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Hayashimo

IJN Hayashimo

Wrecked

Imperial Japanese Navy

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

Fought off Samar. Damaged by US carrier aircraft the next day, 26 October 1944, and run aground off Semirara Island.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Hayashimo 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
Laid down20 January 1943
Launched20 October 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

20 October 1943