Japanese destroyer Hayanami
Service
- as Hayanami? — 10 August 19441,805 days of the war
- Name
- Hayanami
- Builder
- Maizuru Naval Arsenal
- Laid down
- 15 January 1942
- Launched
- 19 December 1942
- Struck
- 10 August 1944
- Fate
- Torpedoed and sunk on 7 June 1944
By torpedo (1944) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,520 long tons (2,560 t)
- Length
- 119.15 m (390.9 ft)
- Beam
- 10.8 m (35.4 ft)
- Draught
- 3.75 m (12.3 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Complement
- 228
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Hayanami was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Maizuru Naval Arsenal on 15 January 1942. She was launched on 19 December 1942.
19 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Kagerō-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Akizuki-class destroyer (1942).
Displacement was 2,520 long tons. She measured 119.2 m (391 ft) long with a beam of 10.8 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 228.
Her main battery was six 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,805 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 August 1944.
She was sunk on 7 June 1944 by torpedo. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 6 × 127 mm/50 caliber DP guns
- up to 28 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
- up to 4 × 13.2 mm AA guns
- 8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes for Type 93 torpedoes
- 36 depth charges
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Akishimo
- Japanese destroyer Asashimo
- Japanese destroyer Fujinami
- Japanese destroyer Hamanami
- Japanese destroyer Hayashimo
- Japanese destroyer Kazagumo
- Japanese destroyer Kishinami
- Japanese destroyer Kiyonami
- Japanese destroyer Kiyoshimo
- Japanese destroyer Makigumo (1941)
- Japanese destroyer Makinami (1941)
- Japanese destroyer Naganami
- Japanese destroyer Okinami
- Japanese destroyer Ōnami (1942)
- Japanese destroyer Suzunami (1943)
- Japanese destroyer Takanami (1942)
- Japanese destroyer Tamanami
- Japanese destroyer Yūgumo (1941)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Hayanami on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — WW2-Database — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons