Urakaze Class Destroyer
The Urakaze-class destroyers (浦風型駆逐艦, Urakazegata kuchikukan?) was a class of two destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy by Yarrow Shipbuilders of Scotland. These were the last Japanese destroyers ordered from overseas shipyards.
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