Hamanami was a Yugumo-class destroyer, built at Maizuru, launched on 18 April 1943 and commissioned on 15 October 1943.
On 25 October 1944 she was in Kurita's screen off Samar. She was not sunk in that fight.
On 11 November 1944 American aircraft sank her in Ormoc Bay. Not credited to one plane.