Japanese destroyer Ayanami (1909)

Ayanami (綾波) ("cross wave") was a Kamikaze-class destroyer in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The last of the Kamikaze-class vessels to be built, she was laid down at Maizuru Naval Arsenal on 15 May 1908, and launched 20 March the next year. Ayanami was nearly obsolete as soon as she was commissioned. On 1 December 1924 she was converted into a minesweeper. She was renamed W-9 on 1 August 1928 to free her name for her World War II counterpart, the Fubuki-class Ayanami. On 1 June 1930 she was converted again, this time to a tugboat, and was finally scrapped on 19 April 1933.

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Ayanami.
A classmate of the Kamikaze class, Ayanami
History
Empire of Japan
Name: Ayanami
Builder: Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down: 15 May 1908
Launched: 20 March 1909
Completed: 6 June 1909
Renamed: W-9 on 1 August 1928
Reclassified: minesweeper on 1 December 1924
Reclassified: tugboat on 1 June 1930
Fate: scrapped 19 April 1933
General characteristics
Class and type: Kamikaze-class destroyer
Displacement:
  • 381 long tons (387 t) normal,
  • 450 long tons (460 t)
Length:
  • 69.2 m (227 ft) pp,
  • 72 m (236 ft)
Beam: 6.57 m (21.6 ft)
Draught: 1.8 m (5.9 ft)
Propulsion: 2-shaft reciprocating, 4 coal-fired boilers, 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW)
Speed: 29 knots (54 km/h)
Range: 850 nmi (1,570 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement: 70
Armament:
  • 2 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval guns
  • 4 × 80 mm/28 cal guns
  • 2 × 450 mm torpedoes

References

Books
  • Evans, David (1979). Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887–1941. US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-192-7.
  • Howarth, Stephen (1983). The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The Drama of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895–1945. Atheneum. ISBN 0-689-11402-8.
  • Lyon, David (2006). The First Destroyers. Mercury Books. ISBN 1-84560-010-X.
  • Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.
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