Japanese destroyer Ayanami (1929)

Ayanami on 30 April 1930
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Ayanami
Ordered	1923 Fiscal Year
Builder	Fujinagata Shipyards
Yard number	Destroyer No. 45
Laid down	20 January 1928
Launched	5 October 1929
Commissioned	30 April 1930
Stricken	15 December 1942
Nickname(s)	The Demon of Solomon (Islands), Kurohyо̄ (黒豹)[citation needed]
Fate	Sunk by gunfire from USS Washington, 15 November 1942
General characteristics
Class and type	Fubuki-class destroyer
Displacement	1,750 long tons (1,780 t) standard 2,050 long tons (2,080 t) re-built
Length	111.96 m (367.3 ft) pp 115.3 m (378 ft) waterline 118.41 m (388.5 ft) overall
Beam	10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draft	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	4 × Kampon type boilers 2 × Kampon Type Ro geared turbines 2 × shafts at 50,000 ihp (37,000 kW)
Speed	38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	219
Armament	6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3×2) up to 22 × Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns up to 10 × 13 mm AA guns 9 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes 36 × depth charges
Service record
Operations:	Second Sino-Japanese War Battle of Malaya Battle of Midway Indian Ocean raid Solomon Islands campaign

Ayanami (綾波, lit. 'Twilled Waves')^[1] was the eleventh of twenty-four Fubuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. When commissioned, these ships were the most powerful destroyers in the world.^[2] They served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, and remained formidable weapons systems well into the Pacific War.