IJN · DD
Yukikaze
Photos and infoKagero-class destroyer. In Abe's screen on 13 November 1942 and she came through that night. At the Bismarck Sea she was one of the four destroyers that got the convoy's survivors away. On 7 April 1945 she was with Yamato and was not sunk. The only ship of her class still afloat at the end of the war. She went to China.
| Class | Kagero class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Builder | Sasebo Naval Arsenal |
| Launched | 1939-03-24 |
| Commissioned | 1940-01-20 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. Surrendered to Republic of China on 6 July 1947 at Shanghai, renamed DD-12 Tan Yang (丹陽); scrapped 1970 |
| Armament (class) | Three twin 5-inch mounts, two funnels, and two quadruple 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.
Destroyer Yukikaze after the war (1945-1947).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Command
Battle of the Java Sea
1942-02-27 · Destroyer Division 16, with Jintsu. Not sunk
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
1942-10-26 · in Nagumo's screen. Not sunk
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, night action
1942-11-13 · in Abe's screen
Battle of the Bismarck Sea
1943-03-02 · got away with survivors
Battle of the Sibuyan Sea
1944-10-24 · with the force; not sunk
Battle off Samar
1944-10-25 · in the screen; not sunk off Samar
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · in Yamato's screen; not sunk
Operation Ten-Go
1945-04-07 · not sunk