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Japanese destroyer Hayashio

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Fate: Sunk in action, 24 November 1942
Struck: 24 December 1942
General Characteristics
Displacement: 2,490 tons
Length: 388 ft 9 in (118.5 meters
Beam: 35 ft 5 in (10.8 m)
Draft: 12 ft 4 in (3.8 m)
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement: 240
Armament: 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 cal DP guns,
up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns,
up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns,
8 × 24 in torpedo tubes,
36 depth charges

Hayashio was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

On 24 November 1942, Hayashio was attacked by U.S. Army Air Forces bombers. After removing survivors, she was scuttled with a torpedo, in Guna Bay, Huon Gulf ([07°0′S 147°30′E]).


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Kagero-class destroyer
Kagero | Kuroshio | Oyashio | Hatsukaze | Natsushio | Yukikaze | Hayashio | Maikaze | Isokaze | Shiranuhi | Amatsukaze | Tokitsukaze | Urakaze | Hamakaze | Nowaki | Arashi | Hagikaze | Tanikaze | Akigumo
List of ships of the Japanese Navy

 


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