Shiratsuyu-class destroyer

Yamakaze
Class overview
Name	Shiratsuyu class
Builders	Uraga Dock Company (4) Sasebo Naval Arsenal (2) Maizuru Naval Arsenal (2) Fujinagata Shipyards (2)
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Hatsuharu class
Succeeded by	Asashio class
Built	1931–1935
In commission	1933–1945
Completed	10
Lost	10
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,685 long tons (1,712 t) standard
Length	103.5 m (340 ft) pp 107.5 m (352 ft 8 in) waterline 109.6 m (359 ft 7 in) overall
Beam	9.9 m (32 ft 6 in)
Draught	3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft Kampon geared turbines 3 Kanpon boilers, 42,000 hp (31,000 kW)
Speed	34 knots (39 mph; 63 km/h) (original), 33.3 knots (modified)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km) @ 18 kn (33 km/h)
Complement	180
Armament	5 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (2×2, 1×1) 2 × Type 93 13mm machine guns (2×1) 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes (2×4) 16 × Type 93 torpedoes 16 × depth charges

The Shiratsuyu-class destroyers (白露型駆逐艦, Shiratsuyugata kuchikukan) were a class of ten 1st Class destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy in service before and during World War II, during which all ten were sunk.^[1]