Japanese Destroyer Kamikaze (1922)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Kamikaze was the lead ship of nine Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, but were considered obsolescent by the start of the Pacific War. Construction of the large-sized Kamikaze-class destroyers was authorized as part of the Imperial Japanese Navy's 8-4 Fleet Program from fiscal 1921-1923, as a follow on to the Minekaze class, with which they shared many common design characteristics.