Japanese destroyer Kazagumo
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| Completed: | 28 March 1942 |
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 8 June 1944 |
| Struck: | 10 July 1944 |
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| Displacement: | 2,520 tons |
| Length: | 390 ft 11 in (109.5 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 5 in (10.0 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 4 in (3.0 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 228 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
Kazagumo (風雲?) was a Yugumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Clouds Driven by Heaven's Winds".
On 8 June 1944, Kazagumo was escorting Myōkō and Haguro from Davao to support Biak troop transport operations. She was torpedoed and sunk by USS Hake (SS-256) at the mouth of Davao Gulf. Asagumo rescued 133 survivors.
Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Masayoshi Yoshida - 20 January 1942 - 28 March 1942
Cmdr. Masayoshi Yoshida - 28 March 1942 - 14 September 1943
Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Kanematsu Hashimoto - 14 September 1943 - 8 June 1944 (Promoted to Commander on 1 November 1943.)
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