Japanese destroyer Yayoi (1905)

Sister ship Ayanami
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Yayoi
Builder	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Launched	7 August 1905
Completed	23 September 1905
Decommissioned	1 December 1924
Out of service	16 June 1926
Fate	Sunk as a target, 10 August 1926
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Kamikaze-class destroyer
Displacement	381 long tons (387 t) 450 long tons (460 t) (full load)
Length	227 ft (69.2 m) (pp) 234 ft (71 m) (o/a)
Beam	21 ft 7 in (6.6 m)
Draught	6 ft (1.8 m)
Installed power	4 boilers; 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	70
Armament	2 × single 3 in (76 mm) 12 cwt guns 4 × single 3 in (76 mm) 8 cwt guns 2 × single 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Yayoi (弥生) ("Month of new plants" or "March") was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.