Three Japanese destroyers have been named Hatakaze (the Japanese word for "flag wind"):
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, also simply known as the Japanese Navy, is the maritime warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. The JMSDF was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) after World War II. The JMSDF has a fleet of 154 ships and 346 aircraft and consists of approximately 45,800 personnel. Its main tasks are to maintain control of the nation's sea lanes and to patrol territorial waters. It also participates in UN-led peacekeeping operations (PKOs) and Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIOs).
The Hatakaze class of guided missile destroyers is a third generation class of vessels in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). They were the first of the JMSDF's ships to have gas-turbine propulsion.
Four Japanese destroyers have borne the name Murasame.
Three Japanese destroyers have been named Takanami:
Japanese destroyers have been named Sazanami:
Three warships of Japan have borne the name Shimakaze:
Four Japanese destroyers have been named Akebono:
Four Japanese destroyers have been named Ikazuchi:
Four Japanese destroyers have been named Inazuma:
Four Japanese destroyers have been named Yūdachi:
Four Japanese destroyers have been named Ariake:
Three Japanese destroyers have been named Ōnami:
Three Japanese destroyers have been named Yūgure:
JS Hatsuyuki (DD-122) was the lead ship of the Hatsuyuki-class destroyers.
The Asakaze-class destroyer is a class of destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Two ships of the Gleaves class were lent by the United States Navy and were in commission from 1954 until 1969.
JS Isoyuki (DD-127) was a Hatsuyuki-class destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.
JS Haruyuki (DD-128) was a Hatsuyuki-class destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.
JS Setoyuki (DD-131) was a Hatsuyuki-class destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.
JS Shimayuki (DD-133) was a Hatsuyuki-class destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.