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→Pacific War: Nevitt & Tully, among other sources, show that Asanagi was not part of the first landing attempt at Wake on 8-11 December, though Mochizuki was (as part of the 30th Destroyer Division with Mutsuki, Kisaragi, and Yayoi). At that time Asanagi and her sister Yuunagi were in the 29th Destroyer Division and were both still supporting the Japanese occupation of the Gilbert Islands; they were then moved to support the second assault on Wake (on 23 December).
 
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{{nihongo|'''''Hayate'''''|疾風| “Gale”}}<ref>Nelson. ''Japanese-English Character Dictionary''. Page 629</ref> was one of nine [[Kamikaze-class destroyer (1922)|''Kamikaze''-class]] [[destroyer]]s built for the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] following [[World War I]]. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, but were considered obsolescent by the start of the [[Pacific War]]. ''Hayate'' had the distinction of being the first major Japanese warship sunk during the war.
The '''Japanese destroyer {{nihongo|''Hayate'''''|疾風|"Gale"}} was one of nine {{sclass|Kamikaze|destroyer (1922)|0}} [[destroyer]]s 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.


==Design and description==
==History==
The ''Kamikaze'' class was an improved version of the {{sclass|Minekaze|destroyer|2}}s. The ships had an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|102.5|m|ftin|sp=us}}<ref>Watts & Gordon, pp. 263–64</ref> and were {{convert|97.5|m|ftin|sp=us}} [[between perpendiculars]]. They had a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|9.1|m|ftin|sp=us}}, and a mean [[draft (hull)|draft]] of {{convert|2.9|m|ftin|sp=us}}. The ''Kamikaze''-class ships displaced {{convert|1422|t|LT|sp=us|0}} at [[Displacement (ship)#Standard displacement|standard load]] and {{convert|1747|t|LT|sp=us|0}} at [[deep load]].<ref name=w1>Whitley, p. 189</ref> They were powered by two [[Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company|Parsons]] geared [[steam turbine]]s, each driving one [[propeller shaft]], using steam provided by four [[Kampon]] [[water-tube boiler]]s. The turbines were designed to produce {{convert|38500|shp|kW|lk=in}}, which would propel the ships at {{convert|37.3|kn|lk=in}}. During sea trials, the ships comfortably exceeded their designed speeds, reaching {{convert|38.7|to|39.2|kn}}.<ref name=gg5>Gardiner & Gray, p. 245</ref> The ships carried {{convert|420|t|LT|0|sp=us}} of [[fuel oil]] which gave them a range of {{convert|3600|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|14|kn}}. Their crew consisted of 148 officers and crewmen.<ref name=j5>Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 142</ref>
Construction of the large-sized ''Kamikaze''-class destroyers was authorized as part of the Imperial Japanese Navy's [[Eight-eight fleet|8-4 Fleet Program]] from fiscal 1921–1923, as a follow on to the {{sclass-|Minekaze|destroyer|4}}, with which they shared many common design characteristics.<ref>Howarth, The ''Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun''.</ref> ''Hayate'', built at the [[IHI Corporation|Ishikawajima Shipyards]] in Tokyo, was the seventh ship completed in this class. It was laid down on November 11, 1922, launched on March 24, 1925 and commissioned on November 21, 1925.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0421.htm | title= Kamikaze class 1st class destroyers| last= Nishidah | first= Hiroshi| year= 2002 | work= Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy | publisher= }}</ref> Originally commissioned simply as ''Destroyer No. 13'', it was assigned the name ''Hayate'' on August 1, 1928.


The main armament of the ''Kamikaze''-class ships consisted of four [[Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun|{{convert|12|cm|sp=us|adj=on|1}} Type 3 guns]] in single mounts; one gun forward of the [[superstructure]], one between the two [[funnel (ship)|funnel]]s 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 {{convert|53.3|cm|sp=us|adj=on|1}} [[torpedo tube]]s; one mount was between the forward superstructure and the forward gun and the other two were between the aft funnel and aft superstructure.<ref name=j5/> Early in the war, the No. 4 gun and the aft torpedo tubes were removed in exchange for four [[depth charge]] throwers and 18 depth charges.<ref>Whitley, pp. 189–90</ref>
===World War II history===
As part of the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] during the opening days of [[World War II]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]], the [[Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff]] ordered the seizure of [[Wake Island]], then garrisoned by the [[United States Marine Corps]]. ''Hayate'' was part of Desron 6 under Destroyer Division 29 in the [[IJN 4th Fleet]], and deployed from [[Chuuk Lagoon|Truk]].


