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Asakaze Class Destroyers Class Overview |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
236' 2" |
Engines: |
2 reciprocating |
Beam: |
21' 7" |
Boilers: |
4 |
Draft: |
5' 9" |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
381 std / 450 full |
HP: |
6,000 |
Speed: |
29 knots |
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Crew: |
61 |
Range: |
1,200 NM @ 15 knots |
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Armament as built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
6 |
3"/40 (76mm) |
Single mounts |
11,750 yards @ 40° (6.6 miles) AA ceiling 19,000' @ 70° 12.5 lb. HE shell |
2 |
18" (450mm) torpedo tubes |
Single launchers |
1,100 yards @ 27 knots (.6 miles) 220 lb. Picric Acid or Shimose warhead |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Hatsushimo |
Yokosuka Navy Yard Yokosuka, Japan |
May 13, 1905 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1928.
*Converted into a minesweeper in 1923. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Kamikaze |
Yokosuka Navy Yard Yokosuka, Japan |
July 15, 1905 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1928.
*Converted into a minesweeper in 1923. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Yayoi |
Yokosuka Navy Yard Yokosuka, Japan |
Aug. 7, 1905 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1926.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Nenohi |
Kure Navy Yard Kure, Japan |
Aug. 30, 1905 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1928.
*Converted into a minesweeper in 1923. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Ushio |
Kure Navy Yard Kure, Japan |
Aug. 30, 1905 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1928.
*Converted into a minesweeper in 1923. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Kisaragi |
Yokosuka Navy Yard Yokosuka, Japan |
Sept. 6, 1905 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1928.
*Converted into a minesweeper in 1923. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Asakaze |
Kawasaki Jyuko Co. Kobe, Japan |
Oct. 28, 1905 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1928.
*Converted into a minesweeper in 1923. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Yugure |
Sasebo Navy Yard Sasebo, Japan |
Nov. 17, 1905 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1928.
*Converted into a minesweeper in 1923. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Wakaba |
Yokosuka Navy Yard Yokosuka, Japan |
Nov. 25, 1905 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1928.
*Converted into a minesweeper in 1923. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Harukaze |
Kawasaki Jyuko Co. Kobe, Japan |
Dec. 25, 1905 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1928.
*Converted into a minesweeper in 1923. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Oite |
Maizuru Navy Yard Maizuru, Japan |
Jan. 10, 1906 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Hulked in 1926.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Shiratsuyu |
Mitsubishi Zosensho Nagasaki, Japan |
Feb. 12, 1906 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1928.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Hatsuyuki |
Yokosuka Navy Yard Yokosuka, Japan |
Mar. 8, 1906 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1928.
*Converted into a minesweeper in 1923. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Shigure |
Kawasaki Jyuko Co. Kobe, Japan |
Mar. 12, 1906 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1925.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Yudachi |
Sasebo Navy Yard Sasebo, Japan |
Mar. 26, 1906 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1928.
*Converted into a minesweeper in 1923. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Hibiki |
Yokosuka Navy Yard Yokosuka, Japan |
Mar. 31, 1906 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1928.
*Converted into a minesweeper in 1923. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Asatsuyu |
Osaka Iron Works Osaka, Japan |
Apr. 2, 1906 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Wrecked Nov. 30, 1913
Location: Nanao Bay, Honshu, Japan. (37.05N - 136.58E) *aprox. position. Details unknown. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Shirayuki |
Mitsubishi Zosensho Nagasaki, Japan |
May 19, 1906 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1928.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Hatsuharu |
Kawasaki Jyuko Co. Kobe, Japan |
May 21, 1906 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1925.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Hayate |
Osaka Iron Works Osaka, Japan |
May 22, 1906 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1925.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Mikazuki |
Sasebo Navy Yard Sasebo, Japan |
May 26, 1906 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1928.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Nowaki |
Sasebo Navy Yard Sasebo, Japan |
July 25, 1906 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1924.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Shirotae |
Mitsubishi Zosensho Nagasaki, Japan |
July 30, 1906 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Wrecked Sept. 3, 1914 during a gun battle with the German gunboat Jaguar.
Location: Yellow Sea, at Kiautschou (Jiaozhou) Bay, Shandong Provence, China. (36.05N - 120.15E) *aprox. position. Destroyed by German shore guns and scrapped in 1915. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Yunagi |
Maizuru Navy Yard Maizuru, Japan |
Aug. 22, 1906 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1925.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Uzuki |
Kawasaki Jyuko Co. Kobe, Japan |
Sept. 20, 1906 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1925.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Minazuki (Later Minesweeper # 10) |
Mitsubishi Zosensho Nagasaki, Japan |
Nov. 5, 1906 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1930.
*Converted into a minesweeper in 1926. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Nagatsuki (Later Minesweeper # 11) |
Uraga Dock Co. Tokyo, Japan |
Dec. 15, 1906 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1930.
*Converted into a minesweeper in 1926. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Matsukaze |
Mitsubishi Zosensho Nagasaki, Japan |
Dec. 23, 1906 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1926.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Kikuzuki (Later Minesweeper #12) |
Uraga Dock Co. Tokyo, Japan |
Apr. 10, 1907 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1930.
*Converted into a minesweeper in 1926. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Uranami (Later Minesweeper # 8) |
Maizuru Navy Yard Maizuru, Japan |
Dec. 8, 1907 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1930.
*Converted into a minesweeper in 1926. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Isonami (Later Minesweeper # 7) |
Maizuru Navy Yard Maizuru, Japan |
Nov. 21, 1908 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1930.
*Converted into a minesweeper in 1926. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Ayanami (Later Minesweeper # 9) |
Maizuru Navy Yard Maizuru, Japan |
Mar. 20, 1909 |
N/A |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1930.
*Converted into a minesweeper in 1926. |
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Page revised May 1, 2007 |
