Umikaze-class destroyer

	Yamakaze at Ominato, 1926
Class overview
Name	Umikaze class
Builders	Maizuru Naval Arsenal; Mitsubishi Nagasaki;
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Kamikaze class
Succeeded by	Sakura class
In commission	28 September 1911 — 1 June 1930
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,030 long tons (1,047 t) normal,; 1,150 long tons (1,168 t);
Length	94.5 m (310 ft) pp,; 98.5 m (323 ft) o/a;
Beam	8.6 m (28 ft)
Draught	2.7 m (8.9 ft)
Propulsion	3-shaft Parsons steam turbine, 8 boilers, 20,500 ihp (15,300 kW)
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h)
Range	850 nmi (1,570 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement	141
Armament	2 × 120 mm/40 cal guns; 5 × 80 mm/40 cal guns; 2 × 450 mm torpedoes;

The Umikaze-class destroyers (海風型駆逐艦, Umikazegata kuchikukan) were a class of two destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. They were the first large destroyers designed for open ocean service to be built in Japan.^[1]

^ Jentsura, Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945.

[1] Jentsura, Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945.

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Class overview
Yamakaze at Ominato, 1926
Name	Umikaze class
Builders	Maizuru Naval Arsenal Mitsubishi Nagasaki
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Kamikaze class
Succeeded by	Sakura class
In commission	28 September 1911 — 1 June 1930
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,030 long tons (1,047 t) normal, 1,150 long tons (1,168 t)
Length	94.5 m (310 ft) pp, 98.5 m (323 ft) o/a
Beam	8.6 m (28 ft)
Draught	2.7 m (8.9 ft)
Propulsion	3-shaft Parsons steam turbine, 8 boilers, 20,500 ihp (15,300 kW)
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h)
Range	850 nmi (1,570 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement	141
Armament	2 × 120 mm/40 cal guns 5 × 80 mm/40 cal guns 2 × 450 mm torpedoes

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Umikaze-class destroyer

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