Japanese destroyer Yūgumo (1941)
Service
- as Yūgumo5 December 1941 — 1 December 1943726 days of the war
- Name
- Yūgumo
- Pennant / hull number
- 1941
- Builder
- Maizuru Naval Arsenal
- Laid down
- 12 June 1940
- Launched
- 16 March 1941
- Commissioned
- 5 December 1941
- Struck
- 1 December 1943
- Fate
- Sunk 6 October 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,077 long tons (2,110 t)
- Length
- 119.15 m (390.9 ft)
- Beam
- 10.8 m (35.4 ft)
- Draught
- 3.75 m (12.3 ft)
- Speed
- 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h, 40.9 mph)
- Complement
- 225
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Yūgumo was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1941. Maizuru Naval Arsenal laid her keel on 12 June 1940. Launched on 16 March 1941, she entered service on 5 December 1941.
19 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Kagerō-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Akizuki-class destroyer (1942).
Displacement was 2,077 long tons. She measured 119.2 m (391 ft) long with a beam of 10.8 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 35.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 225.
Her main battery was six 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 726 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1943.
She was sunk on 6 October 1943, at 7°33′S 156°14′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 6 × 127 mm/50 caliber DP guns
- 4 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
- 2 × 4 Type 92 (IV) 610 mm torpedo tubes
- 16 × Type 93 torpedoes
- 18 depth charges
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Akishimo
- Japanese destroyer Asashimo
- Japanese destroyer Fujinami
- Japanese destroyer Hamanami
- Japanese destroyer Hayanami
- Japanese destroyer Hayashimo
- Japanese destroyer Kazagumo
- Japanese destroyer Kishinami
- Japanese destroyer Kiyonami
- Japanese destroyer Kiyoshimo
- Japanese destroyer Makigumo (1941)
- Japanese destroyer Makinami (1941)
- Japanese destroyer Naganami
- Japanese destroyer Okinami
- Japanese destroyer Ōnami (1942)
- Japanese destroyer Suzunami (1943)
- Japanese destroyer Takanami (1942)
- Japanese destroyer Tamanami
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Yūgumo (1941) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Ships of the World June 2004 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons