Japanese destroyer Hayashio
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| Launched: 19 April 1939 | |
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 24 November 1942 |
| Struck: | 24 December 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,490 tons |
| Length: | 388 ft 9 in (118.5 meters |
| Beam: | 35 ft 5 in (10.8 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 4 in (3.8 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 240 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 cal DP guns, up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 24 in torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
Hayashio (早潮? "Swift-Moving Tide") was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
On 24 November 1942, Hayashio was attacked by U.S. Army Air Forces bombers. After removing survivors, she was scuttled with a torpedo, in Guna Bay, Huon Gulf ().
Commanding Officers
Cmdr. Wakihito Yamakuma - 24 August 1940 - 1 September 1941
Cmdr. Kiyoshi Kaneda - 1 September 1941 - 24 November 1942
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