Japanese destroyer Hatakaze (1924)
Service
- as Hatakaze? — 10 March 19452,017 days of the war
- Name
- Hatakaze
- Pennant / hull number
- 1924
- Builder
- Maizuru Naval Arsenal
- Laid down
- 3 July 1923
- Launched
- 15 March 1924
- Struck
- 10 March 1945
- Fate
- Sunk by aircraft, 15 January 1945
By aircraft (1945) - 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)
Hatakaze was a Kamikaze-class destroyer (1922) destroyer, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1924. Her keel was laid at Maizuru Naval Arsenal on 3 July 1923. She was launched on 15 March 1924.
She was one of nine ships of her class. The class followed the Wakatake-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Mutsuki-class destroyer.
She displaced 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. Her machinery developed 38,500 shp through two shafts.
She was in commission for 2,017 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 March 1945.
She was sunk on 15 January 1945 by aircraft, at 22°40′N 120°14′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 Hatakaze (1924) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Japanese book "History of Japanese Destroyers" published by Kaigunsha — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons