Imperial Japanese Navy — Destroyer class
Yūgumo-class destroyer
The class in numbers
- 14 Planned
- 19 Completed
- 19 Cancelled
- 19 Lost
Design and service
- Type
- Destroyer
- Navy
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Built
- 1940–1944
- In commission
- 1941–1945
- Preceded by
- Kagerō-class destroyer
- Succeeded by
- Akizuki-class destroyer (1942)
- Builders
- Fujinagata Shipyards (7)
- Maizuru Naval Arsenal (6)
- Uraga Dock Company (6)
Class specifications
Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.
As built
- Displacement, standard
- 2,077 long tons (2,110 t)
- Length
- 119.03 m (390.5 ft) OA
- Speed
- 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h, 40.9 mph)
- Complement
- 225
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
- Armament
- (Yūgumo, December 1941)
- 6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3×2)
- 4 × 25 mm Type 96 AA guns
- 8 × Type 92 torpedo tubes (2×4)
- 16 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedoes
- 18 × depth charges
- (Asashimo, April 1945)
- 6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3×2)
- over 20 × 25 mm Type 96 AA guns
- 8 × Type 92 torpedo tubes (2×4)
- 16 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedoes
- 36 × depth charges
Roster
| Vessel | Pennant | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese destroyer Akishimo | 1943 | Sunk 1944 | |
| Japanese destroyer Asashimo | 1943 | Sunk 1945 | |
| Japanese destroyer Fujinami | 1943 | Sunk 1944 | |
| Japanese destroyer Hamanami | 1943 | Sunk 1944 | |
| Japanese destroyer Hayanami | 1942 | Sunk 1944 | |
| Japanese destroyer Hayashimo | 1943 | Sunk 1944 | |
| Japanese destroyer Kazagumo | 1941 | Sunk 1944 | |
| Japanese destroyer Kishinami | 1943 | Sunk 1944 | |
| Japanese destroyer Kiyonami | 1942 | Sunk 1943 | |
| Japanese destroyer Kiyoshimo | 1944 | Sunk 1944 | |
| Japanese destroyer Makigumo (1941) | 1941 | 1941 | Scuttled 1943 |
| Japanese destroyer Makinami (1941) | 1941 | 1941 | Sunk 1943 |
| Japanese destroyer Naganami | 1942 | Sunk 1944 | |
| Japanese destroyer Okinami | 1943 | Sunk 1944 | |
| Japanese destroyer Ōnami (1942) | 1942 | 1943 | Sunk 1943 |
| Japanese destroyer Suzunami (1943) | 1943 | 1943 | Sunk 1943 |
| Japanese destroyer Takanami (1942) | 1942 | 1942 | Sunk 1942 |
| Japanese destroyer Tamanami | 1942 | Sunk 1944 | |
| Japanese destroyer Yūgumo (1941) | 1941 | 1941 | Sunk 1943 |
Sources
- Facts harvested from Yūgumo-class destroyer on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.