388' 9"

2 geared turbines

35' 6"

3 Kanpon (oil fired)

12' 4"

2

2,043 std

52,000

35.5 knots

240

5,000 NM @ 18 knots

6

5"/50 (127mm)

3 twin turrets

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

4

1"/60 (25mm)
AA

2 twin mounts

8,200 yards @ 50°
AA ceiling 18,040' @ 85°
(effective only to 9,843')

2

.52"/76 (13mm)
AA

single mounts

AA ceiling 13,060' @ 85°
Rate of fire 250 RPM

8

24" (610mm)
torpedo tubes

2 quad launchers
1 reload per tube

43,700 yards @ 36-38 knots
1,080 lb. warhead

1943-44: Number 2 turret removed and replaced with 2 twin 1"/60 (25mm).

6 additional 1"/60 (25mm) were also added.

4 depth charge launchers added (36 depth charges carried).

June 1944: 1"/60 (25mm) increased to between 18 to 28 per unit.

2 additional .52"/76 (13mm) added.

Shiranui

Uraga Dock Co.
Tokyo, Japan

June 28, 1938

Dec. 20, 1939

Sunk Oct. 27, 1944 by aircraft from USS Essex CV-9 (bombs).

Location: Sibuyan Sea, 32 miles NW of Roxas, Panay Island, Philippines
(12.00N - 122.30E).

No survivors.

Kagero

Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan

Sept. 27, 1938

Nov. 6, 1939

Sunk May 8, 1943 hit mine later bombed and strafed by US land based aircraft.
*Hit mine while leaving Kolombangara and was disabled. Attacked by US aircraft
and sunk.

Location: South Pacific, between Kolombangara and Ghizo Islands, Solomon Islands
(08.06S - 156.55E).
*Some sources state sunk SW of Rendova Island but this is incorrect.


18 crewmen killed, unknown number of survivors.

Kuroshio

Fujinagata Zosensho
Osaka, Japan

Oct. 25, 1938

Jan. 27, 1940

Sunk May 8, 1943 by 3 mines.

Location: South Pacific, between Kolombangara and Ghizo Islands, Solomon Islands
(08.05S - 156.55E).
*Some sources state sunk SW of Rendova Island but this is incorrect.

83 crewmen killed, unknown number of survivors.

Oyashio

Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan

Nov. 29, 1938

Aug. 20, 1940

Sunk May 8, 1943 by US aircraft (bombs & strafing).

Location: South Pacific, between Kolombangara and Ghizo Islands, Solomon Islands
(08.06S - 156.55E).
*Some sources state sunk SW of Rendova Island but this is incorrect.

91 crewmen killed, unknown number of survivors.

Hatsukaze

Kawasaki Jyuko Co.
Kobe, Japan

Jan. 24, 1939

Feb. 15, 1940

Sunk Nov. 2, 1943 at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay. Rammed by Japanese
cruiser Myoko and lost bow, sunk by gunfire from USS Spence DD-512 and four
other US destroyers.

Location: Solomon Sea near Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands.
*Sources state she was sunk in Empress Augusta Bay however, the position
given (06.01S - 153.58E) is 82 miles WNW of the center of the bay.

No survivors.

Natsushio

Fujinagata Zosensho
Osaka, Japan

Feb 23, 1939

Aug. 21, 1940

Sunk Feb. 9, 1942 by USS S-37 SS-142 (torpedo).
*Damaged by torpedo Feb. 8 aprox. 9 miles WSW of Macassar. Taken in tow by Kuroshio but, sank on the 9th.

Location: South Pacific, 22 miles south of Macassar, Celebes (05.27S - 119.17E).

8 crewmen killed, unknown number of survivors.

*First Japanese destroyer sunk by a US submarine.

Yukikaze

Sasebo Navy Yard
Sasebo, Japan

Mar. 24, 1939

Jan. 20, 1940

Scrapped in 1970.

*Surrendered at Maizuru in 1945 and turned over to Nationalist Chinese as war reparations on July 6, 1947 and renamed Tan Yan.

Only one of the Kagero class to survive the war.

Hayashio

Uraga Dock Co.
Tokyo, Japan

Apr. 19, 1939

Aug. 21, 1940

Sunk Nov. 24, 1942 by USAAF aircraft (bombs) and scuttled (torpedo).
*Abandoned when fires could not be brought under control, scuttled by Shiratsuyu.

Location: Huon Gulf, 40 miles SE of Lae, Papua New Guinea (07.00S - 147.30E).

50 crewmen killed, unknown number of survivors removed by Shiratsuyu.

Isokaze

Sasebo Navy Yard
Sasebo, Japan

June 19, 1939

Nov. 30, 1940

Sunk Apr. 7, 1945 by US carrier aircraft from TF-58 (possibly Langley CV-27 and
San Jacinto CVL-30) while escorting the Yamato.
*Damaged by aircraft and unmaneuverable, Yukikaze removed crew and scuttled
with gunfire.

