Japanese destroyer Akigumo (1941)
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Akigumo |
| Stricken | 10 June 1944 |
| Fate | Sunk in action, 11 April 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Kagerō-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,490 long tons (2,530 t) |
| Length | list error: <br /> list (help) 118.5 m (388 ft 9 in) (119.3 m (391 ft 5 in) if a "Yūgumo" unit) |
| Beam | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
| Draft | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Speed | 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
| Complement | 240 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 6 × 5 in (130 mm)/50 caliber DP guns, very probably reduced to 4 barrels in two twin turrets by 1944 • 2 twin, by 1943 2 triple and 1 twin, by 1944 4 triple, 1 twin and several single 25 mm AA guns • up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns • 8 × 24 in (610 mm) torpedo tubes • 36 depth charges |
Akigumo (秋雲, "Autumn Clouds") was a Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer of either the Kagerō-class or Yūgumo-class.
Akigumo served during the Pacific war in various theatres and by 1943/44 received the typical mid-war radar and AA refits, bringing the light AA outfit finally to four triple and one twin 25mm mounts, plus some singles, and mounting both the active type 22 and the passive type E-27 radars.
On 11 April 1944, Akigumo was torpedoed and sunk by USS Redfin (SS-272) 30 miles (55 km) southeast of Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines (06°43′N 122°23′E / 6.717°N 122.383°E).
Commanding Officers
- Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Terumichi Arimoto - 15 June 1941 - 27 September 1941
- Cmdr. Terumichi Arimoto - 27 September 1941 - 24 December 1941
- Cmdr. Shoohei Sooma - 24 December 1941 - 11 November 1943
- Lt. Cmdr. Atsuo Iritono - 11 November 1943 - 11 April 1944 (KIA)
- Lt. Cmdr. Sadau Shagusa
Debate over classification
It is still debated whether the ship was the second unit of the Yūgumo-class or the last (19th) ship of the preceding Kagerō-class.