IJN · DD
Kasumi
Photos and infoAsashio-class destroyer. She screened the Pearl Harbor striking force and was not hit. On 5 July 1942 Growler torpedoed her outside Kiska and she was repaired. Arare was the destroyer Growler sank that day. On 7 April 1945 she was with Yamato. Two bombs and a near miss took her steering. Seventeen men were killed and forty-seven injured. Fuyutsuki took the survivors off, including Lieutenant Commander Shohei Matsumoto, and scuttled her with two torpedoes. Not credited to one carrier.
| Class | Asashio class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Fate | Sunk. Screened the Pearl Harbor carriers and was not hit. On 7 April 1945 bombs disabled her with the Yamato force. Fuyutsuki scuttled her. Not credited to one carrier. |
| Armament (class) | Three twin 5-inch mounts, two funnels, and two banks of tubes. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
Postcard, 18 November 1937, the day she was launched. The name Kasumi is on the hull. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941-12-07 · screen; not hit
Aleutian Islands
1942-06-03 · torpedoed by Growler outside Kiska, 5 July 1942; repaired
Battle of Surigao Strait
1944-10-25 · in Shima's force; came out
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · disabled on 7 April; Fuyutsuki scuttled her
Operation Ten-Go
1945-04-07 · disabled by bombs; Fuyutsuki scuttled her