Japanese destroyer Yamagumo (1938)
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| Commissioned: | 15 January 1938 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 25 October 1944 |
| Struck: | 10 January 1945 |
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| 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 × 610 mm torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
Yamagumo (山雲) was a Asashio-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Mountain Clouds" (White Clouds in the Hills). She was responsible for sinking the USS Sculpin on 19 November 1943. She picked up forty-two survivors from the sunken sub, and transferred them to Truk.
On 25 October 1944, Yamagumo escorted the Southern Force commanded by Admiral Nishimura Shoji into the Battle of Surigao Strait. Torpedoed by USS McDermut (DD-677) in Surigao Strait (), she blew up and sank, apparently with all hands.
Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Toshio Abe - 16 August 1937 - 1 December 1937
Chief Equipping Officer - Lt. Cmdr. Tameichi Hara - 1 December 1937 - 15 January 1938
Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Tameichi Hara - 15 January 1938 - 3 November 1939 (Promoted to Commander on 15 November 1938.)
Cmdr. Yasuji Koga - 3 November 1939 - 20 May 1942
Lt. Cmdr. Shirou Ono - 20 May 1942 - 25 October 1944 (KIA)
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