336'

2 x Parsons geared turbines

32'

4 x Kanpon

10'

2

1,270 std.

38,500

37.4 knots

148

4,000 NM @ 15 knots

4

4.7"/45 (12cm)

4 single mounts

17,500 yards @ 33° (9.9 miles)

2

7.7mm/94 (0.303")

Single mounts

330 yards @ 50°
AA ceiling 9,840'

6

21" torpedo tubes

3 twin launchers

Max. depending on type
10,900 yards (6.1 miles)
27 knots, 353 lb. charge.

Armament changes:

1941-42: #2 mount 4.7" gun removed and replaced by 6 - 10 x 25mm. One twin
torpedo launcher removed. 4 depth charge launchers added. (18 depth charges carried)

June 1944: 25mm guns increased to between 13 - 20.
Four 13mm/76 AA guns added.

Kamikaze
(ex No. 1)

Mitsubishi Zosensho
Nagasaki, Japan

Sept. 25, 1922

Dec. 28, 1922

N/A

Wrecked June 7, 1946 at Omaezaki, Japan. Total loss and scrapped on site.

Location: Omaezaki, Honshu, Japan. (aprox. 34.36N - 138.13E)

Asakaze
(ex No. 3)

Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan

Dec. 8, 1922

June 16, 1923

N/A

Sank in tow Aug. 23, 1944 after being damaged by a torpedo from
USS Haddo SS-255.

Location: South China Sea 20 miles SW of Cape Bolinao, Luzon, Philippines.

Unknown number of casualties or survivors.

Harukaze
(ex No. 5)

Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan

Dec. 18, 1922

May 31, 1923

N/A

Damaged Jan. 21, 1945 at Makung, Formosa (Taiwan) by US Aircraft from TF-38.
Harukaze was towed to Sasebo, Japan and remained there unrepaired through
the end of the war.

Sunk as breakwater ship Nov. 10, 1945 at Kyoto Prefecture,
raised and scrapped in 1947.

Matsukaze
(ex No. 7)

Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan

Oct. 30, 1923

Apr. 5, 1924

N/A

Sunk June 9, 1944 by USS Swordfish SS-193 (torpedo)

Location: North Pacific 70 miles SE of Chichi Jima, Bonin Islands.
(26.59N - 134.13E)

Unknown number of casualties or survivors.

Hatakaze
(ex No. 9)

Maizuru Navy Yard
Maizuru, Japan

Mar. 15, 1924

Aug. 30, 1924

N/A

Sunk Jan 15, 1945 by US Aircraft.

Location: Tako, Formosa. (Taiwan)
(22.37N - 120.15E)

Unknown number of casualties or survivors.

Asanagi
(ex No. 15)

Fujinagata Zosensho
Osaka, Japan

Apr. 21, 1924

Dec. 29, 1924

N/A

Sunk May 22, 1944 by USS Pollack SS-180. (torpedo)

Location: North Pacific 200 miles WNW of Chichi Jima, Bonin Islands.

Unknown number of casualties or survivors.

Yunagi
(ex No. 17)

Sasebo Navy Yard
Sasebo, Japan

Apr. 23, 1924

Apr. 24, 1925

N/A

Sunk Aug. 25, 1944 by USS Picuda SS-382. (torpedo)

Location: South China Sea 20 miles NE of Cape Bojeador, Luzon, Philippines.
(18.46N - 120.46E)

32 crewmen killed, 202 survivors picked up by Coast Defense Ship CD-25.

Oite
(ex No. 11)

Uraga Dock Co.
Tokyo, Japan

Nov. 27, 1924

Oct. 30, 1925

N/A

Sunk Feb. 17, 1944 by US Aircraft (torpedo)

Location: North Pacific W of Truk Lagoon. (07.40N - 151.45E)
*Alt source gives position as 07.40N - 138.57E

172 crewmen killed, 20 survivors
All 522 survivors picked up from the Agano on Feb. 16 were also killed.

Hayate
(ex No. 13)

Ishikawajima Zosensho
Tokyo, Japan

Mar. 23, 1925

Dec. 21, 1925

N/A

Sunk Dec. 11, 1941 by US shore batteries.

Location: Wake Island. (19.16N - 66.37E)

No survivors.
*First Japanese destroyer lost in action in World War 2.

After 1941-42 refit tonnage increased to 1,300 std. and speed reduced to 35 knots.

Nine ships in class, 7 sunk in combat, 2 scrapped, none remain.