Japanese destroyer Yūgure (1934)
Service
- as Yūgure30 March 1935 — 15 October 19431,505 days of the war
- Name
- Yūgure
- Pennant / hull number
- 1934
- Builder
- Maizuru Naval Arsenal
- Ordered
- 1933
- Laid down
- 9 April 1933
- Launched
- 6 May 1934
- Commissioned
- 30 March 1935
- Struck
- 15 October 1943
- Fate
- Sunk in action, 20 July 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,506 long tons (1,530 t)
- Length
- 109.5 m (359.3 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10 m (32.8 ft)
- Draught
- 3.38 m (11.1 ft)
- Speed
- 36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
- Range
- 4,000 nmi (7,408 km)
- Complement
- 212
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Yūgure was a Hatsuharu-class destroyer, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1934. Her keel was laid at Maizuru Naval Arsenal on 9 April 1933. She entered service on 30 March 1935, having been launched on 6 May 1934.
She was one of six ships of her class. The class followed the Akatsuki-class destroyer (1931) and was succeeded by the Shiratsuyu-class destroyer.
Displacement was 1,506 long tons. She measured 109.5 m (359 ft) long with a beam of 10 m (33 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 212. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 1,505 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 15 October 1943.
She was sunk on 20 July 1943, at 7°25′S 156°45′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
- Propulsion
- 2 shaft Kampon geared turbines
- 3 boilers, 42000 hp
- Armament
- (as built) 2 × 2, 1 × 1 - 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun
- 2 × 1 - 40 mm AA guns
- 3 × 3 - 61 cm torpedo tubes
- 18 × depth charges
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Yūgure (1934) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Presumed official IJN photographer. — Unknown, possibly Shizuo Fukui's collection at the Kure Maritime Museum — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons