Urakaze Class Destroyers Class Overview |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
286' 1" |
Engines: |
2 geared turbines |
Beam: |
27' 6" |
Boilers: |
3 Yarrow large tube |
Draft: |
7' 9" |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
907 std / 1,085 full |
SHP: |
22,000 |
Speed: |
28 knots |
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Crew: |
117 |
Range: |
1,800 NM @ 15 knots |
Armament As Built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
1 |
4.7"/40 (12cm) |
Single mount |
9,900 yards @20° (5.6 miles) |
4 |
3"/40 (8cm) (12 pounder) |
Single mounts |
10,940 yards @ 42° |
4 |
21" (53cm) torpedo tubes |
2 twin launchers |
Up to 10,900 yards @ 27 knots (depending on type) 353 lb. warhead |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
Urakaze |
Yarrow Shipbuilders LTD Scotstoun, Scotland |
Feb. 16, 1915 |
N/A |
N/A |
Fate |
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Scrapped in 1948. *Hulked in 1936 as Haikan # 18. *Sunk July 18, 1945 by US Aircraft from TF-38. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
Kawakaze |
Yarrow Shipbuilders LTD Scotstoun, Scotland |
Sept. 27, 1915 |
N/A |
N/A |
Fate |
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Sunk as German TA-20 Nov. 1, 1944 by HMS Avon Vale L-06 and HMS Wheatland L-22.
Location: Adriatic Sea West of Pag Island (44.34N - 14.44E) *Sold to Italy in 1916 and renamed Audace, captured by Germany Sept. 12, 1943 and renamed TA-20. |
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Class Notes: |
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N/A |