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The Yura (由良) was a Nagara Class Light Cruiser scuttled October 25, 1942 off Savo Island.
- Built in Sasebo, Japan.
- In 1930, tested airplane catapults.
- Fought in Shanghai China in early 1932, and again between 1937 – 1939.
- Relocated to the south Pacific in 1940.
- Designated Rear Admiral Daigo Tadashige's flagship of Submarine Squadron 5 on September 1, 1941.
- December 8, 1941: Supports the invasion of Malaya off Cape Camau, Indochina.
- December 11, 1941: Heads to Cam Ranh Bay and joins the Borneo Seizure Force.
- December 13, 1941: Joins in the invasion of Borneo.
- December 22 – December 23, 1941: Escorts six transports to Kuching, Sarawak.
- February 10, 1942: Part of escort of 25 transports to Palembang and Bangka Island, Sumatra.
- February 18, 1942: Part of the cover for the Western Java Seizure Force
- March 1, 1942: Attacked by Dutch submarine K-XIV.
- March 4, 1942: Rescues the crew of the tanker Erimo (sunk by USS S-39).
- March 12, 1942: Covers landings in Sumatra.
- March 23, 1942: Covers landings at Port Blair.
- April 1, 1942: Assigned to the Second Expeditionary Fleet, Malay Force to attack merchant ships in the Bay of Bengal.
- April 6, 1942: With the Yugiri, sinks the Dutch ships Banjoewangi and Batavia and the British steamboat Taksang.
- During the Battle of Midway in June 1942, operated as Rear Admiral Shoji Nishimura's flagship for Destroyer Squadron 4.
- August 1942: sent to Chuuk to join the fleets assembled for the Guadalcanal campaign. Fought in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on August 24.
- September 25, 1942, received slight damage from two USAAF B-17 bombers off Shortland Island in the Solomon Islands.
- October 14, 1942: Part of escort group landing troops on Cape Esperance at Guadalcanal. Makes a second escort run to Guadalcanal October 17.
- The submarine USS Grampus (SS-207) hit the Yura with a torpedo on October 18, 1942, but it failed to explode.
- On October 25, 1942, the day before the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands took place, Yura, leading an attack group of destroyers off Santa Isabel Island in the Solomons, was hit by five American SBD scout bombers. After a short retreat, she was attacked again, forcing evacuation. The Yura was scuttled off Savo Island by the Harusame and Yudachi.
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[edit] References
- Brown, David (1990). Warship Losses of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 155750914X.
- D'Albas, Andrieu (1965). Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II. Devin-Adair Pub. ISBN 081595302X.
- Dull, Paul S. (1978). A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-097-1.
- Lacroix, Eric, Linton Wells (1997). Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0870213113.
[edit] External links
- ^ Lacroix, Japanese Cruisers, p. 794.
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