Japanese destroyer Makigumo

Japanese destroyer Makigumo

Two naval vessels of Japan have been named "Makigumo" (巻雲), meaning "Cirrus Clouds" (Rolling Clouds). [http://www.combinedfleet.com/ijnnames.htm]

* Japanese destroyer "Makigumo" (1942) was a "Yugumo"-class destroyer in the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was completed in 1942, scuttled in 1943, and struck in 1943.

* Japanese destroyer "Makigumo" (DD-114) was a "Yamagumo"-class destroyer in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was launched in 1967 and decommissioned in 1995.


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