Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze (1939)
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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze.
Amatsukaze (天津風, "Heavenly Wind") was a Kagerō-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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Amatsukaze underway on 17 October 1940 | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Amatsukaze |
Ordered | 1937 |
Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
Laid down | 14 February 1939 |
Launched | 19 October 1939 |
Commissioned | 26 October 1940 |
Stricken | 10 August 1945 |
Fate | Scuttled 10 April 1945 |
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Class and type | Kagerō-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,490 long tons (2,530 t) |
Length | 118.5 m (388 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
Draft | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
Speed | 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
Complement | 240 |
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Service record | |
Commanders: | Cmdr. Tameichi Hara (April 1940 – January 1943) |
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