Japanese destroyer Hayashio
Hayashio in art
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History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Hayashio |
Builder | Uraga Dock Company |
Laid down | 30 June 1938 |
Launched | 19 April 1939 |
Completed | 31 August 1940 |
Stricken | 24 December 1942 |
Fate | Sunk in action, 24 November 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kagerō-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,033 long tons (2,066 t) standard |
Length | 118.5 m (388 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
Draft | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h) |
Range | 5,000 NM at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
Complement | 239 |
Armament |
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Hayashio (早潮, lit. "Swift Tide")
Background
The Kagerō-class destroyers were outwardly almost identical to the preceding light cruiser-sized Asashio class, with improvements made by Japanese naval architects to improve stability and to take advantage of Japan's lead in torpedo technology. They were designed to accompany the Japanese main striking force and in both day and night attacks against the United States Navy as it advanced across the Pacific Ocean, according to Japanese naval strategic projections.[2] Despite being one of the most powerful classes of destroyers in the world at the time of their completion, only one survived the Pacific War.[3]
Hayashio, built at the Uraga Dock Company, was laid down on 30 June 1938, launched on 19 April 1939 and commissioned on 31 August 1940.[4]
Operational history
At the time of the
In early 1942, Hayashio participated in the
At the end of April, Hayashio deployed from Kure to assist in the occupation of the Cagayan Islands near Palawan in early May, and then returned with the damaged carrier Shōkaku from Manila to Kure on 17 May. In early June, Hayashio deployed from Saipan as part of the troopship escort for the Battle of Midway.
In mid-June, Hayashio was assigned as escort for cruisers in projected further
On 24 November 1942, while on a transport run to
See also
Notes
- ^ Nelson. Japanese-English Character Dictionary. Page 476, 570;
- ^ Peattie & Evans, Kaigun .
- ^ Globalsecurity.org, IJN Kagero class destroyers
- ^ Nishidah, Hiroshi (2002). "Asashio class 1st class destroyers". Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ Allyn D. Nevitt (1998). "IJN Hayashio: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com.
Books
- Brown, David (1990). Warship Losses of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-914-X.
- D'Albas, Andrieu (1965). Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II. Devin-Adair Pub. ISBN 0-8159-5302-X.
- Evans, David (1979). Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887–1941. US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-192-7.
- Roger Chesneau, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Grenwitch: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Howarth, Stephen (1983). The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The Drama of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895–1945. Atheneum. ISBN 0-689-11402-8.
- Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.
- Watts, A.J. (1966). Japanese warships of World War II. Ian Allan. ISBN 0711002150.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Cassell Publishing. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
External links
- CombinedFleet.com: Kagero-class destroyers
- Hayashio history
- Globalsecurity.org. "IJN Kagero class destroyers".