Japanese destroyer Urakaze (1940)
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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Urakaze.
Urakaze (浦風, "Wind on the Sea") was one of 19 Kagerō-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1930s.
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Urakaze on 15 December 1940 | |
History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Urakaze |
Ordered | 1937 |
Builder | Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka |
Laid down | 11 April 1939 |
Launched | 10 April 1940 |
Commissioned | 15 December 1940 |
Stricken | 10 January 1945 |
Fate | Sunk by USS Sealion, 21 November 1944 |
General characteristics | |
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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