Japanese destroyer Yamagumo (1937)

Yamagumo underway on 15 September 1939.
History
Empire of Japan
NameYamagumo
Ordered1934 Maru-2 Program
BuilderFujinagata Shipyards
Laid down4 November 1936
Launched24 July 1937
Commissioned15 January 1938
Stricken10 January 1945
FateSunk in action, 25 October 1944
General characteristics
Class & typeAsashio-class destroyer
Displacement2,370 long tons (2,408 t)
Length
  • 111 m (364 ft) pp
  • 115 m (377 ft 4 in)waterline
  • 118.3 m (388 ft 1 in) OA
Beam10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Draft3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion2-shaft geared turbine, 3 boilers, 50,000 shp (37,285 kW)
Speed35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h)
Range
  • 5,700 nmi (10,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
  • 960 nmi (1,780 km) at 34 kn (63 km/h)
Complement200
Armament

Yamagumo (山雲, Mountain Cloud) was the sixth of ten Asashio-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the mid-1930s under the Circle Two Supplementary Naval Expansion Program (Maru Ni Keikaku).