Sunday, October 18, 2015

Fleet Rearmament and Modernization Report: Ayanami Kai 2

My fleet has been joined by another Kai 2 Special Class Destroyer, Ayanami.  With her high luck and firepower, she's bound to make event sorties easier, and putting less strain on my other high-level DDs. 

A little bit of history from wikipedia:

Ayanami's final mission, on November 14–15, 1942, was that of the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. There, she was attached to a scouting force under the command of Rear Admiral Shintarō Hashimoto in the light cruiser Sendai. When American Admiral Willis A. Lee's Task Force 64 was spotted near Savo Island, Hashimoto took his ships clockwise around the island, but sent Ayanami alone in the opposite direction sweeping for enemy vessels. When Lee's ships were located, the order to attack was given, and as such, Ayanami became one of three prongs in the initial attack (Along with Hashimoto's group, and another group led by Rear Admiral Susumu Kimura in the light cruiser Nagara).
Ayanami was first sighted by the American destroyer USS Walke, but the light cruiser Nagara was located soon after and the four destroyers' attentions shifted to it. Torpedo and shellfire from AyanamiNagara, and Uranami sank two of the four destroyers (USS Preston and USS Walke), mortally wounded USS Benham (which was scuttled after the battle), and severely damaged USS Gwin, causing heavy American losses in the first phase of the battle.



Night fighting equipment.  Lots of them. 



Ayanami's seifuku in contrast to Fubuki.  They probably wear the same seifuku but they have different ribbons (laces?)  





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