Japanese destroyer Hamakaze (1940)
Hamakaze underway on 30 June 1941 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Hamakaze |
| Ordered | 1937 |
| Builder | Uraga Dock Company |
| Laid down | 20 November 1939 |
| Launched | 25 November 1940 |
| Commissioned | 30 June 1941 |
| Stricken | 10 June 1945 |
| Fate | Sunk in action, 7 April 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Kagerō-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,490 long tons (2,530 t) |
| Length | 118.5 m (388 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
| Draft | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | Two-shaft geared turbines |
| Speed | 35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h) |
| Range | 8338km (4500nm) |
| Complement | 240 |
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Hamakaze (浜風; "Beach Wind") was one of 19 Kagerō-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1930s.