The Isokaze was a Japanese destroyer whose keel was laid in 1938, launched in June 1939, and commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Navy in November 1940. The length of the ship at the time of launching was 118.5 m, width 10.8 m, and the actual full displacement – 2,600 tons. Destroyer Isokaze had a maximum speed of 35 knots. The main armament at the time of the launch was 6 127 mm guns in three twin turrets, and the secondary armament was 4 25 mm cannons, depth charge launchers and eight 610 mm torpedo tubes with eight spare torpedoes.