Japanese destroyer Hayate (1925)
Hayate on trials, 1925 | |
| History | |
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| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Hayate |
| Builder | Ishikawajima Shipyards, Tokyo |
| Laid down | 11 November 1922 as Destroyer No. 13 |
| Launched | 24 March 1925 |
| Completed | 21 December 1925 |
| Renamed | Hayate, 1 August 1928 |
| Fate | Sunk by American coast-defense guns, 11 December 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Kamikaze-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 9.1 m (29 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 37.3 knots (69.1 km/h; 42.9 mph) |
| Range | 3,600 nmi (6,700 km; 4,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 148 |
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| Service record | |
| Part of: | Destroyer Division 29 |
| Operations: | Battle of Wake Island |
The Japanese destroyer Hayate (疾風, "Gale") was one of nine Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). During the Pacific War, she was sunk by American coast-defense guns during the Battle of Wake Island in December 1941, the first Japanese warship to be lost during the war. Only a single man of her crew was rescued.