Yūgumo-class destroyer

Naganami in June 1942.
Class overview
Name:	Yūgumo-class destroyer
Builders:	Maizuru Naval Arsenal Fujinagata Shipbuilding Yard Uraga Dock Company
Operators:	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by:	Kagerō class
Succeeded by:	Matsu class
Built:	1940–1944
In commission:	1941–1945
Planned:	14 (1939) + 16 (1941) + 8 (1942)
Completed:	19
Cancelled:	0
Lost:	19
General characteristics
Displacement:	2,077 tons standard, 2,520 tons battle condition
Length:	119.03 m (390 ft 6 in) overall, 117.00 m (383 ft 10 in) waterline
Beam:	10.80 m (35 ft 5 in)
Draft:	3.76 m (12 ft 4 in)
Propulsion:	3 × Kampon water tube boilers, 2 × Kanpon impulse geared turbines, 52,000 shp (39 MW), 2 shafts
Speed:	35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h)
Range:	5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Complement:	225 (Yūgumo, 1941)
Armament:	(Yūgumo, December 1941) • 6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3×2) • 4 × 25 mm Type 96 AA guns • 8 × Type 92 torpedo tubes (2×4) 16 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedoes • 18 × depth charges (Naganami, November 1944) • 6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3×2) • approx. 20 × 25 mm Type 96 AA guns • 1 × 12.7 mm AA gun (captured from USS Darter) • 8 × Type 92 torpedo tubes (2×4) 16 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedoes • 36 × depth charges (Asashimo, April 1945) • 6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3×2) • over 20 × 25 mm Type 96 AA guns • 8 × Type 92 torpedo tubes (2×4) 16 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedoes • 36 × depth charges

The Yūgumo'-class destroyers (夕雲型駆逐艦, Yūgumo-gata kuchikukan) were a class of destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. They were all completed from 1941 to 1944. The IJN called them Destroyer Type-A (甲型駆逐艦,, Kō-gata Kuchikukan) from their plan name. The Yūgumo-class destroyers were similar to the preceding Kagerō class. The main differences were a slightly different bridge design and the introduction of a new type of turrets for the main guns which were capable of 75-degree elevations giving better AA capabilities. Despite these improvements, none survived the war.

Ships in class

Books

• "Rekishi Gunzō". , History of Pacific War Vol.51 The truth of Imperial Japanese Vessels Histories 2, Gakken (Japan), August 2005, ISBN 4-05-604083-4
• Collection of writings by Sizuo Fukui Vol.5, Stories of Japanese Destroyers, Kōjinsha (Japan) 1993, ISBN 4-7698-0611-6
• Model Art Extra No.340, Drawings of Imperial Japanese Naval Vessels Part-1, Model Art Co. Ltd. (Japan), October 1989, Book code 08734-10
• The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.41 Japanese Destroyers I, Ushio Shobō (Japan), July 1980, Book code 68343-42

External links

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• http://www.combinedfleet.com/yugumo_n.htm