浜波, "Beach Waves"

Hamanami is the 13th of the Yuugumo-class destroyers.
Character design by [[Fujikawa]], voiced by [[Tanibe Yumi]].

h4. Appearance and personality
She has [[long hair|long]], bushy, waist-length bluish [[grey hair]] tied into a [[single braid|single]] [[braid]] and held by two [[black ribbon|black]] [[hair ribbon]]s and an [[ahoge]]. Her hair [[hair_over_eyes|barely covers]] her [[brown eyes]].

Her outfit is similar to her sister ships - a [[school uniform]] with a [[long sleeves|long sleeved]] [[white shirt]] under a [[purple dress|purple]] [[pleated dress]] and [[grey legwear|grey]] or [[purple legwear|purple]] [[side-seamed legwear|seamed]] [[pantyhose]]. Around her neck is a [[blue bowtie]].

She is a very timid and gloomy girl who constantly stutters, speaking each phrase quickly, sparsely and quietly, sometimes even omitting an entire word or phrase.

h4. History
Completed October 1943, the historical [i]Hamanami[/i] was initially used for training, before moving on to escorting convoys, including the ill fated Philippine Sea. During the Battle of Leyte Gulf, she assisted in scuttling [[noshiro (kancolle)|Noshiro]] and taking in her crew. She was sank by aircraft of Task Force 38 on a return convoy to Leyte on November 11, 1944, with the wreck, sans the bow section which exploded before sinking, eventually sighted in January 2018 by RV Petrel.

h4. [i]Yuugumo[/i]-class Destroyers
h5. 32nd Destroyer Division
* [[Tamanami (Kancolle)]]
* [[Suzunami (Kancolle)]]
* [[Fujinami (Kancolle)]]
* [[Hayanami (Kancolle)]]
* [b]Hamanami[/b]

h4. External links
* "Wikipedia: IJN [i]Hamanami[/i]":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Hamanami]
浜波 浜波(艦隊これくしょん)