Japanese destroyer Kasumi

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Fate: Sunk in action, 7 April 1945
Struck: 10 May 1945
General Characteristics
Displacement: 2,370 tons
Length: 388 ft (118.3 m)
Beam: 33 ft 11 in (10.3 m)
Draft: 12 ft 1 in (3.7 m)
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement: 200
Armament: 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 cal DP guns,
up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns,
up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns,
8 × 24 in torpedo tubes,
36 depth charges

Kasumi was a Asashio-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Haze" (Mist of Flowers).

On 6 April 1945, Kasumi escorted the battleship Yamato from the Inland Sea on her attack mission towards Okinawa. She was sunk on 7 April by aircraft of Task Force 58. Fuyuzuki removed survivors, and scuttled her with two torpedoes, 150 miles (275 km) southwest of Nagasaki (31° N 128° E).


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Asashio-class destroyer

Asashio | Oshio | Michishio | Arashio | Natsugumo | Yamagumo | Minegumo | Asagumo | Arare | Kasumi

List of ships of the Japanese Navy