Kamikaze-class destroyer (1905)
Japanese destroyer Ushio at Vladivostok 1920 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kamikaze class |
| Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Preceded by | Harusame class |
| Succeeded by | Umikaze class |
| In commission | 16 August 1905 – 1 April 1928 |
| Completed | 32 |
| Lost | 2 |
| Retired | 30 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
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| Length |
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| Beam | 6.57 m (21.6 ft) |
| Draught | 1.8 m (5.9 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft reciprocating, 4 coal-fired boilers, 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW) |
| Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h) |
| Range | 850 nmi (1,570 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h) |
| Complement | 70 |
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The Kamikaze-class destroyers (神風型駆逐艦, Kamikaze-gata kuchikukan, "divine wind") were a class of thirty-two torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Kamikaze class of destroyers were the first destroyers to be mass-produced in Japan. The class is also sometimes referred to as the Asakaze class. This class of destroyer should not be confused with the later Kamikaze-class destroyers built in 1922, which participated in the Pacific War.