Photos and the story
| Class | Yugumo class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Launched | 1943-04-18 |
| Commissioned | 1943-10-15 |
| Fate | Sunk. Air attack, Ormoc Bay, 11 November 1944 |
| Armament (class) | Repeat of the Kagero. Three twin mounts, two funnels, and two banks of tubes. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
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.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.