Japanese destroyer Hamanami

Hamanami (濱波) was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Participated in Battle of the Philippine Sea. Battle of Leyte Gulf: Battle off Samar: Assigned to 1st Diversion Task Force, On October 26 assisted the sinking Noshiro. On 11 November 1944, Hamanami was escorting troop convoy TA No. 3 from Manila, Philippines to Ormoc. She was sunk by aircraft of Task Force 38 in Ormoc Bay, west of Leyte (10.83333°N, 124.58333°W), with 63 killed and 42 injured. JAPANESE DESTROYER Asashimo rescued 167 survivors, including ComDesDiv 32 (Captain Oshima Ichitaro) and Commander Motokura. Three transports and their escorts: JAPANESE DESTROYER Shimakaze, JAPANESE DESTROYER Wakatsuki and JAPANESE DESTROYER Naganami, all went down with Hamanami.