高波 (駆逐艦)
1. Japanese destroyer Takanami (1942)Japanese destroyer Takanami was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Pearly Waves" (High Wave?). On 30 November 1942, Takanami was on a supply transport run to Guadalcanal, when her task group engaged a United States Navy task group in the Battle of Tassafaronga. Takanami torpedoed the heavy cruisers USS Minneapolis and New Orleans. She was sunk by enemy gunfire — largely from Minneapolis — several miles south-southwest of Savo Island, with 197 killed.
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Read “高波 (駆逐艦)” on Japanese Wikipedia
Read “Japanese destroyer Takanami (1942)” on DBpedia
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