Japanese destroyer Hatakaze explained

Three Japanese destroyers have been named Hatakaze (the Japanese word for "flag wind"):

• , a of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
• JDS Hatakaze (DD-182), an Asakaze-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, launched in 1954 and deleted in 1969, formerly USS Macomb (DD-458).
• , lead ship of the Hatakaze class

See also

• , a class of four destroyers of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1984.