Japanese destroyer Asakaze (1922)
Asakaze | |
| History | |
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| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Asakaze |
| Builder | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki |
| Laid down | 16 February 1922 as Destroyer No. 3 |
| Launched | 8 December 1922 |
| Completed | 16 June 1923 |
| Renamed | Asakaze, 1 August 1928 |
| Stricken | 10 October 1944 |
| Fate | Sunk on 23 August 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Kamikaze-class destroyer |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 9.1 m (29 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 37.3 knots (69.1 km/h; 42.9 mph) |
| Range | 3,600 nmi (6,700 km; 4,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 148 |
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The Japanese destroyer Asakaze (朝風, "Morning Wind") was one of nine Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1920s. During the Pacific War, she participated in the Philippines Campaign in December 1941 and the Dutch East Indies Campaign in early 1942. She took part in the Battle of Sunda Strait in March and helped to sink two Allied cruisers. She was sunk by USS Haddo in August 1944.