Japanese destroyer Hamakaze
- Japanese destroyer Hamakaze
from the Inland Sea on her Operation Ten-Go attack on the Allied forces on Okinawa. She was sunk by aircraft of Task Force 58 and sank 150 miles (280 km) southwest of Nagasaki (coord|30|47|N|128|08|E).
Commanding Officers
* Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Tsuneo Orita - 28 November 1940 - 30 June 1941
* Cmdr. Tsuneo Orita - 30 June 1941 - 20 July 1942
* Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Hiroshi Uwai - 20 July 1942 - 20 September 1943 (Promoted to Commander on 1 November 1942.)
* Cmdr. Kazue Maekawa - 20 September 1943 - 7 April 1945
See also
* List of World War II ships
* List of ships of the Japanese Navy
External links
* [http://www.combinedfleet.com/kagero_c.htm CombinedFleet.com: "Kagero"-class destroyers]
* [http://www.combinedfleet.com/hamaka_t.htm CombinedFleet.com: "Hamakaze" history]
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