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The Japanese torpedo boat [1] Kotaka of 1885 was "the forerunner of torpedo boat destroyers that appeared a decade later". [2] They were designed to Japanese specifications and ordered from the London Yarrow shipyards in 1885. The Yarrow shipyards, builder of the parts for the Kotaka, "considered Japan to have effectively invented the destroyer ...
The Yukikaze, a particularly notable Japanese destroyer of World War II. Japanese destroyers of World War II included some of the most formidable destroyers (駆逐艦, kuchikukan) of their day. This came as a surprise to the Allies, who had generally underestimated Japanese technical capabilities. The Japanese had reassessed their naval needs ...
The 33DD (also known as DDR or Destroyer Revolution) was a Japanese destroyer proposed for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The tentative name of the class, 33 DD, is derived from an estimate that it would be budgeted in the Japanese era of Heisei 33 (2021).
Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887–1941. US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-192-7. Brown, David (1990). Warship Losses of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-914-X. Howarth, Stephen (1983). The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The Drama of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895–1945 ...
Japanese destroyer Akigumo (1941) Japanese destroyer Akikaze; Japanese destroyer Akishimo; Japanese destroyer Akizuki (1941) Japanese destroyer Amagiri (1930) Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze (1939) Japanese destroyer Arare (1937) Japanese destroyer Arashi; Japanese destroyer Arashio; Japanese destroyer Ariake (1934) Japanese destroyer Asagiri (1929)
4 Yūgumo-class destroyer built 1941 (1) 27 Yūgumo class and 16 Akizuki -class building (2) Others ships of the Momi-class were re-rated as patrol vessels. Also, note than Momi name was assigned in 1944 to a Matsu-class destroyer ship
Amagiri (天霧, "Fogged or Clouded Sky") was the 15th of 24 Fubuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. [1] She is most famous for ramming the PT-109 commanded by Lieutenant John F. Kennedy, who would later become the 35th President of the United States.
World War II destroyers of Japan (180 P) D. Destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (30 C, 7 P) ... Japanese destroyer Asatsuyu (1906) L. List of destroyers of Japan