Japanese destroyer Yūdachi (1936)
Service
- as Yūdachi7 January 1937 — 15 December 19421,201 days of the war
- Name
- Yūdachi
- Pennant / hull number
- 1936
- Namesake
- "Evening Squall"
- Builder
- Sasebo Naval Arsenal
- Ordered
- 1931
- Laid down
- 16 October 1934
- Launched
- 21 June 1936
- Commissioned
- 7 January 1937
- Struck
- 15 December 1942
- Fate
- Sunk by USS Portland (CA-33), 13 November 1942 (1942)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,685 long tons (1,712 t)
- Length
- 107.5 m (352.7 ft) WL
- Beam
- 9.9 m (32.5 ft)
- Draught
- 3.5 m (11.5 ft)
- Speed
- 34 knots (63 km/h, 39.1 mph)
- Range
- 4,000 nmi (7,408 km)
- Complement
- 226
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Yūdachi was a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1936. The ship was named after "Evening Squall". Her keel was laid at Sasebo Naval Arsenal on 16 October 1934. She entered service on 7 January 1937, having been launched on 21 June 1936.
Ten ships of the class were built. The class followed the Hatsuharu-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Asashio-class destroyer.
Displacement was 1,685 long tons. She measured 107.5 m (353 ft) long with a beam of 9.9 m (32 ft). Her designed speed was 34 knots, and she carried a complement of 226.
Her main battery was five 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,201 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 15 December 1942.
She was sunk on 13 November 1942, at 9°14′S 159°52′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
- 5 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval guns (2×2, 1×1)
- 2 × 13.2 mm AA guns
- 8 × 24 in torpedo tubes
- 16 × Depth charges
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Harusame (1935)
- Japanese destroyer Kawakaze (1936)
- Japanese destroyer Murasame (1935)
- Japanese destroyer Samidare (1935)
- Japanese destroyer Shigure (1935)
- Japanese destroyer Shiratsuyu (1935)
- Japanese destroyer Suzukaze
- Japanese destroyer Umikaze (1936)
- Japanese destroyer Yamakaze (1936)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Yūdachi (1936) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Shizuo Fukui — Kure Maritime Museum, Japanese Naval Warship Photo Album: Destroyers , edited by Kazushige Todaka, p. 80 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons