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Yayoi

IJN Yayoi

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassMutsuki
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns

Sunk by Allied aircraft off Normanby Island on 11 September 1942, after the failed landing at Milne Bay.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Yayoi, the second Japanese destroyer to bear that name. Photo: Shizuo Fukui, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns
  • 2 × triple 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes
  • 18 × depth charges
  • 16 × mines
BuilderUraga Dock Company, Uraga
Laid down11 January 1924 as Destroyer No. 23
Launched11 July 1925
Displacement1,336 t (1,315 long tons) (normal) 1,800 t (1,772 long tons) (deep load)
Length97.54 m (320 ft 0 in) (pp) 102.4 m (335 ft 11 in) (o/a)
Speed37.25 knots (68.99 km/h; 42.87 mph)
Complement150

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

11 July 1925