Umikaze-Class
Early Torpedo Boats - Umikaze-class were early Japanese destroyers. 6 ships commissioned 1911. Tiny (380 tons), coal-fired, lightly armed (two 3-inch guns + four 18-inch torpedoes). 33 knots. Pre-WWI/WWI service. Convoy escort and patrol. All scrapped 1932-1936 (obsolete and treaty limits). None survived to WWII. Showed Japanese destroyer program beginnings - small torpedo boats before evolution to larger fleet destroyers.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 1030 t
- Displacement (full)
- 450 t
- Length
- 310 ft
- Beam
- 28.2 ft
- Crew
- 70
- Ships built
- 6
- Commissioned
- 1911
- Decommissioned
- 1932-1936 (all scrapped)
Performance
- Top speed
- 33 kn
- Range
- 1800 nm at 15 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 2× 76mm (3-inch) - single mounts
- Torpedoes
- 4× 450mm (18-inch) - twin mounts
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None (unarmored destroyer)
In-Game
- Tier
- T2
- Game power
- 34.24
- Research cost
- 3,013
- Credit cost
- 23,968
Notable
- Early Japanese destroyer design (1910-1911)
- Small, coal-fired torpedo boats
- WWI convoy escort duty
- All scrapped 1932-1936 (obsolete/treaty limits)
- None survived to WWII
- Represented Japanese destroyer program beginnings