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Hatakaze

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ClassKamikaze class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
FateSunk. Not sunk at Sunda Strait. Aircraft sank her at Takao on 15 January 1945. Not credited to one plane.
Armament (class)Follow-on to the Minekaze class. Four single guns and two funnels.
Command
  • Iritono, Atsuo Captain from 15 October 1940; Relieved on 27 November 1942

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Hatakaze
Hatakaze off Mako, about 1924. The number on the bow is 9. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Hatakaze was a Kamikaze-class destroyer. At Sunda Strait she was in Destroyer Division 5 and launched six torpedoes. The sinking of the cruisers is not credited to her.

Lieutenant Commander Atsuo Iritono had her from 15 October 1940 to 27 November 1942. He later had Akigumo, and he was in her when she was lost.

Aircraft sank Hatakaze at Takao on 15 January 1945. That attack is not credited to one plane.

The photograph was taken off Mako, about 1924. The number on the bow is 9.

The pictures on this page are the originals.