I.J.N. Hamakaze
1944
(Optatus OPT-S-22S)
- Class: Kagero - 18 destroyers of 1937-39
- Displacement: 2,033 tons
- Dimensions: 363.75 (pp) 388.75 (oa) x 35.5 x 12.3 ft.
- Machinery: 2-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 52,000 = 35.5 knots
- Armament: 4-5 in. (2x2), 14-25 mm. A.A. guns, 8-24 in. T.T. (2x4)
- Complement: 240
- Builder: Fujinagata
- Laid Down::
- Launched: 25 Nov 1940
- Commissioned: 30 Jun 1941
- Notes: First Japanese destroyer to carry radar. Sunk by American aircraft 150 miles SW of Nagasaki while accompanying battleship Yamato on her last voyage to Okinawa 7 Apr 1945.
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