Japanese destroyer Hamakaze
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 1937 |
| Laid down: | 20 November 1939 |
| Launched: | 25 November 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 30 June 1941 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 7 April 1945 |
| Struck: | 10 June 1945 |
| 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 cal DP guns, up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
Hamakaze (濱風? "Wind on the Strand") was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
On 7 April 1945, Hamakaze escorted the battleship Yamato from the Inland Sea on her Operation Ten-Go attack on the Allied forces on Okinawa. She was sunk by aircraft of Task Force 58 and sank 150 miles (280 km) southwest of Nagasaki ().
Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Tsuneo Orita - 28 November 1940 - 30 June 1941
Cmdr. Tsuneo Orita - 30 June 1941 - 20 July 1942
Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Hiroshi Uwai - 20 July 1942 - 20 September 1943 (Promoted to Commander on 1 November 1942.)
Cmdr. Kazue Maekawa - 20 September 1943 - 7 April 1945
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