Japanese destroyer Hayanami

Hayanami underway on July 24, 1943
Career
Name: Hayanami
Completed: 21 July 1943
Struck: 10 August 1944
Fate: Sunk in action, 7 June 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

Hayanami (早波, "Shore Waves") was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. October 15–20, 1943 Troop transport run from Saeki to Truk. Troop transport runs from Truk to Ponape on 22-24 and 26–28 October. Provided escort for troop transport run November 6 to Bougainville. On 7 June 1944, Hayanami was torpedoed and sunk by USS Harder (SS-257) near Tawitawi, 35 miles (65 km) east of Borneo (04°43′N 120°03′E / 4.717°N 120.050°E). The destroyer blew up and sank with 208 killed; 45 survivors were rescued by Urakaze.

On 10 August 1944, Hayanami was removed from the Navy List.

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