==Construction and career==
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Early on the morning of December 11, 1941 (in what was later termed the [[Battle of Wake Island]], the American garrison repulsed the first Japanese landing attempts by the [[South Seas Force]], which was screened by the light cruisers {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yūbari||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tenryū||2}}, and {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tatsuta|1918|2}}; and Destroyer Division 29 with destroyers {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yayoi|1925|2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Mutsuki||2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kisaragi|1925|2}}, ''Hayate'', {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Oite|1924|2}}, and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asanagi||2}}; two old {{sclass-|Momi|destroyer|2}}s converted to patrol boats ({{ship|Japanese patrol boat|Patrol Boat No. 32||2}} and {{ship|Japanese patrol boat|Patrol Boat No. 33||2}}), and two troop transports containing 450 [[Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces]] troops.
''Hayate'', built at the [[IHI Corporation|Ishikawajima Shipyards]] in Tokyo, was [[laid down]] on 11 November 1922, [[Ship launching|launched]] on 24 March 1925 and completed on 21 December 1925. Originally commissioned simply as ''Destroyer No. 13'', the ship was assigned the name ''Hayate'' on 1 August 1928.<ref>Watts & Gordon, p. 264</ref>


===Pacific War===
The U.S. Marines fired at the invasion fleet with their six [[5"/51 caliber gun|5"/51 caliber]] [[coastal artillery]] guns, which had been removed from scrapped [[battleship]]s, "Battery L" commanded by Sergeant Henry Bedell on Peale Islet succeeded in sinking ''Hayate'' at a distance of {{convert|4000|yd|m}} with at least two direct hits to her [[magazine (artillery)|magazines]], causing her to explode and sink within two minutes, with the loss of all hands, totaling 168 men, in full view of the defenders on shore. ''Yūbari'' was also hit eleven times, and defending aircraft sank ''Kisaragi'' during the same attack. The Japanese force withdrew before landing. This was the first Japanese defeat of the war, and also the only occasion in World War II when an [[amphibious assault]] was repulsed by shore-based guns.<ref>Devereaux, The ''Story of Wake Island''</ref>
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At the time of the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941, ''Hayate'' was assigned to Destroyer [[Division (naval)|Division]] 29 under Destroyer [[Squadron (naval)|Squadron]] 6 of the [[4th Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)|4th Fleet]]. She [[sortie]]d from [[Kwajalein]] on 8 December as part of the [[Wake Island]] invasion force. This consisted of the [[light cruiser]]s {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yūbari||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tenryū||2}}, and {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tatsuta|1918|2}}, the destroyers {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yayoi|1925|2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kisaragi|1925|2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Mutsuki||2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Mochizuki|1927|2}}, ''Hayate'', and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Oite|1924|2}},<ref name=ne/> two old {{sclass|Momi|destroyer|0}} vessels converted to patrol boats (''Patrol Boat No. 32'' and ''Patrol Boat No. 33''), and two troop transports containing 450 [[Japanese 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 {{convert|9000|yd|m|disp=flip|sp=us}} at 05:30. As none of the six [[5"/51 caliber gun|{{convert|5|in|cm|adj=on|1}}]] coast-defense guns replied, [[Rear Admiral]] [[Sadamichi 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, [[Major (rank)|Major]] [[James Devereux]], commander of the [[United 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 {{convert|4500|yd|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}, he ordered his guns to open fire. Battery L, based on Peale Islet, engaged their closest target, ''Hayate'', and hit her on the third [[salvo]].<ref>Wukovits, pp. 99–108</ref> After a large explosion aft, she broke in half and sank within two minutes at coordinates {{coord|19|16|N|166|37|E|display=inline,title}}, two miles (3&nbsp;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.<ref name=ne>Nevitt</ref> She was the first warship lost by the Japanese during the war. The quick loss of ''Hayate'' and the near misses around his [[flagship]], ''Yūbari'', caused Kajioka to order his forces to disengage.<ref>Wukovits, p. 108</ref>
''Hayate'' was struck from the [[navy list]] on January 15, 1942.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0421.htm | title= Kamikaze class 1st class destroyers| last= Nishidah | first= Hiroshi| year= 2002 | work= Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy | publisher= }}</ref>

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== References ==
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*{{cite book | last = Brown| first = David | year = 1990 | title = Warship Losses of World War Two | publisher = Naval Institute Press| isbn = 1-55750-914-X}}
*{{cite book|title= The Story of Wake Island |author=Devereaux, Colonel James P.S., USMC |publisher=The Battery Press |year=1947 |isbn= 0-89839-264-0}}
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*{{cite book | last = Howarth | first = Stephen | year = 1983 | title = The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The Drama of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895–1945 | publisher = Atheneum | location = | isbn = 0-689-11402-8}}
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*{{cite book | last = Jentsura | first = Hansgeorg | year = 1976 | title = Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945 | publisher = US Naval Institute Press | isbn = 0-87021-893-X }}
*{{cite book | last = Nelson | first = Andrew N. | year = 1967 | title = Japanese–English Character Dictionary | publisher = Tuttle | isbn = 0-8048-0408-7}}
*{{cite book | last = Watts | first = Anthony J | year = 1967 | title = Japanese Warships of World War II | publisher = Doubleday | id = ASIN B000KEV3J8}}
*{{cite book | last = Whitley | first = M J | title = Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia | publisher = Arms and Armour Press | year = 2000 | location = London | isbn = 1-85409-521-8 }}


