Japanese destroyer Yamagumo
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 25 October, 1944 |
| Struck: | 10 January 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 × 610 mm torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
Yamagumo was a Asashio-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Mountain Clouds" (White Clouds in the Hills).
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 Surigao Strait (), she blew up and sank, apparently with all hands.
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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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