Japanese destroyer Yayoi (1925)

Yayoi was a Mutsuki-class destroyer in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1925. The ship was named after March. Her keel was laid at Uraga Dock Company, Uraga on 11 January 1924. She was launched on 11 July 1925.

Her class ran to twelve ships. The class followed the Kamikaze-class destroyer (1922) and was succeeded by the Fubuki-class destroyer.

She displaced 1,315 long tons standard and 1,772 long tons at full load. She measured 102.4 m (336 ft) long with a beam of 9.2 m (30 ft). Her designed speed was 37.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 150.

Her main battery was four 120 mm (4.7 in) guns. Her machinery developed 38,500 shp through two shafts.

She was in commission for 1,145 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 20 October 1942.

She was sunk on 11 September 1942 by aircraft, at 8°45′S 151°25′E. The wreck survives.

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