| Japanese destroyer Yūgumo | |
|---|---|
| Career |  |
| 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 |
| Struck: | 1 December 1943 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 7 October 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Yūgumo-class destroyer |
| Displacement: |
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: |
• 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. Participated in the Battles of Midway, Eastern Solomons, and the Santa Cruz Islands. Made troop transport runs to Guadalcanal Nov 7 and 10, 1942. troop transport run to Buna, New Guinea November 17 and 22. Troop evacuation runs to Guadalcanal February 1 and 4, 1943. Troop evacuation run to the Russell Islands February 7. Troop transport run to Kolombangara April 1 and 5. Troop evacuation run to Kiska July 29, evacuated 479. Troop evacuation run to Kolombangara October 2, 1943 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 / 7.55°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.
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