IJN · DD
Makigumo
Photos and infoYugumo-class destroyer. Fujinagata launched her on 5 November 1941. She was completed at Maizuru on 14 March 1942 under Isamu Fujita. At Midway she took two Enterprise airmen from a raft and put one torpedo into Hiryu. She did not sink the carrier. On 26 October 1942 she and Akigumo torpedoed the abandoned Hornet. That sinking is not credited to one ship. On 2 February 1943 Yugumo scuttled her after a mine off Savo Island.
| Class | Yugumo class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Builder | Fujinagata Shipyards |
| Launched | 1941-11-05 |
| Commissioned | 1942-03-14 |
| Fate | Sunk. On the night of 1–2 February 1943, between Cape Esperance and Savo Island, she struck a mine while turning away from PT-124. Yugumo took off the crew and scuttled her with one torpedo at 0127 on 2 February. One man was killed and two were missing. Struck 1 March 1943. |
| Armament (class) | Repeat of the Kagero. Three twin 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.
Shizuo Fukui photograph of Makigumo, the Yugumo-class destroyer completed in 1942. 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
Battle of Midway
1942-06-04 · in the screen
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
1942-08-24 · in Nagumo's screen; not sunk
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
1942-10-26 · with Akigumo, sent to the burning Hornet. Fired two torpedoes about 2205 Japanese time. Not sunk
