IJN · DD
Yayoi
Photos and infoMutsuki-class destroyer. On 11 December 1941 Battery B, under First Lieutenant Woodrow W. Kessler, put one shell into her off Wake. One man was killed and 17 wounded. She came back on 23 December. Aircraft sank her off Vakuta on 11 September 1942. Not credited to one plane.
| Class | Mutsuki class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Fate | Sunk. One shell hit her at Wake on 11 December 1941. One man was killed and 17 wounded. Not sunk there. Allied aircraft sank her on 11 September 1942, eight miles northwest of Vakuta Island. Not credited to one plane. |
| Armament (class) | Four single guns and two funnels. All of them were lost. |
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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.
Shizuo Fukui, February 1927. Yayoi, with 23 on the hull. The bow number 30 is a fleet number. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Battle of Wake Island
1941-12-11 · one shell; one killed, 17 wounded
