IJN · DD
SunkFubuki-class destroyer. A mine damaged her in 1940 and kept her in the yard until mid-1942. She then served in the northern waters and the Aleutians and was sunk by USS Skate in the Sea of Okhotsk on 5 July 1944.
| Class | Fubuki class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Builder | Ishikawajima, Tokyo |
| Launched | 1927-12-26 |
| Commissioned | 1928-07-26 |
| Fate | Sunk. Torpedoed and sunk by USS Skate on 5 July 1944 in the Sea of Okhotsk, west-southwest of Paramushiro, with 49 survivors from a crew of 316. |
| Armament (class) | Special Type. Three twin 5-inch mounts, two funnels, and three 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.
Usugumo, photographed in August 1928. Photo from the Kure Maritime Museum's destroyer album (Todaka, ed.). Wikimedia Commons File:Usugumo II.jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Battle of the Komandorski Islands
1943-03-26 · with the transports; not in the gun line
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