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Japanese destroyer Asakaze (1905)

Asakaze (朝風) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Asatsuyu (1906)

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

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Japanese destroyer Ayanami (1909)

Ayanami (綾波) was the last of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Harukaze (1905)

Harukaze (春風) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Harusame-class destroyer

The Harusame-class destroyers was a class of seven torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Harusame class of destroyers were the first destroyers to be built in Japan.

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Japanese destroyer Hatsuharu (1906)

Hatsuharu (初春) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Hatsushimo (1905)

Hatsushimo (初霜) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Hatsuyuki (1906)

Hatsuyuki (三日月) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Hayate (1906)

Hayate (疾風) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Hibiki (1906)

Hibiki (響) ("Echo") was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Ikazuchi-class destroyer

The Ikazuchi-class destroyers was a class of six torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which were built in Britain in 1897-99. All were named after celestial phenomena.

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Japanese destroyer Isonami (1908)

Isonami (磯波) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Kaba (1915)

Kaba was the name ship of her class of 10 destroyers that were built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I.

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Japanese destroyer Kashiwa (1915)

Kashiwa was one of 10 Kaba-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I.

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Kaba-class destroyer

The Kaba-class destroyers were a class of ten destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Each was named after a variety of tree.

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Japanese destroyer Kaede (1915)

Kaede was one of 10 Kaba-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I.

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Japanese destroyer Kamikaze (1905)

Kamikaze (神風) was the name ship of her class of 32 destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Kamikaze-class destroyer (1905)

The Kamikaze-class destroyers were a class of thirty-two torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Kamikaze class of destroyers were the first destroyers to be mass-produced in Japan. The class is also sometimes referred to as the Asakaze class. This class of destroyer should not be confused with the later Kamikaze-class destroyers built in 1922, which participated in the Pacific War.

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Japanese destroyer Katsura (1915)

Katsura was one of 10 Kaba-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I.

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Japanese destroyer Kikutsuki (1907)

Kikutsuki (菊月) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Kiri (1915)

Kiri was one of 10 Kaba-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I.

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Japanese destroyer Kisaragi (1905)

Kisaragi (如月) ("February") was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Kusunoki (1915)

Kusunoki was one of 10 Kaba-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I.

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Japanese destroyer Matsu (1915)

Matsu was one of 10 Kaba-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I.

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Japanese destroyer Matsukaze (1906)

Matsukaze (松風) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Mikazuki (1906)

Mikazuki (三日月) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Minatsuki (1906)

Minatsuki (水無月) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Murakumo-class destroyer

The Murakumo-class destroyers were a class of six torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) of the Imperial Japanese Navy, built in Britain in 1897-99. The class is also sometimes referred to as the Shinonome-class destroyers ("Daybreak"). All were named after celestial phenomena.

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Japanese destroyer Nagatsuki (1906)

Nagatsuki (長月) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Nenohi (1905)

Nenohi (子日) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Nowaki (1906)

Nowaki (野分) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Oite (1906)

Oite (追手) ("Pursuer") was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Sakaki (1915)

Sakaki was one of 10 Kaba-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I. While operating in the Aegean Sea, Sakaki was torpedoed by an Austro-Hungarian U-boat in 1917.

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Japanese destroyer Shigure (1906)

Shigure (時雨) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Shirakumo-class destroyer

The Shirakumo-class destroyers was a class of two torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) of the Imperial Japanese Navy, built in Britain in 1901-02.

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Japanese destroyer Shiratsuyu (1906)

Shiratsuyu (白露) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Shirayuki (1906)

Shirayuki (白雪) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Shirotae (1906)

Shirotae (白妙) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Sugi (1915)

Sugi was one of 10 Kaba-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I.

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Japanese destroyer Ume (1915)

Ume was one of 10 Kaba-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I.

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Japanese destroyer Uranami (1907)

Uranami (浦波) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Ushio (1905)

Ushio (潮) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Uzuki (1906)

Uzuki (卯月) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Wakaba (1905)

Wakaba (若葉) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Yayoi (1905)

Yayoi (弥生) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Yūdachi (1906)

Asakaze (朝風) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Yūgure (1905)

Yūgure (夕暮) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Japanese destroyer Yūnagi (1906)

Yūnagi (夕凪) was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.