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Monday, 2 September 2024

Japanese destroyer (ex-Destroyer No. 5 1922-1928) Harukaze 1928-1947

Wakatake-class. Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Kamikaze-class. Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Mutsuki-class. Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

USS Houston. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Kamikaze-class preceded by Wakatake-class succeeded by Mutsuki-class, 27 planned, 9 completed and 18 cancelled. Laid down by Maizuru Naval Arsenal on 16 May 1922, launched on 18 December 1922, complete on 31 May 1923, renamed Harukaze on 1 August 1928, involved in the attack on HMAS Perth and USS Houston in the Battle of Sunda Strait on 1 March 1941, stricken on 10 November 1945 and scuttled in 1947 as part of the breakwaterat Takeno Part. 

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