Japanese destroyer Yamagumo (1938)
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| Commissioned: | 15 January 1938 |
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 25 October 1944 |
| Struck: | 10 January 1945 |
| General Characteristics | |
| 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).
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.
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| Asashio-class destroyer |
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Asashio | Oshio | Michishio | Arashio | Natsugumo | Yamagumo | Minegumo | Asagumo | Arare | Kasumi |
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