Isokaze-class destroyer

	Amatsukaze on patrol, Yangzi River, 1927
Class overview
Name	Isokaze class
Builders	Kure Naval Arsenal; Mitsubishi-Nagasaki; Kawasaki-Kobe;
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Kaba class
Succeeded by	Momo class
In commission	1 April 1916 – 1 April 1935
Completed	4
Retired	4
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,227 long tons (1,247 t) (normal); 1,570 long tons (1,595 t) (deep load);
Length	310 ft (94.5 m) (pp); 326 ft (99.4 m) (o/a);
Beam	27 ft 11 in (8.5 m)
Draft	9 ft 3 in (2.8 m)
Installed power	5 × Kampon water-tube boilers; 27,000 shp (20,000 kW);
Propulsion	3 shafts; 3 × geared steam turbines
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	128
Armament	4 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) guns; 3 × twin 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes;

The Isokaze-class destroyers (磯風型駆逐艦, Isokazegata kuchikukan) was a class of four destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I.

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