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Yamagumo

IJN Yamagumo

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassAsashio
WarSecond World War
Main guns6 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 DP guns

Sunk by American destroyers' torpedoes in the Surigao Strait on 25 October 1944, ahead of Yamashiro.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Yamagumo Photo: Shizuo Fukui, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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
BuilderFujinagata Shipyards
Laid down4 November 1936
Launched24 July 1937
Commissioned15 January 1938
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
Speed35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h)
Complement200

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

24 July 1937