Umikaze Class Destroyers Class Overview   | 
  
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance  | 
  
Length:  | 
    323' 2"   | 
    Engines:  | 
    3 Parsons geared turbines   | 
  
Beam:  | 
    27' 9"   | 
    Boilers:  | 
    8 Kansei   | 
  
Draft:  | 
    8' 9"   | 
    Shafts:  | 
    3  | 
  
Displacement:  | 
    1,030 std / 1,150 full   | 
    SHP:  | 
    19,500  | 
  
Speed:  | 
    31.5 knots   | 
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Crew:  | 
    139  | 
    Range:  | 
    2,700 NM @ 15 knots   | 
  
|        Armament As Built   | 
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Number Carried  
     | 
    Type 
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    Arrangement  | 
    Maximum Range / Ceiling   | 
  
2  | 
    4.7"/40 (12cm)   | 
    Single mounts   | 
    9,900 yards @20° (5.6 miles)   | 
  
5  | 
    3"/40 (8cm) (12 pounder)  | 
    Single mounts   | 
    10,940 yards @ 42°  | 
  
4 (Umikaze) 3 (Yamakaze)  | 
    18" (45cm) torpedo tubes  | 
    2 twin launchers 3 single launchers  | 
    3,300 yards @ 15 knots (1.8 miles) 198 lb. warhead  | 
  
Name  | 
    Builder  | 
    Launched  | 
    Commissioned  | 
    Decommissioned  | 
  
Yamakaze (Minesweeper # 8)  | 
    Mitsubishi Zosensho  Nagasaki, Japan  | 
    
      June 1, 1909   | 
    N/A  | 
    N/A  | 
  
Fate  | 
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         Scrapped in 1936. 
        *Converted into a minesweeper in 1930.  | 
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Name  | 
    Builder  | 
    Launched  | 
    Commissioned  | 
    Decommissioned  | 
  
Umikaze (Minesweeper # 7)  | 
    Maizuru Navy Yard Maizuru, Japan  | 
    Oct. 10, 1910   | 
    N/A  | 
    N/A  | 
  
Fate  | 
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         Scrapped in 1936. 
        
        *Converted into a minesweeper in 1930.  | 
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Class Notes:  | 
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Umikaze reached 33.46 knots on trials.  |