Japanese destroyer Kasumi
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 7 April, 1945 |
| Struck: | 10 May 1945 |
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| Displacement: | 2,370 tons |
| Length: | 388 ft (118.3 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft 11 in (10.3 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 1 in (3.7 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 200 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 cal DP guns, up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 24 in torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
Kasumi was a Asashio-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Haze" (Mist of Flowers).
On 6 April 1945, Kasumi escorted the battleship Yamato from the Inland Sea on her attack mission towards Okinawa. She was sunk on 7 April by aircraft of Task Force 58. Fuyuzuki removed survivors, and scuttled her with two torpedoes, 150 miles (275 km) southwest of Nagasaki ().
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| Asashio-class destroyer |
| Asashio | Oshio | Michishio | Arashio | Natsugumo | Yamagumo | Minegumo | Asagumo | Arare | Kasumi |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
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