Kamikaze Class Destroyer (1922)
The Kamikaze class destroyers (神風型駆逐艦, Kamikazegata kuchikukan?) was a class of nine destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Some authors consider the Nokaze-class, Kamikaze-class and Mutsuki-class destroyers to be extensions of the Minekaze-class, and the Kamikaze-class is sometimes referred to as the "Kiyokaze-class" to distinguish it from the earlier WW-I era destroyer class of the same name. Obsolete by the beginning of the Pacific War, the Kamikaze were relegated to mostly secondary roles. Most ultimately were lost to U.S. submarines.
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