Japanese destroyer Ayanami (1909)
Design and description. The "Kamikaze"-class destroyers were improved versions of the preceding . They displaced at normal load and at deep load. The ships had a length between perpendiculars of and an overall length of , a beam of and a draught of . The "Kamikaze"s were powered by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft using steam produced by four Kampon water-tube boilers. The engines produced a total of that gave the ships a maximum speed of . They carried a maximum of of coal which gave them a range of at a speed of  . Their crew consisted of 70 officers and ratings. The main armament of the "Kamikaze"-class ships consisted of two 40-calibre quick-firing (QF) 12 cwt guns on single mounts; the forward gun was located on superstructure, but the aft gun was at the stern. Four 28-calibre QF three-inch 8 cwt guns on single mounts were positioned abreast the superstructure, two in each broadside. The ships were also armed with two single rotating mounts for torpedoes between the superstructure and the stern gun. When "Isonami" was converted into a minesweeper in 1924, she was rearmed with a pair of  3rd Year Type guns taken from older ships on single mounts and the three-inch 8 cwt guns were removed. Construction and career. "Ayanami" was launched at Maizuru Naval Arsenal on 20 March 1909 and completed on 26 June. The ship served during World War I and participated in the Siberian Expedition. She was converted into a minesweeper on 1 December 1924 and was renamed "W-9" on 1 August 1928. The ship was decommissioned on 1 June 1930, but she continued in service as a tugboat and a dispatch boat until 19 April 1935 and was subsequently scrapped. Japanese destroyer