Pacific ships

IJN · DD

Ayanami

Photos and info
Sunk

Fubuki-class destroyer. In Sendai's van. American battleship gunfire sank her. Washington is the ship named for that fire.

Fubuki classSunk 15 November 1942 off Guadalcanal by battleship gunfire. Washington is the ship named for the fire that finished her.

Shizuo Fukui. Ayanami II.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Command

ESEisuke SakumaCaptain from 12 September 1941

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, battleship night

1942-11-15 · sunk by battleship gunfire

Sunk
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Afloat
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Photos and infoNaval Battle of Guadalcanal, battleship night
Sunk
Diagram of the class, not a photograph of this ship
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Sunk
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Photos and infoBattle of the Coral SeaNaval Battle of Guadalcanal, battleship night
Afloat
WashingtonBB · BB-56 · USN
Photos and infoNaval Battle of Guadalcanal, battleship night

Shot and shell

Taken · sunkfrom USS Washington
Battleship gunfire sank Ayanami. Washington is the ship named for the fire that finished her.