Kagerō-class destroyer
Yukikaze in December 1939 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kagerō class |
| Builders | |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Asashio class |
| Succeeded by | |
| In commission |
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| Planned | 18 (1937) + 4 (1939) |
| Completed | 19 |
| Cancelled | 3 (the dummies for the naval budget of the Yamato-class battleships) |
| Lost | 18 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length |
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| Beam | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 3.76 m (12 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph) |
| Range | 6,053 nautical miles (11,210 km; 6,966 mi) |
| Complement | 240 (Kagerō, 1939) |
| Armament |
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The Kagerō-class destroyers (陽炎型駆逐艦, Kagerō-gata Kuchikukan) were a class of nineteen 1st Class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1930s, and operated by them during the Pacific War, where all but one were lost. They were also called the Shiranui-class destroyers (不知火型駆逐艦, Shiranui-gata Kuchikukan), because the second ship, Shiranui, was launched before the first ship, Kagerō.
The class was also one of a series called Destroyer Type-A (甲型駆逐艦, Kō-gata Kuchikukan) within the Imperial Japanese Navy from their plan name. At the time of introduction, these destroyers were among the deadliest destroyers afloat, primarily due to the excellent range and lethality of their "Long Lance" torpedoes.