Japanese destroyer Hagikaze

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Career
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched: 18 June 1940
Commissioned:
Fate:	Sunk in action, 7 August 1943
Struck:	15 October 1943
General characteristics
Displacement:	2,490 tons
Length:	388 ft 9 in (118.5 meters
Beam:	35 ft 5 in (10.8 m)
Draft:	12 ft 4 in (3.8 m)
Speed:	35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement:	240
Armament:	6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 24 in torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges

Hagikaze (萩風, ^? "Wind Before the Horn Clover Blooms") was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

On 7 August 1943, Hagikaze was sunk between Kolombangara and Vella Lavella (07°50′S, 156°55′E) during the Battle of Vella Gulf.

Commanding Officers

Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Yoshio Inoue - 15 November 1940 - 31 March 1941

Cmdr. Yoshio Inoue - 31 March 1941 - 5 May 1942

Cmdr. Juichi Iwagami - 5 May 1942 - 8 September 1942

Lt. Cmdr. Kenji Hatano - 8 September 1942 - 16 June 1943

Lt. Cmdr. Masahiro Makoshi - 16 June 1943 - 7 August 1943

[edit] See also

• List of World War II ships
• List of ships of the Japanese Navy

[edit] External links

• CombinedFleet.com: Kagero-class destroyers
• CombinedFleet.com: Hagikaze history

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