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Hagikaze (萩風,
Clover Wind) was one of 19 Kagerō-class
destroyers built for the
Imperial ****anese Navy
during the 1930s. The Kagerō
class was an enlarged...
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force of four
destroyers under Captain Kaju Sugiura—2 Kagero-class:
Hagikaze,
Arashi and 2 Shiratsuyu-class:
Kawakaze of Sugiara's own
Destroyer Division...
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scoring one dud hit. The Kaga was
later sunk by the ****anese
destroyer Hagikaze. Hiryū, the sole
surviving ****anese
aircraft carrier,
wasted little time...
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could not be
repaired before the end of the war. On
August 7,
Arashi and
Hagikaze were sunk by
gunfire and
torpedoes from the
destroyers USS Dunlap, Craven...
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destroyers Hagikaze and
Maikaze between 14:00 and 17:00.
Around 19:25 she was
scuttled by two
torpedoes from
Hagikaze and sank stern-first at...
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heartfelt regret that I must now
order that she be sunk."
Destroyers Arashi,
Hagikaze, Maikaze, and
Nowaki each
fired one
torpedo into the
carrier and she sank...
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Murasame DD
Samidare DD
Yudachi 4th
Destroyer Division DD
Arashi DD
Hagikaze DD
Maikaze DD
Nowaki 9th
Destroyer Division DD
Asagumo DD
Minegumo DD Natsugumo...
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transport run to Guadalcanal. The next day, Arashi's consort, the
destroyer Hagikaze was
badly damaged by
American air attacks,
forcing Arashi to
escort her...
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Nowaki (Cmdr.
Magataro Koga)
Arashi (Cmdr.
Yusumasa Watanabe)
Hagikaze (Cmdr.
Juichi Iwagami)
Maikaze (Cmdr.
Seiji Nakasugi) 10th
Destroyer Division...
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attack on
Pearl Harbor.
Sugiura became commander of
Destroyer Group 4 (
Hagikaze, flagship, Arashi,
Shigure and Kawakaze) on
February 20, 1943, and was...
