Kamikaze-class destroyer (1922)

	Kamikaze underway on 23 December 1922.
Class overview
Name	Kamikaze class
Builders	Maizuru Naval Arsenal; Mitsubishi-Nagasaki; Uraga Dock Company; Ishikawajima Shipyards; Fujinagata Shipyards; Sasebo Naval Arsenal;
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Wakatake class
Succeeded by	Mutsuki class
In commission	1921–1947
Planned	27
Completed	9
Cancelled	18
Active	0
Lost	7 + 1 (postwar)
Retired	1
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,400 long tons (1,422 t) normal,; 1,720 long tons (1,748 t) full load;
Length	97.5 m (320 ft) pp,; 102.6 m (337 ft) overall;
Beam	9.1 m (30 ft)
Draught	2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Propulsion	(Kamikaze to Hatakaze); 4 × Ro-Gō Kampon water-tube boilers; 2 × Parsons geared turbines; 38,500 shp; 2 shafts; (Oite to Yūnagi); 4 × Ro-Gō Kampon water-tube boilers; 2 × Kampon geared turbines; 38,500 ihp (28,700 kW); 2 shafts;
Speed	(Kamikaze to Hatakaze); 37.25 knots (68.99 km/h); (Oite to Yūnagi); 36.88 knots (68.30 km/h);
Range	3600 nm @ 14 knots; (6,700 km at 26 km/h);
Complement	154
Armament	4 × Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun; 2 × 7.7mm machine guns; 6× 53cm torpedoes (in 3 double mounts); 18 × depth charges;

The Kamikaze-class destroyers (神風型駆逐艦, Kamikazegata kuchikukan) were a class of nine destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Some authors consider the Nokaze, Kamikaze and Mutsuki classes to be extensions of the Minekaze-class destroyers, and the Kamikaze class is sometimes referred to as the "Kiyokaze class" to distinguish it from the earlier World War I-era destroyer class of the same name. Obsolete by the beginning of the Pacific War, the Kamikazes were relegated to mostly secondary roles. Most ultimately were lost to U.S. submarines.

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