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  
     | 
    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  |