Takanami (高波) was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Tall Wave". The Yūgumo class was a repeat of the preceding Kagerō...

Three Japanese destroyers have been named Takanami: Japanese destroyer Takanami (1942), a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during...

On January 20, 1942, the Akizuki-class destroyer under construction was given the name Suzutsuki, and the Yūgumo-class destroyer Takanami. On the same date...

(DD-111), an Ayanami-class destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) JS Ōnami (DD-111), a Takanami-class destroyer of the JMSDF This article...

from the destroyer Takanami crippled the heavy cruisers USS New Orleans and Minneapolis at her own sacrifice, Oyashio was the first destroyer to respond...

Fubuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. Construction of the advanced Fubuki-class destroyers was authorized...

following is a list of destroyers and 1st class (steam) torpedo boats of Japan grouped by class or design. In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable...

the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945 (1st English ed.). London: Arms & Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-151-1. MaritimeQuest Japanese Destroyer Index MaritimeQuest...

Kirishima (Japanese: 霧島, named after Mount Kirishima) was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy which saw service during World War I and World War II...

Wind”) was the ninth of ten Shiratsuyu-class destroyers, and the third to be built for the Imperial Japanese Navy under the Circle Two Program (Maru Ni...

This List of Japanese Naval ships and war vessels in World War II is a list of seafaring vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II. It includes...

five Takanami-class, nine Murasame-class, eight Asagiri-class, and two Hatakaze-class destroyers, along with six Abukuma-class destroyer escorts. Japan also...

Hiei (Japanese: 比叡, named after Mount Hiei) was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. Designed by British naval...

vessel to be commissioned in the 19-vessel Kagerō-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late-1930s under the Circle Three Supplementary...

Shiratsuyu-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy under the "Circle One" Program (Maru Ichi Keikaku). The Shiratsuyu-class destroyers were modified...

Special issue Vol. 32, "Japanese cruisers", September 1991 No. 453, Special issue Vol. 34, "History of Japanese destroyers", July 1992 No. 469, Special...

The Yūgumo-class destroyers (夕雲型駆逐艦, Yūgumo-gata kuchikukan) were a group of 19 destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The...

torpedo hits from destroyer Takanami, November 30 1942. Heavy cruiser USS New Orleans, crippled by torpedo hit from Takanami, November 30 1942. Heavy cruiser...

Tassafaronga Point, Guadalcanal, resulting in tactical Japanese victory. Japanese destroyer Takanami was shelled and sunk by the cruiser USS Minneapolis...

JDS Takanami (DD-110) was the fifth ship of Ayanami-class destroyers. Takanami was laid down at Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Tamano Shipyard on 8...

beached in Doma Cove Takanami – Yūgumo-class destroyer Kikuzuki – Mutsuki-class destroyer; lost to U.S. Navy air attack 4 May 1942 Tama Maru – minesweeper;...

Morison lists only 11 destroyers in Tanaka's convoy escort group, namely: Hayashio, Oyashio, Kagerō, Umikaze, Kawakaze, Suzukaze, Takanami, Makinami, Naganami...

This is a list of destroyers of the Second World War. The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically...

Fubuki-class destroyers was authorized as part of the Imperial Japanese Navy's expansion program from fiscal 1923, intended to give Japan a qualitative...

Helena, alongside 10 destroyers, when allied coastwatchers alerted the ships of a nearby Japanese force. Four Japanese destroyer transports carrying 1...

Point. Tanaka's flagship Naganami along with Takanami acted as escorts. The six drum-carrying destroyers were Kuroshio, Oyashio, Kagerō, Suzukaze, Kawakaze...

The Battle of Midway began on 4 June 1942, and it ended on 7 June 1942 in a decisive Japanese defeat. The Japanese cancelled the invasion of Midway. I-175...

stunning cannonade scored many hits and sinking one destroyer; Takanami. The Japanese destroyers began laying a smokescreen and launched more than 45...

November 13–15, 1942. (CA): Pacifica Press. ISBN 0-517-56952-3. Hara, Tameichi (1961). "Part Three, The "Tokyo Express"". Japanese Destroyer Captain. New...

dozens of ships and planes that sank there during the Guadalcanal Campaign in 1942–43. "USS McKean (i) (APD 5)". uboat.net. Retrieved 1 January 2024. "Enderbury...