Japanese destroyer Harusame
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 8 June 1944 |
| Struck: | 10 August 1944 |
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| Displacement: | 1,980 tons |
| Length: | 352 ft 8 in (107.5 meters |
| Beam: | 32 ft 6 in (9.9 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft 6 in (3.5 m) |
| Speed: | 34 knots (63 km/h) |
| Complement: | 180 |
| Armament: | 5 × 5 in ( 127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, up to 21 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 24 in torpedo tubes, 16 depth charges |
The Harusame was a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Light Spring Rain Before the Leaves Bud", or just "Spring Rain".
On the night of 12–13 November 1942, in the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Harusame escorted the Bombardment Force commanded by Rear Admiral Abe Hiroaki. She claimed to have inflicted heavy gunnery damage on an American cruiser; then she escorted the battleship Kirishima to the rear. Later joined the Support Force of Admiral Kurita Takeo, then sailed to Truk on 18 November.
On 8 June 1944, while on a troop transport run to Biak, Harusame was sunk by U.S. Army Air Forces B-25s 30 miles (55 km) northwest of Manokwari, New Guinea ( ).
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| Shiratsuyu-class destroyer |
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Shiratsuyu | Shigure | Murasame | Yudachi | Samidare | Harusame | Yamakaze | Kawakaze | Umikaze | Suzukaze |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
