Wakatake-class destroyer

	The Wakatake-class destroyer Kuretake
Class overview
Name	Wakatake class
Builders	Fujinagata Shipyards (2); Tōkyō Ishikawajima Shipyard (2); Uraga Dock Company (2); Kawasaki Dockyard Co. (1); Maizuru Naval Arsenal (1);
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Minekaze class
Succeeded by	Kamikaze class
In commission	1920–1945
Planned	13
Completed	8
Cancelled	5
Lost	7
Retired	1
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	900 long tons (914 t) normal,; 1,100 long tons (1,118 t) full load;
Length	83.8 m (275 ft) pp,; 85.3 m (280 ft) overall;
Beam	7.9 m (26 ft)
Draught	2.5 m (8.2 ft)
Propulsion	2-shaft Mitsubishi-Parsons geared steam turbine, 3 heavy oil-fired boilers 21,500 ihp (16,000 kW)
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	110
Armament	3 × Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun; 2 × 7.7mm machine guns; 4 × 53cm torpedoes; 20 × mines; (Asagao, after July 1944); 2 × Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval guns; 4 × Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns,; 4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) Type 93 AA guns,; 2 × 530 mm (21 in) 6th Year Type TTs; (3 × 6th Year Type torpedoes); up to 36 × depth charges;

The Wakatake-class destroyers (若竹型駆逐艦, Wakatakegata kuchikukan) were a class of eight second-class destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Class overview
The Wakatake-class destroyer Kuretake
Name	Wakatake class
Builders	Fujinagata Shipyards (2) Tōkyō Ishikawajima Shipyard (2) Uraga Dock Company (2) Kawasaki Dockyard Co. (1) Maizuru Naval Arsenal (1)
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Minekaze class
Succeeded by	Kamikaze class
In commission	1920–1945
Planned	13
Completed	8
Cancelled	5
Lost	7
Retired	1
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	900 long tons (914 t) normal, 1,100 long tons (1,118 t) full load
Length	83.8 m (275 ft) pp, 85.3 m (280 ft) overall
Beam	7.9 m (26 ft)
Draught	2.5 m (8.2 ft)
Propulsion	2-shaft Mitsubishi-Parsons geared steam turbine, 3 heavy oil-fired boilers 21,500 ihp (16,000 kW)
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	110
Armament	3 × Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun 2 × 7.7mm machine guns 4 × 53cm torpedoes 20 × mines (Asagao, after July 1944) 2 × Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval guns 4 × Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns, 4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) Type 93 AA guns, 2 × 530 mm (21 in) 6th Year Type TTs (3 × 6th Year Type torpedoes) up to 36 × depth charges