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Thursday, 15 August 2024

Japanese destroyer (ex-Kakitsubata, No. 10 1924-1928) Asagao 1928-1945

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 Ishikawajima Shipyards on 14 March 1922, launched on 4 November 1922, completed/commissoned on 10 May 1923 and sunk by a naval mine at Kanmon Straits on 22 August 1945, salvaged and broken up. 

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