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This required the gun turrets to be modified for high-angle fire, which also meant more powerful motors to traverse and elevate the guns more quickly to engage high-speed aircraft. Furthermore their fire control systems were to be more modern than the older systems and suitable for anti-aircraft use. They were to be armed much as the Fubuki-class despite displacing only 1400 tons compared to the 1700 tons of the earlier destroyers. The Hatsuharu-class (初春) destroyers were designed to accompany the Japanese main striking force and to conduct both day and night torpedo attacks against the United States Navy as it advanced across the Pacific Ocean, according to Japan's naval strategic projections. Torpedoes Nine (3x3) 610mm torpedo tubes, later reduced to six (2x3) Performance 36.5 knots at 42,000 shaft horsepower, later reduced to 33.5 knots at same horsepower Specifications 1,490tons displacement, standard Captains frustrated with Hatsuharu should remember that she is merely a stepping-stone to better things beyond.Ĭonstruction Sasebo Dockyard Nagasaki, Japan

Hatsuharu comes off as the inferior destroyer when compared side-by-side with Fubuki, but things flip back the other way one tier up when the same comparison is made between the successors of both ships ( Akatsuki and Shiratsuyu).

2 torpedoes is more than workable, and her guns can add notable contributions to her damage when used judiciously in the right situations. Hatsuharu plays like a completely different ship once she has her upgraded torpedoes, however. This forces Hatsuharu into more of a mid-tier American destroyer play style, requiring captains to utilize islands and smoke effectively to land successful torpedo strikes against enemy capital ships. Without her improved torpedoes, Hatsuharu is stuck with fish that have a paltry 6.0 km range. Not only is she less flexible with only two torpedo launchers, the reload time is very nearly double that of Minekaze in exchange, Hatsuharu’s torpedoes can eventually be upgraded to longer-ranged with a bigger punch. Japanese destroyer captains who are moving up to Hatsuharu from Minekaze will find their new acquisition to be something of a mixed bag: her guns are a significant upgrade from those of Minekaze, while it can be argued that her torpedo armament is a downgrade. Hatsuharu is the Tier VI entry in the IJN 'gunboat' branch.

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