IJN · DD
AfloatKamikaze-class destroyer (1922). She patrolled the northern waters until 1944, then served at Singapore. She rescued survivors of Haguro and Ashigara in 1945 and depth-charged USS Hawkbill. She was wrecked in 1946.
| Class | Kamikaze class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Builder | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki |
| Launched | 1922-09-25 |
| Commissioned | 1922-12-19 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. She was a repatriation ship and was wrecked on 7 June 1946 off Cape Omaezaki, Shizuoka, going to the aid of another repatriation ship, Kunashiri. She was scrapped on the spot in 1947. This is the destroyer of 1922, not the aircraft word. |
| Armament (class) | Follow-on to the Minekaze class. Four single guns and two funnels. |
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.
Kamikaze, photographed on 23 December 1922. Photo from the Kure Maritime Museum's destroyer album (Todaka, ed.). Wikimedia Commons File:Kamikaze II.jpg. Public domain.
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