Japanese destroyer Hamanami

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Career Japanese Navy Ensign
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Completed: 15 October 1943
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Decommissioned:
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

Hamanami (濱波? "Beach Waves") was a Yugumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

On 11 November 1944, Hamanami was escorting troop convoy TA No. 3 from Manila, Philippines to Ormoc. She was sunk by aircraft of Task Force 38 in Ormoc Bay, west of Leyte (10°50′N, 124°35′E), with 63 killed and 42 injured. Asashimo rescued 167 survivors, including ComDesDiv 32 (Captain Oshima Ichitaro) and Commander Motokura.

Commanding Officers

Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Masayoshi Motokura - 17 September 1943 - 15 October 1943

Cmdr. Masayoshi Motokura - 15 October 1943 - 11 November 1944


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