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Kasumi

IJN Kasumi

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassAsashio
WarSecond World War
Main guns6 × 5″ guns

Escorted the carriers to Pearl Harbor. One of the eight destroyers that escorted Yamato on her one-way sortie to Okinawa, Operation Ten-Go; sunk by US carrier aircraft on 7 April 1945.

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 6 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 DP guns
  • up to 28 × Type 96 AA guns
  • up to 4 × Type 93 AA guns
  • 8 × 24 in (610 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 36 depth charges
BuilderUraga Dock Company
Laid down1 December 1936
Launched18 November 1937
Commissioned28 June 1939
Displacement2,370 long tons (2,408 t)
Length111 m (364 ft) pp 115 m (377 ft 4 in) waterline 118.3 m (388 ft 1 in) OA
Speed34.85 knots (40.10 mph; 64.54 km/h)
Complement230

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

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

18 November 1937