Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze

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At least three warships of Japan have borne the name Amatsukaze:

Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze (1916), an Imperial Japanese Navy Isokaze-classdestroyer launched in 1916, completed in 1917, and scrapped in 1935
Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze (1939), an Imperial Japanese Navy Kagerō-class destroyer launched in 1939 and commissioned in 1940 that served in World War II and was sunk in 1945
JDS Amatsukaze (DDG-163), a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer, the only one of her class, launched in 1963 and in commission from 1965 to 1995

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Isokaze was the name ship of her class of four destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the late 1910s. The ship served in the very final stages of World War I. She was retired on 1 April 1935

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