Combat envelope
Range and detection
Every bar uses the same 10 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.
Ship Database
Tier II
Destroyer
Japan
Umikaze
The lessons from the Russo-Japanese War revealed that 300-ton destroyers were not suitable for open sea operations. Japan embarked on a path to create bigger destroyers, beginning with two Umikaze-class warships modeled after British ships of the same type. They were the first warships to be equipped with steam turbines. The lead ship, Umikaze,...
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The lessons from the Russo-Japanese War revealed that 300-ton destroyers were not suitable for open sea operations. Japan embarked on a path to create bigger destroyers, beginning with two Umikaze-class warships modeled after British ships of the same type. They were the first warships to be equipped with steam turbines. The lead ship, Umikaze, commissioned in September 1911, saw active duty in World War I and engaged in the pursuit of Admiral Graf Spee's squadron.
- Credits
- 60,000
At a glance
The numbers that shape the ship
- Hit points
- 8,600
- Maximum speed
- 33.0 knots
- Surface detection
- 5.4 km
- Main battery range
- 8.0 km
- Main battery reload
- 10.0 s
Damage comparison
Published maximum per hit
Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview
Handling
- Maximum speed
- 33.0 knots
- Turning circle radius
- 540 m
- Rudder shift time
- 4.0 s
Concealment
- Surface detection
- 5.4 km
- Air detection
- 2.4 km
- Submarine detection
- 2.4 km
Survivability
- Hit points
- 8,600
- Torpedo damage reduction
- 0 %
Published armour thickness
Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.
- Overall published range
- 6–25 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament
Surface armament
Main battery
- Maximum range
- 8.0 km
- Reload time
- 10.0 s
- Rate of fire
- 6.0 rounds/min
- 180° turn time
- 22.5 s
- Maximum dispersion
- 75 m
Shells
Damage is the API's published maximum for one shell hit.
120 mm HE Mk3
HE- Maximum damage per hit
- 1,700
- Fire chance
- 7.0 %
- Muzzle velocity
- 660 m/s
- Shell mass
- 20 kg
Gun layout
- Mount
- 120 mm/40 41st Year Type on a single mount
- Mounts
- 2
- Barrels each
- 1
Automatic armament
Secondary battery
- Maximum range
- 2.0 km
- Mount
- 76 mm HE Mk2
- Maximum damage per hit
- 1,300
- Fire chance
- 5.0 %
- Rate of fire
- 17.1 rounds/min
- Muzzle velocity
- 680 m/s
Underwater armament
Torpedoes
Type42 mod. 1
- Maximum range
- 5.0 km
- Maximum damage per hit
- 6,133
- Reload time
- 22 s
- Speed
- 44 knots
- Detectability
- 0.7 km
- 180° turn time
- 7.2 s
Torpedo-tube layout
- Mount
- 457 mm Twin
- Mounts
- 2
- Tubes each
- 2
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data
Default hull
- Hull hit points
- 8,600
- Main-battery barrels
- 2
- Secondary barrels
- 5
- Torpedo tubes
- 2
Engine
- Published maximum speed
- 33.0 knots
Fire control
Module research tree
Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.
Type42
Default- Type
- Torpedoes
- Purchase
- 12,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Type44 mod. 2
- Type
- Torpedoes
- Research
- 450 XP
- Purchase
- 36,000 credits
Umikaze (A)
Default- Type
- Hull
- Purchase
- 8,900 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Umikaze (B)
- Type
- Hull
- Research
- 350 XP
- Purchase
- 25,000 credits
- Next ships
- 1
Propulsion: 20,500 hp
Default- Type
- Engine
- Purchase
- 6,000 credits
Type3 mod. 1
Default- Type
- Suo
- Purchase
- 4,000 credits
120 mm/40 41st Year Type on a single mount
Default- Type
- Artillery
- Purchase
- 5,000 credits
Compatible upgrades
Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.
Main Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Next ships
Research costs published in this ship's official progression data.
- Ship
- Wakatake
- Research cost
- 2,000 XP
- Available module groups
- 10
- Compatible upgrades
- 2
- Researchable next ships
- 1
- Upgrade slots
- 1
- Published battle levels
- 2–3
Cross-nation comparison
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