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Wednesday, 7 August 2024

Japanese destroyer (ex-Ayame, No. 6 1924-1928) Sanae 1928-1943

Minekaze-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Wakatake-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Kamikaze-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Wakatake-class preceded by Minekaze-class succeeded by Kamikaze-class. Slightly modified Momi-class and rated as second class destroyer. Planned 13 but 5 cancelled and 8 completed. Laid down by Uraga Dock Company on 5 April 1922, launched on 15 February 1923, completed/commissoned on 5 November 1923and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Bluefish in the Celebes Sea on 13 November 1943 and stricken on 5 January 1944. 

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