Japanese destroyer Hamanami
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 Hamanami underway on October 10, 1943 |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Hamanami |
| Completed: | 15 October 1943 |
| Struck: | 10 January 1945 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 11 November 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 |
Hamanami (濱波, "Beach Waves") was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
On 11 November 1944, Hamanami was escorting troop convoy TA No. 3 from Manila, Philippines to Ormoc. She was sunk by aircraft of Task Force 38 in Ormoc Bay, west of Leyte (10°50′N 124°35′E / 10.833°N 124.583°E), with 63 killed and 42 injured. Asashimo rescued 167 survivors, including ComDesDiv 32 (Captain Oshima Ichitaro) and Commander Motokura. Three transports, and their consorts Shimakaze, Wakatsuki and Naganami all went down with Hamanami.
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