![]() Kamikaze underway on 23 December 1922.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Kamikaze class |
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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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Length |
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Beam | 9.1 m (30 ft) |
Draught | 2.9 m (9.5 ft) |
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Speed |
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Range |
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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.[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.