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===Important Information===

===Important Information===

* Required for [[Quests#A72|A72]], [[Quests#B78|B78]] and [[Quests#B79|B79]].

* Required for quest:

*** [[Quests#A72|A72]]

*** [[Quests#B78|B78]], [[Quests#B79|B79]], [[Quests#By1|By1]]

 

==Voice Lines==

==Voice Lines==

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==Drop Locations==

==Trivia==

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* Scuttled following the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal#Second_Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal.2C_14.E2.80.9315_November Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal], 15 Novembe 1942. ([http://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Japanese_destroyer_Ayanami_%281929%29&params=9_10_S_159_52_E_type:landmark_region:SB 9°10′S 159°52′E])

 

*While in KanColle she is the lead ship of the Ayanami Class, in other contexts she is referred to to as the 11th ship of the Fubuki class.  She was the first of the greater Fubuki class (containing the Fubuki, Ayanami and Akatsuki classes) with a modified gun turret allowing her guns to angle up to 75 degrees.  When introduced, her class were among the most powerful destroyers in the world along with Fubuki and Akatsuki-class.

*While in KanColle she is the lead ship of the Ayanami Class, in other contexts she is referred to to as the 11th ship of the Fubuki class.  She was the first of the greater Fubuki class (containing the Fubuki, Ayanami and Akatsuki classes) with a modified gun turret allowing her guns to angle up to 75 degrees.  When introduced, her class were among the most powerful destroyers in the world along with Fubuki and Akatsuki-class.

*Wreck discovered in 1992 by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ballard Dr. Robert Ballard]

*Wreck discovered in 1992 by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ballard Dr. Robert Ballard]

*Ayanami is one of the three IJN ships in Iron Bottom Sound, along with [[Kirishima]] and [[Yuudachi]].

*Ayanami is one of the three IJN ships in Iron Bottom Sound, along with [[Kirishima]] and [[Yuudachi]].

*Her second remodel represents her performance during her final mission, a night battle where she formed a single 'prong' of a three-pronged attack alone (other prongs each contained a light cruiser and multiple destroyers), sank (or helped sink) three destroyers, heavily damaged a fourth, and assisted [[Kirishima]] in trading fire with a battleship, the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_South_Dakota_(BB-57) USS South Dakota]''.

*Her second remodel represents her performance during her final mission, a night battle where she formed a single 'prong' of a three-pronged attack alone (other prongs each contained a light cruiser and multiple destroyers), sank (or helped sink) three destroyers, heavily damaged a fourth, and assisted [[Kirishima]] in trading fire with a battleship, the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_South_Dakota_(BB-57) USS South Dakota]''.

*The Evangelion character Rei Ayanami takes her family name from this ship. In fact, almost all Evangelion characters have names connected to ships (IJN ships in particular); [[Maya]] Ibuki (in this case a double reference because ''Ibuki'' is also the name of an IJN cruiser), Shigeru [[Aoba]], and Ritsuko [[Akagi]] to name a few.

*The Evangelion character Rei Ayanami takes her family name from this ship. In fact, almost all Evangelion characters have names connected to ships (IJN ships in particular); [[Maya]] Ibuki (in this case a double reference because ''Ibuki'' is also the name of an IJN cruiser), Shigeru [[Aoba]], and Ritsuko [[Akagi]] to name a few.

==See Also==

==See Also==

*[[{{PAGENAME}}/Gallery|View {{PAGENAME}} CG]]

*[[{{PAGENAME}}/Gallery|View {{PAGENAME}} CG]]

*[[wikipedia:Japanese_destroyer_Ayanami_(1929)|Wikipedia entry on destroyer Ayanami]]

*[[wikipedia:Japanese_destroyer_Ayanami_(1929)|Wikipedia entry on destroyer Ayanami]]

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