IJN Warships

YUGUMO CLASS DESTROYER

NAME

BUILDER

LAUNCHED

COMPLETED

LENGTH
(feet/inch)

BEAM
(feet/inch)

DRAFT
(feet/inch)


NAGANAMI

FUJINAMI

KISHINAMI

OKINAMI

HAMANAMI

ASASHIMO

KIYOSHIMO

HAYASHIMO

AKISHIMO
 

Fujinagato Z., Osaka

Fujinagato Z., Osaka

Uraga Dock, Tokyo

Maizuru DY

Maizuru DY

Fujinagato Z., Osaka

Uraga Dock, Tokyo

Maizuru DY

Fujinagato Z., Osaka

5 March 1942

20 April 1943

19 August 1943

18 July 1943

18 April 1943

18 July 1943

29 February 1944

November 1943

5 December 1943

30 June 1942

31 July 1943

3 December 1943

10 December 1943

15 October 1943

27 November 1943

15 May 1944

20 February 1944

11 March 1944

390 11 oa
383 10 wl
365 11 pp
35 05 12 04

DISPLACEMENT

ARMAMENT

COMPLEMENT

SHAFT
HORSEPOWER

SPEED
(knots)

FUEL
(tons)

RANGE
(NM)

2520 N
2077 light

15 x to 28 x 25mm

4 x 13mm

8 x 24in TT

36 depth charges

or

2 x 5in 50 cal DP

2 x 5in 40 cal

12 x 25mm

8 x 24in TT

36 depth charges
 

228 52000 35 ?
oil
?
ABBREVIATIONS USED ABOVE

NOTES


NAGANAMI
survived the Battle Off Samar. She was sunk on 11 November 1944, 55NM NE of Cebu by aircraft of TF 38.

FUJINAMI survived the Battle Off Samar. She was sunk on 27 October 1944, 80NM N of Iloilo by aircraft of TF 38.

KISHINAMI survived the Battle Off Samar. Torpedoed by US submarine FLASHER on 4 December 1944, 270NM WSW of Luzon Straits.

OKINAMI survived the Battle Off Samar. She was sunk on 13 November 1944, 8NM W of Manila by aircraft of TF 38.

HAMANAMI survived the Battle Off Samar. She was sunk on 11 November 1944, 55NM NE of Cebu by aircraft of TF 38.

ASASHIMO survived the Battle Off Samar. She was sunk on 7 April 1945 while escorting YAMATO to Okinawa by aircraft of TF 58.

KIYOSHIMO survived the Battle Off Samar. She was sunk on 26 December 1944, 145NM S of Manila by PT-boats and aircraft.

HAYASHIMO survived the Battle Off Samar, only to be sunk the next day, 26 October 1944, by aircraft of TF 38, 40NM SE of Mindoro.

AKISHIMO survived the Battle Off Samar. She was sunk on 13 November 1944, 8NM W of Manila by aircraft of TF 38.

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