Japanese destroyer Yugiri
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 Yugiri |
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| Career |  |
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| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | |
| Struck: | 15 December 1943 |
| Status: | Sunk in action, 26 November 1943 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,050 tons |
| Length: | 378 ft 3 in (115.3 m) |
| Beam: | 34 ft (10.4 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × Kampon type boilers, 2 × Parsons geared turbines, 2 × shafts at 50,000 shp (37 MW) |
| Speed: | 38 knots (70 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nm at 14 knots (9,200 km at 26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 197 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 inch (127 mm) / 50 caliber guns (3 × 2-gun turrets), up to 22 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 10 × 13 mm AA guns, 9 × 610 mm torpedo tubes, 36 × depth charges |
Yugiri (夕霧) was a Fubuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Evening Mist".
On 24 November–25 November 1943, Yugiri was one of five destroyers on a troop transport/evacuation run to Buka. In the Battle of Cape St. George on 26 November, she was sunk by gunfire of USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570), USS Claxton (DD-571) and USS Dyson (DD-572), 50 miles (95 km) east of Cape St. George (). The Japanese submarine I-177 rescued 278 survivors and I-181 rescued 11 more.
On 15 December 1943, Yugiri was removed from the Navy List.
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| Fubuki-class destroyer |
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Type I (Fubuki) Type II (Ayanami) |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
