Japanese destroyer Naganami
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| Completed: | 30 June 1942 |
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 11 November 1944 |
| Struck: | 10 January 1945 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,520 tons |
| Length: | 390 ft 11 in (109.5 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 5 in (10.0 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 4 in (3.0 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 228 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
Naganami (長波? "Long Waves") was a Yugumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
On 10 November Naganami joined the escort of troop convoy TA No. 3 as it approached Ormoc. She was sunk by aircraft of Task Force 38 on 11 November in Ormoc Bay, west of Leyte ( ). An explosion amidships broke the ship in two.
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| Yugumo-class destroyer |
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Yugumo | Kazagumo | Makigumo | Makinami | Takanami | Naganami | Tamanami | Suzunami | Onami | Fujinami | Kishinami | Hayanami | Kiyonami | Okinami | Hamanami | Asashimo | Kiyoshimo | Hayashimo | Akishimo |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
