 Hayate on trials, 1925 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Hayate |
| Builder | Ishikawajima Shipyards,Tokyo |
| Laid down | 11 November 1922 asDestroyer No. 13 |
| Launched | 24 March 1925 |
| Completed | 21 December 1925 |
| Renamed | Hayate, 1 August 1928 |
| Fate | Sunk by Americancoast-defense guns, 11 December 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Kamikaze-classdestroyer |
| 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 gearedsteam turbines |
| Speed | 37.3knots (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 |
| Armament |
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| Service record | |
| Part of: | Destroyer Division 29 |
| Operations: | Battle of Wake Island |
TheJapanese destroyerHayate (疾風,"Gale") was one of nineKamikaze-classdestroyers built for theImperial Japanese Navy (IJN). During thePacific War, she was sunk by Americancoast-defense guns during theBattle 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.
TheKamikaze class was an improved version of theMinekaze-class destroyers. The ships had anoverall length of 102.5 meters (336 ft 3 in)[1] and were 97.5 meters (319 ft 11 in)between perpendiculars. They had abeam of 9.1 meters (29 ft 10 in), and a meandraft of 2.9 meters (9 ft 6 in). TheKamikaze-class ships displaced 1,422 metric tons (1,400 long tons) atstandard load and 1,747 metric tons (1,719 long tons) atdeep load.[2] They were powered by twoParsons gearedsteam turbines, each driving onepropeller shaft, using steam provided by fourKamponwater-tube boilers. The turbines were designed to produce 38,500shaft horsepower (28,700 kW), which would propel the ships at 37.3knots (69.1 km/h; 42.9 mph). During sea trials, the ships comfortably exceeded their designed speeds, reaching 38.7 to 39.2 knots (71.7 to 72.6 km/h; 44.5 to 45.1 mph).[3] The ships carried 420 metric tons (413 long tons) offuel oil which gave them a range of 3,600nautical miles (6,700 km; 4,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph). Their crew consisted of 148 officers and crewmen.[4]
The main armament of theKamikaze-class ships consisted of four12-centimeter (4.7 in) Type 3 guns in single mounts; one gun forward of thesuperstructure, one between the twofunnels and the last pair back to back atop the aft superstructure. The guns were numbered '1' to '4' from front to rear. The ships carried three above-water twin sets of 53.3-centimeter (21.0 in)torpedo tubes; one mount was between the forward superstructure and the forward gun and the other two were between the aft funnel and aft superstructure.[4] Early in the war, the No. 4 gun and the aft torpedo tubes were removed in exchange for fourdepth charge throwers and 18 depth charges.[5]
Hayate, built at theIshikawajima Shipyards in Tokyo, waslaid down on 11 November 1922,launched on 24 March 1925 and completed on 21 December 1925. Originally commissioned simply asDestroyer No. 13, the ship was assigned the nameHayate on 1 August 1928.[6]
At the time of theattack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941,Hayate was assigned to DestroyerDivision 29 under DestroyerSquadron 6 of the4th Fleet. Shesortied fromKwajalein on 8 December as part of theWake Island invasion force. This consisted of thelight cruisersYūbari,Tenryū, andTatsuta, the destroyersYayoi,Kisaragi,Mutsuki,Mochizuki,Hayate, andOite,[7] two oldMomi-class vessels converted to patrol boats (Patrol Boat No. 32 andPatrol Boat No. 33), and two troop transports containing 450Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF) troops.
The Japanese approached the island early on the morning of 11 December, and the warships began to bombard the island at a range of 8,200 meters (9,000 yd) at 05:30. As none of the six5-inch (12.7 cm) coast-defense guns replied,Rear AdmiralSadamichi Kajioka, commander of the invasion forces, ordered his ships to close the island, believing that the American guns had been destroyed by the earlier aerial attacks. Encouraging this,MajorJames Devereux, commander of theUnited States Marine garrison, had ordered his men to hold their fire until he gave the order to do so. After the Japanese ships had closed to a range of 4,100 meters (4,500 yd), he ordered his guns to open fire. Battery L, based on Peale Islet, engaged their closest target,Hayate, and hit her on the thirdsalvo.[8] After a large explosion aft, she broke in half and sank within two minutes at coordinates19°16′N166°37′E / 19.267°N 166.617°E /19.267; 166.617, two miles (3 km) southwest of Wake. The location of the explosion makes it probable that the shells struck one of the aft torpedo mounts, or, less likely, the depth charges on the stern. Only one man from the 169 men aboard was rescued.[7] She was the first warship lost by the Japanese during the war. The quick loss ofHayate and the near misses around hisflagship,Yūbari, caused Kajioka to order his forces to disengage.[9]
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