Hatsuharu Class Destroyers Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
359' 3"
Engines:
2 Geared steam turbines
Beam:
32' 9"
Boilers:
3 Kanpon (oil fired)
Draft:
11' 6"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
1,400 std. (a)
HP:
42,000
Speed:
36.5 (b)
Crew:
200
Range:
N/A
Construction notes:
(a):
Original tonnage 1,400 std. but after modifications because of instability it was increased
to 1,715 std. / 1,802 full.

(b):
Reduced to 33.3 knots after modifications.


Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
5
5"/50 (12.7cm) DP
2 x twin turrets
1 single turret

20,100 yards @ 45° (11.4 miles)
AA ceiling 40,000 @ 75°
50.7 lb. HE shell

2
.52"/76 (13mm)
Single mounts
7,108 yards (4 miles) @ 50°
AA ceiling 14,764' @ 85°
(max effective 13,060')
.11 lb. shell

9
24" (610mm)
torpedo tubes
3 triple launchers
Max. depending on type
43,700 yards (24 miles) @ 36-38 knots
1,080 lb. Type 97 warhead

Armament notes:
The original design called for 3 x 5"/50 guns in two turrets (single forward and twin aft) however after construction it was found that the ships were unstable and the third set of torpedo launchers were removed and replaced with a single 5"/50 turret. The forward single 5" turret was replaced with a twin turret.

1942-43: The second 5" turret was removed and replaced with 6 x 25mm AA in two triple mounts.

The final configuration varied but included:
Between 13 and 21 - 25mm/60
4 x 13mm/76
4 depth charge launchers (36 depth charges)


Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Nenohi
Uraga Dock Co.
Tokyo, Japan

Dec. 22, 1932
Sept. 30, 1933
Fate
Sunk July 4, 1942 by USS Triton SS-201. (torpedo)

Location: Bering Sea, 9 miles SE of Cape Sabak, Agattu Island, Aleutian Islands.
(52.15N - 173.51E)

188 crewmen killed, 38 survivors picked up by Inazuma.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Hatsuharu
Sasebo Navy Yard
Sasebo, Japan

Feb. 27, 1933
Sept. 30, 1933
Fate
Sunk Nov. 13, 1944 by US aircraft from TF-38.

Location: Manila Bay, 11 miles east of Manila, Luzon, Philippines.
(14.35N - 120.50E)

12 crewmen killed, 218 survivors.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Hatsushimo
Uraga Dock Co.
Tokyo, Japan

Nov. 4, 1933
Sept. 27, 1934
Fate
Sunk July 30, 1945 by mine.

Location: Miyatsu Bay, 12 miles WNW Maizuru, Honshu, Japan.
(35.33N - 135.12E)

17 crewmen killed.

*Last Japanese destroyer sunk in World War 2.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Wakaba
Sasebo Navy Yard
Sasebo, Japan

Mar. 18, 1934
Oct. 31, 1934
Fate
Sunk Oct. 24, 1944 by US aircraft from the USS Franklin CV-13 in the
Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Location: Mindoro Strait, 30 miles W of Santander, Panay Island, Philippines.
(just off the SW coast of Buad Island)
(11.50N - 121.25E)

42 crewmen killed, 152 survivors.
(78 picked up by Hatsuharu, 74 picked up by Hatsushimo)
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Yugure
Kosakubu
Maizuru, Japan

May 6, 1934
Mar. 30, 1935
Fate
Sunk July 20, 1943 by USMC aircraft.

Location: South Pacific 34 miles NNW of Kolombangara Island, Solomon Islands.
(07.25S - 156.45E)

No survivors.
*Survivors were picked up by Kiyonami but she was sunk a few hours later
with the loss of all on board.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Ariake
Kawasaki Jyuko Co.
Kobe, Japan

Sept. 23, 1934
Mar. 25, 1935
Fate
Sunk July 28, 1943 by USAAF B-25's.

Location: Bismarck Sea, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Papau New Guinea.
(05.27S - 148.25E)

7 crewmen killed.

*Grounded on reef with Mikazuki on July 27 but freed herself. After completing her
mission returned to help the grounded Mikazuki and both were sunk.


Class Notes:
All ships in this class were lost in combat in World War 2.


Page revised May 6, 2007