Japanese destroyer Kawakaze (1936)
Service
- as Kawakaze30 April 1937 — 15 October 19431,505 days of the war
- Name
- Kawakaze
- Pennant / hull number
- 1936
- Namesake
- River Wind
- Builder
- Fujinagata Shipyards
- Ordered
- 1933
- Laid down
- 25 April 1935
- Launched
- 1 November 1936
- Commissioned
- 30 April 1937
- Struck
- 15 October 1943
- Fate
- Sunk 7 August 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,685 long tons (1,712 t)
- Length
- 107.5 m (352.7 ft) WL
- Beam
- 9.9 m (32.5 ft)
- Draught
- 3.5 m (11.5 ft)
- Speed
- 34 knots (63 km/h, 39.1 mph)
- Range
- 4,000 nmi (7,408 km)
- Complement
- 226
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Kawakaze was a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1936. She was named for River Wind. Her keel was laid at Fujinagata Shipyards on 25 April 1935. She entered service on 30 April 1937, having been launched on 1 November 1936.
She was one of ten ships of her class. The class followed the Hatsuharu-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Asashio-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,685 long tons. She measured 107.5 m (353 ft) long with a beam of 9.9 m (32 ft). Her designed speed was 34 knots, and she carried a complement of 226.
Her main battery was five 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,505 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 15 October 1943.
She was sunk on 7 August 1943, at 7°50′S 156°54′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 Kampon geared turbines
- 3 boilers, 42000 hp
- Armament
- 5 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval guns (2×2, 1×1)
- 2 × Type 93 13 mm AA guns
- 8 × 24 in torpedo tubes
- 16 × Depth charges
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Harusame (1935)
- Japanese destroyer Murasame (1935)
- Japanese destroyer Samidare (1935)
- Japanese destroyer Shigure (1935)
- Japanese destroyer Shiratsuyu (1935)
- Japanese destroyer Suzukaze
- Japanese destroyer Umikaze (1936)
- Japanese destroyer Yamakaze (1936)
- Japanese destroyer Yūdachi (1936)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Kawakaze (1936) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Richard Fergus — Own work — CC0 — Wikimedia Commons