Kamikaze-class destroyer (1922)

Kamikaze underway on 23 December 1922.
Class overview
Name	Kamikaze class
Builders	Maizuru Naval Arsenal Mitsubishi-Nagasaki Uraga Dock Company Ishikawajima Shipyards Fujinagata Shipyards Sasebo Naval Arsenal
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
Displacement	1,400 long tons (1,422 t) normal, 1,720 long tons (1,748 t) full load
Length	97.5 m (320 ft) pp, 102.6 m (337 ft) overall
Beam	9.1 m (30 ft)
Draught	2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Propulsion	(Kamikaze to Hatakaze) 4 × Ro-Gō Kampon water-tube boilers 2 × Parsons geared turbines 38,500 shp 2 shafts (Oite to Yūnagi) 4 × Ro-Gō Kampon water-tube boilers 2 × Kampon geared turbines 38,500 ihp (28,700 kW) 2 shafts
Speed	(Kamikaze to Hatakaze) 37.25 knots (68.99 km/h) (Oite to Yūnagi) 36.88 knots (68.30 km/h)
Range	3600 nm @ 14 knots (6,700 km at 26 km/h)
Complement	154
Armament	4 × Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun 2 × 7.7mm machine guns 6× 53cm torpedoes (in 3 double mounts) 18 × depth charges

The Kamikaze-class destroyers (神風型駆逐艦, Kamikazegata kuchikukan) were a class of nine destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy.^[1] 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.