Japanese destroyer Yugumo (1941)
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| Completed: | 5 December 1941 |
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 7 October 1943 |
| Struck: | 1 December 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,520 tons |
| Length: | 390 ft 11 in (109.5 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 5 in (10.0 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 4 in (3.0 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 228 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
Yugumo (夕雲? "Evening Clouds") was the lead ship of her class of destroyer in the Imperial Japanese Navy.
On the night of 6–7 October 1943, Yugumo was on a troop evacuation run to Vella Lavella. In the Battle of Vella Lavella, she charged U.S. destroyers, irreparably damaging USS Chevalier (DD-451) with a torpedo. She was sunk in turn by gunfire and at least one torpedo from Chevalier and USS Selfridge (DD-357), 15 miles (27 km) northwest of Vella Lavella (), with 138 killed. U.S. PT boats rescued 78 survivors and another 25 reached friendly lines in an abandoned U.S. lifeboat, but Commander Osako was killed in action.
Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Shigeo Semba - 31 July 1941 - 5 December 1941
Cmdr. Shigeo Semba - 5 December 1941 - 25 May 1943
Cmdr. Azuma Osako - 25 May 1943 - 7 October 1943 (KIA)
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