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Sunday, 11 August 2024

Japanese destroyer (ex-Kaido, No. 8 1924-1928) Sawarabi 1928-1932

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 20 November 1922, launched on 1 September 1923, completed/commissoned on 24 July 1924 and lost in a storm off Keelung, Taiwan on 5 December 1932 and stricken on 1 April 1933.

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