Wakatake-class. Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Kamikaze-class. Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Mutsuki-class. Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Part of Kamikaze-class (some times referred to as Kiyokaze-class) preceded by Wakatake-class succeeded by Mutsuki-class, 27 planned, 9 completed and 18 cancelled. By some experts consided to be a modified Minekaze-class destroyer. Laid down by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Japan on 16 February 1922, launched on 8 December 1922, completed on 16 June 1923, renamed Asakaze on 1 August 1928, present and active in the Battle of Sunda Strait against the HMAS Perth and USS Houston on 1 March 1942, torpedoed by American submarine USS Haddo and sunk 17 nautical miles south west of Cape Bolinao, Luzon, Philippines on 24 August 1944 and stricken on 10 October 1944.
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