| Japanese destroyer Hayanami | |
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 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 & 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 Bouganville. 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 120.05°E). The destroyer blew up and sank with 208 killed; 45 survivors were rescued by Urakaze.
On 10 August 1944, Hayanami was removed from Navy List.
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