Japanese destroyer Yudachi
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 The Yudachi |
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 13 November 1942 |
| Struck: | 15 December 1942 |
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| Displacement: | 1,980 tons |
| Length: | 352 ft 8 in (107.5 meters |
| Beam: | 32 ft 6 in (9.9 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft 6 in (3.5 m) |
| Speed: | 34 knots (63 km/h) |
| Complement: | 180 |
| Armament: | 5 × 5 in ( 127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, up to 21 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 24 in torpedo tubes, 16 depth charges |
The Yudachi was a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Evening Thunder Shower in Summer".
On the night of 12–13 November 1942, in the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Yudachi escorted the Bombardment Force of Rear Admiral Abe Hiroaki. The lead ship in the formation at beginning of battle, Yudachi had to swerve to avoid U.S. ships, then torpedoed USS Portland (CA-33). After being disabled by gunfire of the U.S. cruiser-destroyer group, 207 survivors were removed by Samidare, which then failed to scuttle Yudachi with a torpedo. The abandoned hulk was sunk by gunfire of Portland, southeast of Savo Island ().
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| Shiratsuyu-class destroyer |
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Shiratsuyu | Shigure | Murasame | Yudachi | Samidare | Harusame | Yamakaze | Kawakaze | Umikaze | Suzukaze |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
