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Ariake and Yugure as of 1943:




both where refitted in early 1943 and saw the addition of three twin 25mm machine gun mounts, two of them replaced the old single 40mm machine guns abreast the second funnel, the other was fitted on a platform in fron of the bridge.
Yugure was sunk with all hands by us TBF Avengers in july 20th 1943 while on a troop transport run to Kolombanara, Ariake followed her eight days later, sunk with 7 dead after beign bombed by B-25 off Cape Glouchester, Papua New Guinea.

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Nenohi as of 1942:

Nenohi sank with 188 dead on July 5th 1942, torpedoed by USS Triton near Attu; no wartime modifications where done on her.

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Great additions. Another IJN thread to drool over...

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Hatsuharu and wakaba as of 1943:



by late 1943 both hips had recieved a type 22 surface search radar on the foremast, the single 40mm machine guns where replaced by twin 25mm ones, two triple mounts where also added, one on a platform ahead of the bridge, and the other on top of a deckhouse built in place of the single 5-inch (127mm) gun wich was landed.


and here is my best guess on the bulged 1934 Hatsuharu:

the addition of 300mm torpedo bulges on each side of the hull was an early measure to improve the stability issues of the Hatsuharu class ships; this feature proved quickly to be useless and the ships where extensively reconstructed and the bulges were removed.

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Hatsushimo as of 1943:

in 1943 Hatsushimo had the single 5-inch gun removed and replaced by a triple 25mm machine gun, also another three twin mounts where added, two in place of the older 40mm machine guns and the latter on a platform fitted in front of the bridge

Hatsushimo as of 1944:

during 1944 Hatsushio recieved a type 22 surface search and a type 13 air search radar, ten single 25mm machine guns were also added

Hatsushimo as of april 7th 1945:

by the time she escorted Yamato during operation ten-go Hatsushimo had underwent the portholes-sealing treatement, other than that another five single 25mm machine guns and four 13mm mounts were added, and the bridge was slighy modified; Hatsushimo survived the ten-go onslaught almost unscathered, and rescued survivors from Hamakaze, Yahagi and Yamato herself, but her luck ran out on july 30 1945, she hit a mine in Miyatsu Bay, near Maizuru, while trying to escape an US air raid, becoming the last IJN destroyer to be sunk in the war.


only Hatsuharu and Wakaba as of 1944 to go (plus some small fix and the addition of the Katakana syllabeson the pre-war drawings)

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