Sazanami was an Ikazuchi-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was one of the earliest and smallest Japanese destroyers. Only 220 feet (67 m) long, she could make 30 to 32 knots on 6,000 horsepower (4,474 kW).

The Ikazuchi-class destroyers was a class of six torpedo boat destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which were built in Britain in 1897-99. All were named after celestial phenomena.