Imperial Japanese Navy — Destroyer class
Kagerō-class destroyer
Kagerō class
The class in numbers
- 18 Planned
- 19 Completed
- 3 Cancelled
- 18 Lost
- 1 Scrapped
Design and service
- Type
- Destroyer
- Navy
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- In commission
- 1939–1947 (Japan)
- Preceded by
- Asashio-class destroyer
- Succeeded by
- Yūgumo-class destroyer
- Builders
- Uraga Dock Company (6)
- Fujinagata Shipyards (5)
- Maizuru Naval Arsenal (5)
- Sasebo Naval Arsenal (2)
- Kawasaki Dockyard Co. (1)
Class specifications
Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.
As built
- Displacement, standard
- 2,000 long tons (2,032 t)
- Length
- 118.5 m (388.8 ft)
- Speed
- 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h, 40.9 mph)
- Complement
- 240
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
- Armament
- (Kagerō, 1939)
- 6 (3xII) x Type 3 127 mm 50-caliber naval guns (3×2)
- 4 (2×II) x 25 mm Type 96 AA guns
- 8 (2xIV) × Type 92 torpedo tubes (2×4)
- 16 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedoes
- 18 × Type 95 depth charges
- 2 × paravanes
- (Yukikaze, April 1945)
- 4 (2xII) × Type 3 127 mm 50-caliber naval guns (2×2)
- 28 (4xIII, 1xII, 14xI) × 25 mm Type 96 AA guns
- 4 × 13 mm Type 95 AA guns
- 8 (2xIV) × Type 92 torpedo tubes (2×4)
- 16 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedoes
- 36 × Type 2 or Type 3 depth charges
Roster
| Vessel | Pennant | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese destroyer Akigumo (1941) | 1941 | 1941 | Sunk 1944 |
| Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze (1939) | 1939 | 1940 | Scuttled 1945 |
| Japanese destroyer Arashi | 1940 | Sunk 1943 | |
| Japanese destroyer Hagikaze | 1940 | Sunk 1943 | |
| Japanese destroyer Hamakaze (1940) | 1940 | 1941 | Sunk 1945 |
| Japanese destroyer Hatsukaze | 1939 | Sunk 1943 | |
| Japanese destroyer Hayashio | 1939 | Sunk 1942 | |
| Japanese destroyer Isokaze (1939) | 1939 | 1940 | Scuttled 1945 |
| Japanese destroyer Kagerō (1938) | 1938 | 1939 | Sunk 1943 |
| Japanese destroyer Kuroshio | 1938 | Sunk 1943 | |
| Japanese destroyer Maikaze | 1941 | Sunk 1944 | |
| Japanese destroyer Natsushio | 1939 | Sunk 1942 | |
| Japanese destroyer Nowaki (1940) | 1940 | 1941 | Sunk 1944 |
| Japanese destroyer Oyashio | 1938 | Sunk 1943 | |
| Japanese destroyer Shiranui (1938) | 1938 | 1938 | Sunk 1944 |
| Japanese destroyer Tanikaze (1940) | 1940 | 1941 | Sunk 1944 |
| Japanese destroyer Tokitsukaze (1939) | 1939 | 1939 | Sunk 1943 |
| Japanese destroyer Urakaze (1940) | 1940 | 1940 | Sunk 1944 |
| Japanese destroyer Yukikaze (1939) | 1939 | 1940 | Scrapped 1970 |
Sources
- Facts harvested from Kagerō-class destroyer on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.