Japanese destroyer Yayoi (1925)

Yayoi in February 1927
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Yayoi
Namesake	March
Builder	Uraga Dock Company, Uraga
Laid down	11 January 1924 as Destroyer No. 23
Launched	11 July 1925
Completed	28 August 1926
Renamed	As Yayoi, 1 August 1928
Stricken	20 October 1942
Fate	Sunk by American aircraft, 11 September 1942
General characteristics
Type	Mutsuki-class destroyer
Displacement	1,336 t (1,315 long tons) (normal) 1,800 t (1,772 long tons) (deep load)
Length	97.54 m (320 ft 0 in) (pp) 102.4 m (335 ft 11 in) (o/a)
Beam	9.16 m (30 ft 1 in)
Draft	2.96 m (9 ft 9 in)
Installed power	38,500 shp (28,700 kW) 4 × Kampon water-tube boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines
Speed	37.25 knots (68.99 km/h; 42.87 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	150
Armament	4 × 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns 2 × triple 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes 18 × depth charges 16 × mines
Service record
Part of:	Destroyer Division 30
Operations:	Second Sino-Japanese War Battle of Wake Island Solomon Islands campaign New Guinea Campaign

The Japanese destroyer Yayoi (弥生, "March") was one of twelve Mutsuki-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1920s. During the Pacific War, she participated in the Battle of Wake Island in December 1941 and the occupations of New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in early 1942.