft)
- Speed
- 37.3 knots (69.1 km/h, 42.9 mph)
- Range
- 3,600 nmi (6,667 km)
- Complement
- 148
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Asakaze was a Kamikaze-class destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1922. Her keel was laid at Mitsubishi, Nagasaki on 16 February 1922. She was launched on 8 December 1922.
Her class ran to nine ships. The class followed the Wakatake-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Mutsuki-class destroyer.
Displacement was 1,400 long tons standard and 1,719 long tons at full load. She measured 102.5 m (336 ft) long with a beam of 9.1 m (30 ft). Her designed speed was 37.3 knots, and she carried a complement of 148.
Her main battery was four 120 mm (4.7 in) guns. 38,500 shp drove two shafts.
She was in commission for 1,866 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 October 1944.
She was sunk on 23 August 1944, at 16°06′N 119°44′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts; 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines
- Power
- 38500 shp
- 4 × Kampon water-tube boilers
- Armament
- 4 × single 12 cm Type 3 guns
- 3 × twin 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Asakaze (1922) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — 『写真日本の軍艦第10巻 駆逐艦I』p40 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons