Japanese destroyer Yamagumo (1938)
- Japanese destroyer Yamagumo (1938)
nihongo|"Yamagumo"|山雲|extra="Mountain Clouds" (White Clouds in the Hills) was a sclass|Asashio|destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
She was responsible for sinking USS|Sculpin|SS-191 on 19 November 1943. She picked up forty-two survivors from the sunken submarine, and transferred them to Truk.
On 25 October 1944, "Yamagumo" escorted the Southern Force commanded by Admiral Nishimura Shoji into the Battle of Surigao Strait. Torpedoed by USS|McDermut|DD-677 in the Surigao Strait (coord|10|25|N|125|23|E), she blew up and sank, apparently with all hands.
Commanding Officers
* Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Toshio Abe - 16 August 1937 - 1 December 1937
* Chief Equipping Officer - Lt. Cmdr. Tameichi Hara - 1 December 1937 - 15 January 1938
* Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Tameichi Hara - 15 January 1938 - 3 November 1939 (Promoted to Commander on 15 November 1938.)
* Cmdr. Yasuji Koga - 3 November 1939 - 20 May 1942
* Lt. Cmdr. Shirou Ono - 20 May 1942 - 25 October 1944 (KIA)
See also
* List of World War II ships
External links
* [http://www.combinedfleet.com/asashi_c.htm CombinedFleet.com: "Asashio"-class destroyers]
* [http://www.combinedfleet.com/yamagu_t.htm CombinedFleet.com: "Yamagumo" history]
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