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Hamanami

IJN Hamanami

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassYūgumo
WarSecond World War
Main guns6 × 127 mm (5.0 in)/50 caliber DP guns

Sunk by US carrier aircraft in Ormoc Bay on 11 November 1944 while escorting a convoy carrying reinforcements to Leyte.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Hamanami Photo: Shizuo Fukui, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 6 × 127 mm (5.0 in)/50 caliber DP guns
  • up to 28 × Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns
  • up to 4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA guns
  • 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes for Type 93 torpedoes
  • 36 depth charges
BuilderMaizuru Naval Arsenal
Launched18 April 1943
Displacement2,520 long tons (2,560 t)
Length119.15 m (390 ft 11 in)
Speed35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h)
Complement228

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

18 April 1943