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* {{cite web|url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hayate_t.htm |title=IJN ''Hayate'': Tabular Record of Movement |last=Nevitt |first=Allyn D. |date=July 2014 |access-date=10 November 2015 |work=Long Lancers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007064146/http://www.combinedfleet.com/hayate_t.htm |archivedate= 7 October 2015 }}
*{{cite book|last1=Watts|first1=Anthony J.|title=The Imperial Japanese Navy|date=1971|publisher=Doubleday|location=Garden City, New York|isbn= 0385012683|last2=Gordon|first2=Brian G.|name-list-style=amp}}
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*{{cite book|last1=Wukovits|first1=John|title=Pacific Alamo: The Battle for Wake Island|date=2010|publisher=NAL: Caliber|isbn=978-1-101-65818-5}}


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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Hayate.
Hayate on trials, 1925
History
Empire of Japan
NameHayate
BuilderIshikawajima Shipyards, Tokyo
Laid down11 November 1922 as Destroyer No. 13
Launched24 March 1925
Completed21 December 1925
RenamedHayate, 1 August 1928
FateSunk by American coast-defense guns, 11 December 1941
General characteristics
Class and typeKamikaze-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,422 t (1,400 long tons) (normal)
  • 1,747 t (1,719 long tons) (deep load)
Length
  • 97.5 m (319 ft 11 in) (pp)
  • 102.5 m (336 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam9.1 m (29 ft 10 in)
Draft2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines
Speed37.3 knots (69.1 km/h; 42.9 mph)
Range3,600 nmi (6,700 km; 4,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement148
Armament
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.

Design and description

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The Kamikaze class was an improved version of the Minekaze-class destroyers. The ships had an overall length of 102.5 meters (336 ft 3 in)[1] and were 97.5 meters (319 ft 11 in) between perpendiculars. They had a beam of 9.1 meters (29 ft 10 in), and a mean draft of 2.9 meters (9 ft 6 in). The Kamikaze-class ships displaced 1,422 metric tons (1,400 long tons) at standard load and 1,747 metric tons (1,719 long tons) at deep load.[2] They were powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by four Kampon water-tube boilers. The turbines were designed to produce 38,500 shaft horsepower (28,700 kW), which would propel the ships at 37.3 knots (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) of fuel oil which gave them a range of 3,600 nautical 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 the Kamikaze-class ships consisted of four 12-centimeter (4.7 in) Type 3 guns in single mounts; one gun forward of the superstructure, one between the two funnels 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 four depth charge throwers and 18 depth charges.[5]

Construction and career

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Hayate, built at the Ishikawajima Shipyards in Tokyo, was laid down on 11 November 1922, launched on 24 March 1925 and completed on 21 December 1925. Originally commissioned simply as Destroyer No. 13, the ship was assigned the name Hayate on 1 August 1928.[6]

Pacific War

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At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Hayate was assigned to Destroyer Division 29 under Destroyer Squadron 6 of the 4th Fleet. She sortied from Kwajalein on 8 December as part of the Wake Island invasion force. This consisted of the light cruisers Yūbari, Tenryū, and Tatsuta, the destroyers Yayoi, Kisaragi, Mutsuki, Mochizuki, Hayate, and Oite,[7] two old Momi-class vessels converted to patrol boats (Patrol Boat No. 32 and Patrol Boat No. 33), and two troop transports containing 450 Japanese 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 six 5-inch (12.7 cm) coast-defense guns replied, Rear Admiral Sadamichi 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, Major James Devereux, commander of the United 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 third salvo.[8] After a large explosion aft, she broke in half and sank within two minutes at coordinates 19°16′N 166°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 of Hayate and the near misses around his flagship, Yūbari, caused Kajioka to order his forces to disengage.[9]

Notes

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  1. ^ Watts & Gordon, pp. 263–64
  2. ^ Whitley, p. 189
  3. ^ Gardiner & Gray, p. 245
  4. ^ a b Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 142
  5. ^ Whitley, pp. 189–90
  6. ^ Watts & Gordon, p. 264
  7. ^ a b Nevitt
  8. ^ Wukovits, pp. 99–108
  9. ^ Wukovits, p. 108

References

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  • Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
  • 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.
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