Japanese destroyer Hagikaze
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 Hagikaze on March 31, 1941. |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Hagikaze |
| Launched: | 18 June 1940 |
| Struck: | 15 October 1943 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 7 August 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Kagero-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 |
| Armament: | • 6 × 5 in (130 mm)/50 caliber DP guns • up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns • up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns • 8 × 24 in (610 mm) torpedo tubes • 36 depth charges |
| Service record | |
| Operations: | Battle of Vella Gulf (1943) |
Hagikaze (萩風, "Wind Before the Horn Clover Blooms") was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Participating at the Battle of Midway, the heavily damaged Kaga was scuttled by her two torpedoes, Kaga being fatally damaged by US aircraft of USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the battle.
On 7 August 1943, Hagikaze was sunk between Kolombangara and Vella Lavella (07°50′S 156°55′E / 7.833°S 156.917°E) during the Battle of Vella Gulf, by torpedoes and gunfire from the US destroyers USS Dunlap (DD-384), USS Craven (DD-382), and USS Maury (DD-401), with 178 killed.
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