Japanese destroyer Ayanami (1929)

Ayanami on 30 April 1930
History
Empire of Japan
NameAyanami
Ordered1923 Fiscal Year
BuilderFujinagata Shipyards
Yard numberDestroyer No. 45
Laid down20 January 1928
Launched5 October 1929
Commissioned30 April 1930
Stricken15 December 1942
Nickname(s)The Demon of Solomon (Islands), Kurohyō (黒豹)
FateSunk by gunfire from USS Washington, 15 November 1942
General characteristics
Class & typeFubuki-class destroyer
Displacement
Length
  • 111.96 m (367.3 ft) pp
  • 115.3 m (378 ft) waterline
  • 118.41 m (388.5 ft) overall
Beam10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draft3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Kampon type boilers
  • 2 × Kampon Type Ro geared turbines
  • 2 × shafts at 50,000 ihp (37,000 kW)
Speed38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement219
Armament
Service record
Operations:

Ayanami (綾波; lit. 'Twilled Waves') was the eleventh of twenty-four Fubuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I.

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