Japanese destroyer Kagerō (1899)

	Kagerō at Kure, Japan, in 1920.
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Kagerō
Namesake	陽炎 ("Mirage")
Ordered	1897
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company, Chiswick, England
Yard number	Torpedo Boat Destroyer No. 9
Laid down	1 August 1898
Launched	23 August 1899
Completed	31 October 1899
Commissioned	31 October 1899
Reclassified	From torpedo boat destroyer to destroyer) 22 June 1900; Third-class destroyer 28 August 1912; Utility vessel (tug and transport) 1 April 1922;
Decommissioned	8 October 1924
Stricken	8 October 1924
Fate	Hulked
General characteristics
Type	Murakumo-class destroyer
Displacement	275 long tons (279 t) normal; 360.5 long tons (366.3 t) full load;
Length	208 ft (63 m) waterline,; 210 ft (64 m) overall;
Beam	19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Draught	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Depth	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion	Reciprocating engine, 3 boilers, 5,800 ihp (4,300 kW), 2 shafts
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	50
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder gun; 5 × QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss guns; 2 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedoes;
Service record
Operations:	Boxer Rebellion; Russo-Japanese War; Battle of Port Arthur; Battle of the Yellow Sea; Battle of Tsushima; Invasion of Sakhalin; World War I; Siege of Tsingtao;

Kagerō (陽炎, "Mirage") was one of six Murakumo-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1890s. Kagerō took part in the Japanese response to the Boxer Rebellion (1900), saw action in several major engagements during the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), and served during World War I (1914–1918).

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