Japanese destroyer Hokaze
Service
- as Hokaze22 December 1921 — 10 September 19441,836 days of the war
- Name
- Hokaze
- Builder
- Maizuru Naval Arsenal
- Ordered
- 1918
- Laid down
- 30 November 1920
- Launched
- 12 July 1921
- Commissioned
- 22 December 1921
- Struck
- 10 September 1944
- Fate
- Torpedoed and sunk on 6 July 1944
By torpedo (1944) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,215 long tons (1,234 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,345 long tons (1,367 t)
- Length
- 102.6 m (336.6 ft) OA
- Beam
- 8.92 m (29.3 ft)
- Draught
- 2.79 m (9.2 ft)
- Speed
- 39 knots (72.2 km/h, 44.9 mph)
- Range
- 3,600 nmi (6,667 km)
- Complement
- 154
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Hokaze was a Minekaze-class destroyer, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Maizuru Naval Arsenal on 30 November 1920. She entered service on 22 December 1921, having been launched on 12 July 1921.
Twelve ships of the class were built. The class followed the Momi-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Wakatake-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,215 long tons standard and 1,345 long tons at full load. She measured 102.6 m (337 ft) long with a beam of 8.9 m (29 ft). Her designed speed was 39 knots, and she carried a complement of 154. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 1,836 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 September 1944.
She was sunk on 6 July 1944 by torpedo, at 3°24′N 125°28′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-shaft Mitsubishi-Parsons geared turbines, 4 boilers 38500 ihp
- Armament
- 4 × Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun
- 6 × 21 in torpedo tubes
- 2 × 7.7 mm machine guns
- 16 × naval mines
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Akikaze
- Japanese destroyer Hakaze
- Japanese destroyer Minekaze
- Japanese destroyer Nadakaze
- Japanese destroyer Okikaze
- Japanese destroyer Sawakaze (1919)
- Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1920)
- Japanese destroyer Shiokaze
- Japanese destroyer Tachikaze (1921)
- Japanese destroyer Yakaze
- Japanese destroyer Yūkaze
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Hokaze on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Japanese book "History of Japanese Destroyers" (1992) published by Kaigunsha, p.71 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons