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Yūnagi

IJN Yūnagi

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassKamikaze
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns

The only destroyer with Mikawa's cruisers at Savo Island.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Yunagi, the second Japanese destroyer to bear that name. Photo: Shizuo Fukui, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns
  • 3 × twin 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
BuilderSasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down17 September 1923 as Destroyer No. 17
Launched23 April 1924
Displacement1,422 t (1,400 long tons) (normal) 1,747 t (1,719 long tons) (deep load)
Length97.5 m (319 ft 11 in) (pp) 102.5 m (336 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Speed37.3 knots (69.1 km/h; 42.9 mph)
Complement148

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

Career

Launched

23 April 1924

8–9 August 1942

Fate

Sunk

Sunk on 25 August 1944