Japanese destroyer Makigumo (1942)
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| Completed: | 14 March 1942 |
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| Fate: | Scuttled, 1 February 1943 |
| Struck: | 1 March 1943 |
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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 |
Makigumo (巻雲?) was a Yugumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Cirrus Clouds" (Rolling Clouds).
On 1 February 1943, Makigumo was on a troop evacuation run to Guadalcanal. While maneuvering to avoid a PT boat attack, she struck a mine. Yugumo removed 237 survivors, including Commander Fujita, and scuttled Makigumo with a torpedo, three miles (5 km) south-southwest of Savo Island ().
Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Isamu Fujita - 20 December 1941 - 14 March 1942
Cmdr. Isamu Fujita - 14 March 1942 - 1 February 1943
[edit] See also
- List of World War II ships
- See Japanese destroyer Makigumo for other ships of the same name.
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