Location: East China Sea, 150 miles SW of Nagasaki, Japan (30.46N - 128.29E).

20 crewmen killed, 285 removed by Yukikaze.

Amatsukaze

Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan

Oct. 19, 1939

Oct. 26, 1940

Sunk Apr. 6, 1945 by USAAF B-25's (bombs).
*Grounded to avoid sinking but slid into deep water and sank.

Location: Taiwan Strait, 6 miles east of Amoy (Xiamen) Fujian provence China
(24.27N - 118.11E).

44 crewmen killed, unknown number of survivors.

Tokitsukaze

Uraga Dock Co.
Tokyo, Japan

Nov. 10, 1939

Dec. 15, 1940

Sunk Mar. 4, 1943 by USAAF and RAAF aircraft (bombs).
*Damaged by aircraft on the 3rd and left dead in the water, crew removed by Yukikaze
and ship abandoned.

Location: Solomon Sea, 55 miles SE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
(07.15S - 148.30E).

19 crewmen killed, unknown number of survivors.

Urakaze

Fujinagata Zosensho
Osaka, Japan

Apr. 19, 1940

Dec. 15, 1940

Sunk Nov. 21, 1944 by USS Sealion SS-315 (torpedo).

Location: Taiwan Strait, 72 miles NNW of Keelung (Chi-Lung), Taiwan
(26.09N - 121.23E).

No survivors.

Arashi

Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan

Apr. 22, 1940

Jan. 27, 1941

Sunk Aug. 7, 1943 by USS Craven DD-382, USS Dunlap DD-384 and
USS Maury DD-401 at the Battle of Vella Gulf.

Location: South Pacific, between Kolombangara and Vella Lavella Islands, Solomon Islands (07.50S - 156.55E).

Sunk with the destroyers Hagikaze and Kawakaze, all were carrying troops to
Kolombangara. Aprox. 900 troops on combined ships only 310 survivors (troops and crews) rescued from all three.

Hagikaze

Uraga Dock Co.
Tokyo, Japan

June 18, 1940

Mar. 31, 1941

Sunk Aug. 7, 1943 by USS Craven DD-382, USS Dunlap DD-384 and
USS Maury DD-401 at the Battle of Vella Gulf.

Location: South Pacific, between Kolombangara and Vella Lavella Islands, Solomon Islands (07.50S - 156.55E).

Sunk with the destroyers Arashi and Kawakaze, all were carrying troops to
Kolombangara. Aprox. 900 troops on combined ships only 310 survivors (troops and crews) rescued from all three.

Nowake

Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan

Sept. 17, 1940

Apr. 28, 1941

Sunk Oct. 26, 1944 by USS Vincennes CL-64, USS Biloxi CL-80, Miami CL-89,
Miller DD-535, Lewis Hancock DD-675 and Owen DD-536 (gunfire and torpedoes).

Location: 30 miles north of Samar Island, Philippines (13.00N - 124.54E).

When attacked Nowake was carrying the survivors from the cruiser Chikuma which
had been sunk on Oct. 25.

No survivors from either ship, aprox. 1,400 killed.

Tanikaze

Fujinagata Zosensho
Osaka, Japan

Nov. 1, 1940

Apr. 25, 1941

Sunk June 9, 1944 by USS Harder SS-257 (torpedo).

Location: Sulu Sea, 7 miles east of Lugus Island, Philippines (05.42N - 120.41E).

115 crewmen killed, 125 survivors picked up by Urakaze.

Hamakaze

Uraga Dock Co.
Tokyo, Japan

Nov. 25, 1940

June 30, 1941

Sunk Apr. 7, 1944 by aircraft from USS San Jacinto CVL-30 (bombs & torpedo).
*Escorting the Yamato at the time of loss.

Location: East China Sea, 150 miles SW of Nagasaki, Japan (30.47N - 128.08E).

100 crewmen killed, 257 survivors picked up by Hatsushimo.

Maikaze

Fujinagata Zosensho
Osaka, Japan

Mar. 15, 1941

July 15, 1941

Sunk Feb. 17, 1944 by USS Minneapolis CA-36 and USS New Orleans CA-32 (gunfire).
*Sunk in the same action as the cruiser Katori.

Location: South Pacific, 30 miles NW of Truk Lagoon (07.45N - 151.20E).

No survivors.

18 ships in class.

17 combat losses, 1 scrapped.

5 sunk by US warships.

3 sunk by US submarines.

8 sunk by US aircraft (1 with the help of Australian aircraft and 1 had been damaged by a mine and disabled).

1 sunk by a mine.

5 lost with the entire crew (1 with all the survivors from another ship).