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Kagerō

IJN Kagerō

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassKagerō
WarSecond World War
Main guns6 × 5″ guns

Fired torpedoes at Tassafaronga.

Japanese destroyer Kagero anchored in Rabaul Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • (1939)
  • 6 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 DP guns
  • 4 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
  • 8 × 24 in (610 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 16 depth charges
  • 2 × paravanes
  • (1943)
  • 8 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
  • 36 depth charges
BuilderMaizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down3 September 1937
Launched27 September 1938
Commissioned6 November 1939
Displacement2,033 long tons (2,066 t) standard
Length118.5 m (388 ft 9 in)
Speed35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h)
Complement239

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

27 September 1938

Battle of Tassafaronga
Survived

30 November 1942

Fate

Sunk

Sunk in action, 8 May 1943