Kamikaze-class destroyer (1922)
Kamikaze underway on 23 December 1922. | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name | Kamikaze class |
| Builders | |
| Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Preceded by | Wakatake class |
| Succeeded by | Mutsuki class |
| In commission | 1921–1947 |
| Planned | 27 |
| Completed | 9 |
| Cancelled | 18 |
| Lost | 8 |
| Retired | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
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| Beam | 9.1 m (30 ft) |
| Draught | 2.9 m (9.5 ft) |
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| Complement | 154 |
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The Kamikaze-class destroyers (神風型駆逐艦, Kamikazegata kuchikukan) were a class of nine destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Some authors consider the Nokaze, Kamikaze and Mutsuki classes to be extensions of the Minekaze-class destroyers, and the Kamikaze class is sometimes referred to as the "Kiyokaze class" to distinguish it from the earlier World War I-era destroyer class of the same name. Obsolete by the beginning of the Pacific War, the Kamikazes were relegated to mostly secondary roles. Most ultimately were lost to U.S. submarines.