Japanese destroyer Yūgumo (1941)
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| Name | Yūgumo |
| Ordered | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down | 12 June 1940 |
| Launched | 16 March 1941 |
| Completed | 5 December 1941 |
| Commissioned | 5 December 1941, 10th Destroyer Division |
| Stricken | 1 December 1943 |
| Fate | Sunk in action, 7 October 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Yūgumo-class destroyer |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 2,077 long tons (2,110 t) standard 2,520 long tons (2,560 t) battle condition |
| Length | 119.15 m (390 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 3.75 m (12 ft 4 in) |
| Speed | 35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h) |
| Complement | 225 (1941) |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 6 × 127 mm (5 in)/50 caliber DP guns • 4 × Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns • 2 × Type 92 (IV) 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes • 16 × Type 93 torpedoes • 18 depth charges |
The Yūgumo (夕雲, "Evening Clouds") was the lead ship of her class of destroyer in the Imperial Japanese Navy.
On the night of 6–7 October 1943, Yūgumo was on a troop evacuation run to Vella Lavella. In the Battle of Vella Lavella, she charged U.S. destroyers, irreparably damaging USS Chevalier (DD-451) with a torpedo. She was sunk in turn by gunfire and at least one torpedo from Chevalier and USS Selfridge (DD-357), 15 miles (27 km) northwest of Vella Lavella (07°33′S 156°14′E / 7.550°S 156.233°E), with 138 killed. U.S. PT boats rescued 78 survivors and another 25 reached friendly lines in an abandoned U.S. lifeboat, but Commander Osako was killed in action.
Commanding Officers
- Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Shigeo Semba - 31 July 1941 - 5 December 1941
- Cmdr. Shigeo Semba - 5 December 1941 - 25 May 1943
- Cmdr. Azuma Osako - 25 May 1943 - 7 October 1943 (KIA)
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