IJN · DD
Yugiri
Photos and infoFubuki-class destroyer. The name is evening mist. She was one of the improved ships, whose 5-inch guns could elevate to 75 degrees. Maizuru. Launched 12 May 1930 and commissioned 3 December 1930. In 1935 a typhoon tore her bow off. Off Endau she was in the gun line that finished Thanet. On 28 August 1942 a bomb hit her bridge and killed the division commander, Captain Yamada. On 16 May 1943 one torpedo from Grayback smashed her bow. On 25 November 1943, off Cape St. George, the gunfire of Charles Ausburne, Claxton, and Dyson sank her. Not pinned to one ship. I-177 picked up 278 men. Struck 15 December 1943.
| Class | Fubuki class |
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| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Launched | 1930-05-12 |
| Commissioned | 1930-12-03 |
| Fate | Sunk. Fubuki-class destroyer, evening mist. On 16 May 1943 one torpedo from Grayback smashed her bow northwest of Kavieng. Nine men were killed. Amagiri towed her in. Sunk by gunfire off Cape St. George before dawn on 25 November 1943. Charles Ausburne, Claxton, and Dyson share that gunfire. Not pinned to one ship. Lieutenant Commander Shuichi Otsuji was lost with her. I-177 picked up 278 men. Struck 15 December 1943. |
| 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.
Yugiri on 29 November 1930, four days before she commissioned. A large 8 is on the bow. Identified by Shizuo Fukui’s photograph in the Kure Maritime Museum album of destroyers, page 61. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Battle of Cape St. George
1943-11-25 · sunk by gunfire. Charles Ausburne, Claxton, and Dyson share it. Not pinned to one ship.
