![]() Fubuki (1936)
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Class overview | |
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Name | Fubuki class |
Builders | |
Operators |
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Preceded by | Mutsuki class |
Succeeded by | Hatsuharu class |
Subclasses |
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Built | 1926–1933 |
In commission | 1928–1953 |
Completed | 24 |
Lost | 22 |
Retired | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length |
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Beam | 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
Complement | 219 |
Armament |
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The Fubuki-class destroyers (吹雪型駆逐艦, Fubukigata kuchikukan) were a class of twenty-four destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy.[1] The Fubuki class has been described as the world's first modern destroyer.[2] The Fubuki class set a new standard not only for Japanese vessels, but for destroyers around the world. They remained formidable opponents to the end of World War II, despite being much older than many of their adversaries.[3]