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Kazagumo

IJN Kazagumo

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassYūgumo
WarSecond World War
Main guns6 × 127 mm (5.0 in)/50 caliber DP guns

Sunk by USS Hake off Davao on 8 June 1944.

The Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Kazagumo on 28 March 1942. Photo: Shizuo Fukui, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 6 × 127 mm (5.0 in)/50 caliber DP guns
  • up to 28 × Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns
  • up to 4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA guns
  • 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes for Type 93 torpedoes
  • 36 depth charges
BuilderUraga Dock Company
Laid down23 December 1940
Launched26 September 1941
Displacement2,520 long tons (2,560 t)
Length119.15 m (390 ft 11 in)
Speed35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h)
Complement228

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

26 September 1941