Editing Fubuki-class destroyer (section)

{{short description|Class of destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image= Fubuki.jpg
|Ship caption=''Fubuki'' (1936)
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=''Fubuki'' class
|Builders=
*[[Maizuru Naval Arsenal]] (6)
*[[Sasebo Naval Arsenal]] (6)
*[[Uraga Dock Company]] (5)
*[[Fujinagata Shipyards]] (4)
*[[IHI Corporation|Tōkyō Ishikawajima Shipyard]] (2)
*Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Eng. Co.
**[[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries|Yokohama Shipyard]] (1)
|Operators=*{{navy|Empire of Japan}}
*{{navy|Soviet Union}} (post-war with ''Hibiki'')
|Class before={{sclass|Mutsuki|destroyer|4}}
|Class after={{sclass|Hatsuharu|destroyer|4}}
|Subclasses=*Type I (''Fubuki'' class)
*Type II (''Ayanami'' class)
*Type III ({{sclass|Akatsuki|destroyer (1931)|4}})
|Cost=
|Built range=1926–1933
|In service range=
|In commission range=1928–1953
|Total ships planned=
|Total ships completed=24
|Total ships cancelled=
|Total ships lost=22
|Total ships retired=2
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Header caption=
|Ship type=[[Destroyer]]
| Ship displacement=
*{{convert|1750|LT|t|lk=in}} standard
*{{convert|2050|LT|t|lk=in}} re-built
|Ship length=
*{{convert|111.96|m|ft|abbr=on}} [[Length between perpendiculars|pp]]
*{{convert|115.3|m|ft|abbr=on}} waterline
*{{convert|118.41|m|ft|abbr=on}} overall
|Ship beam={{convert|10.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship draft={{convert|3.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship propulsion=*2 shaft [[Kampon]] geared [[turbine]]s
*4 (Groups I & II) or 3 (Group III) boilers
*{{convert|50000|hp|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed={{convert|38|kn|mph km/h}} 
|Ship range={{convert|5000|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|14|kn|km/h}}

|Ship complement=219

|Ship sensors=
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=*6 × [[Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval gun]]s (3 × 2)
*2 × [[13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun|Type 93 13mm machine gun]]s (2 × 1)
*9 × {{convert|610|mm|in|abbr=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s (3 × 3)
*18 × 8th Year Type [[torpedo]]es (later replaced to the Type 90 torpedo)
*18 × [[depth charge]]s
|Ship armor=
|Ship aircraft=
|Ship aircraft facilities=
|Ship notes=
}}
|}

The {{nihongo|'''''Fubuki''-class destroyers'''|吹雪型駆逐艦|Fubukigata kuchikukan}} were a [[ship class|class]] of twenty-four [[destroyer]]s of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]].<ref>Jentsura, ''Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945''</ref> The ''Fubuki'' class has been described as the world's first modern destroyer.<ref>Parshall and Tully, ''Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway''.  p. 336.</ref> They remained effective in their role to the end of [[World War II]], despite being much older than contemporary ships of foreign nations.<ref>Specification from Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. ''Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare'' (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 10, pp.1040–1, "''Fubuki''".</ref>