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The were a class of twenty-four destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy.〔Jentsura, ''Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945''〕 The ''Fubuki'' class has been described as the world's first modern destroyer.〔Parshall and Tully, ''Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway''. p. 336.〕 The ''Fubuki'' class set a new standard not only for Japanese vessels, but for destroyers around the world. At a time when British and American destroyers had changed little from their un-turreted, single-gun mounts and light weaponry, the Japanese destroyers were bigger, more powerfully armed, and faster than any similar class of vessel in the other fleets. They remained formidable opponents to the end of World War II, despite being much older than many of their adversaries.〔Specification from Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. ''Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare'' (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 10, pp.1040–1, "''Fubuki''".〕 ==Background== After the end of World War I, the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff issued requirements for a destroyer with a maximum speed of , range of at , and armed with large numbers of the recently developed Type 8 torpedoes. These destroyers were intended to operate with the new series of fast and powerful new cruisers also under consideration as part of a program intended to give the Imperial Japanese Navy a qualitative edge with the world's most modern ships.〔Fitzsimons, ''Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare'' p.1040〕 The resultant ''Fubuki'' class was ordered under the 1923 fiscal year budget, with ships completed between 1926 and 1931. Their performance was a great improvement over previous destroyer designs, so much so that they were designated . The large size, powerful engines, high speed, large radius of action, and unprecedented armament gave these destroyers the firepower similar to many light cruisers in other navies.〔Peattie & Evans, ''Kaigun'' page 221-222.〕 The ''Fubuki''-class vessels were originally intended to have only hull numbers due to the projected large number of warships the Japanese Navy expected to build through the Eight-eight fleet plan. This proved to be extremely unpopular with the crews and was a constant source of confusion in communications with the earlier and es, and naval policy was changed in August 1928. Hence, the ''Fubuki''-class vessels were assigned names as they were launched. The closest equivalents in the United States Navy were the and s, of which only thirteen vessels were constructed in the 1930s to function as destroyer squadron leaders.〔Lenton, H. T. ''American Fleet and Escort Destroyers''. (Doubleday, 1971), p.45-47.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fubuki-class destroyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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