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Hayashimo

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ClassYugumo class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
BuilderMaizuru Naval Arsenal
Launched1943-10-20
Commissioned1944-02-20
FateSunk. Air attack off Semirara Island, 26 October 1944
Armament (class)Repeat of the Kagero. Three twin mounts, two funnels, and two banks of tubes.
Command
  • Arai, Yasuo Captain from 20 February 1944; Relieved on 2 April 1944

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.

Hayashimo
Corrispondente di guerra o militare statunitense sconosciuto. Destroyer Hayashimo beached and damaged, 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Hayashimo was a Yugumo-class destroyer, built at Maizuru, launched on 20 October 1943 and commissioned on 20 February 1944. She was a new ship when she went to Leyte.

On 25 October 1944 she was in Kurita's screen off Samar. She was not sunk in the fight with the escort carriers. She was damaged while the force retired.

The next day American aircraft finished her off Semirara Island. Not credited to one plane.

The pictures on this page are the originals.