Japanese destroyer Hamanami
 Hamanami underway on October 10, 1943 | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Hamanami |
| Completed: | 15 October 1943 |
| Struck: | 10 January 1945 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 11 November 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Yūgumo-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,520 long tons (2,560 t) |
| Length: | 119.15 m (390 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
| Draught: | 3.75 m (12 ft 4 in) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 228 |
| Armament: | • 6 × 127 mm (5.0 in)/50 caliber DP guns • up to 28 × 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns • up to 4 × 13 mm (0.51 in) AA guns • 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes for Type 93 torpedoes • 36 depth charges |
Hamanami (浜波, "Beach Waves") was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Participated in Battle of the Philippine Sea. Battle of Leyte Gulf: Battle off Samar: Assigned to 1st Diversion Task Force, On October 26 assisted the sinking Noshiro. 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 / 10.833°N 124.583°E), with 63 killed and 42 injured. Asashimo rescued 167 survivors, including ComDesDiv 32 (Captain Oshima Ichitaro) and Commander Motokura. Three transports and their escorts: Shimakaze, Wakatsuki and Naganami, all went down with Hamanami.
See also
- List of World War II ships
- List of ships of the Japanese Navy
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