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Japanese destroyer Sazanami
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| Struck: | 10 March 1944 |
| Status: | Sunk, 14 January 1944 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,050 tons |
| Length: | 378 ft 3 in (115.3 m) |
| Beam: | 34 ft (10.4 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × Kampon type boilers, 2 × Parsons geared turbines, 2 × shafts at 50,000 shp (37 MW) |
| Speed: | 38 knots (70 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nm at 14 knots (9,200 km at 26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 197 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 inch (127 mm) / 50 caliber guns (3 × 2-gun turrets), up to 22 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 10 × 13 mm AA guns, 9 × 610 mm torpedo tubes, 36 × depth charges |
Sazanami was a Fubuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Curling Waves (Ripples)", or "Pretty, Small Waves Raised by a Zephyr".
On 12 January 1944, Sazanami departed Rabaul to join a tanker convoy en route from Palau to Truk. She was torpedoed and sunk by USS Albacore (SS-218) 300 miles (550 km) southeast of Yap (). Of her crew, 153 died; 89 survivors, including Lieutenant Commander Hashimoto, were rescued by destroyer Akebono.
| Name | Period |
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| Lt. Yusuke Yamada | 23 April 1932 - 25 May 1933 |
| Cmdr. Keizo Sato | 25 May 1933 - 30 September 1933 |
| Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Shakao Sakiyama | 30 September 1933 - 15 November 1935 |
| Cmdr. Tamekiyo Oda | 15 November 1935 - 1 December 1936 |
| Cmdr. Yoshito Miyazaki | 1 December 1936 - 1 December 1937 |
| Lt. Cmdr. Takeo Okayama | 1 December 1937 - 10 September 1938 |
| Lt. Cmdr. Yoshio Kawashima | 10 September 1938 - 15 December 1938 |
| Cmdr. Yoshizo Amaya | 15 December 1938 - 1 November 1939 |
| Cmdr. Yoshio Inoue | 1 November 1939 - 1 November 1940 |
| Lt. Cmdr. Chishiro Tsunoda | 1 November 1940 - 10 November 1941 |
| Lt. Cmdr. Hiroshi Uwai | 10 November 1941 - 20 July 1942 |
| Lt. Cmdr. Akiji Suga | 20 July 1942 - 20 October 1942 |
| Lt. Cmdr. Kousou Hiroshi | 20 October 1942 - 25 August 1943 |
| Lt. Cmdr. Yoshiro Horiuchi | 25 August 1943 - 10 January 1944 |
| Lt. Cmdr. Masao Hashimoto | 10 January 1944 - 14 January 1944 |
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| Fubuki-class destroyer |
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Type I (Fubuki) Type II (Ayanami) |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |