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History
Empire of Japan
NameAsakaze
Builder Osaka Iron Works, Osaka
Launched2 April 1906
Completed16 October 1906
FateWrecked 9 November 1913
Stricken15 April 1914
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type Kamikaze-class destroyer
Displacement
Length
  • 227 ft (69.2 m) ( pp)
  • 234 ft (71 m) ( o/a)
Beam21 ft 7 in (6.6 m)
Draught6 ft (1.8 m)
Installed power4 boilers; 6,000  ihp (4,500  kW)
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range1,200  nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement70
Armament

Asatsuyu (朝露) ("Morning dew") was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

Design and description

The Kamikaze-class destroyers were improved versions of the preceding Harusame class. [1] They displaced 381 long tons (387  t) at normal load and 450 long tons (460 t) at deep load. The ships had a length between perpendiculars of 227 feet (69.2 m) and an overall length of 234 feet (71.3 m), a beam of 21 feet 7 inches (6.6 m) and a draught of 6 feet (1.8 m). The Kamikazes were powered by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft using steam produced by four Kampon water-tube boilers. The engines produced a total of 6,000 indicated horsepower (4,500  kW) that gave the ships a maximum speed of 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph). They carried a maximum of 100 long tons (102 t) of coal [2] which gave them a range of 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). Their crew consisted of 70 officers and ratings. [3]

The main armament of the Kamikaze-class ships consisted of two 40- calibre quick-firing (QF) three-inch (76 mm) 12 cwt guns [Note 1] on single mounts; the forward gun was located on superstructure, but the aft gun was at the stern. Four 28-calibre QF three-inch 8 cwt guns on single mounts were positioned abreast the superstructure, two in each broadside. The ships were also armed with two single rotating mounts [1] [3] for 450-millimetre (17.7 in) [4] torpedoes between the superstructure and the stern gun. [1]

Construction and career

Asatsuyu was launched at the Osaka Iron Works's shipyard in Osaka on 2 April 1906 [1] and completed on 16 October. The ship ran aground on a reef in Nanao Bay, Japan, on 9 November 1913. The wreck broke apart on the 30 November 1913 and Asatsuyu was stricken from the navy list on 15 April 1914. [5]

Notes

  1. ^ "Cwt" is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 12 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d Friedman 1985, p. 241
  2. ^ Watts & Gordon, p. 243
  3. ^ a b Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 133
  4. ^ Friedman 2011, p. 349
  5. ^ Todaka, et al., p. 218

Books

  • Friedman, Norman (1985). "Japan". In Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN  0-87021-907-3.
  • Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval Weapons of World War One. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Seaforth. ISBN  978-1-84832-100-7.
  • Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter & Mickel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. ISBN  0-87021-893-X.
  • Todaka, Kazushige; Fukui, Shizuo; Eldridge, Robert D. & Leonard, Graham B. (2020). Destroyers: Selected Photos from the Archives of the Kure Maritime Museum; the Best from the Collection of Shizuo Fukui's Photos of Japanese Warships. Japanese Naval Warship Photo Album. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN  978-1-59114-630-8.
  • Watts, Anthony J. & Gordon, Brian G. (1971). The Imperial Japanese Navy. London: Macdonald. ISBN  0-35603-045-8.

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