Japanese destroyer Yugiri
Encyclopedia : J : JA : JAP : Japanese destroyer Yugiri
Yugiri was a Fubuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Evening Mist".
On 24 November–25 November 1943, Yugiri was one of five destroyers on a troop transport/evacuation run to Buka. In the Battle of Cape St. George on 26 November, she was sunk by gunfire of USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570), USS Claxton (DD-571) and USS Dyson (DD-572), 50 miles (95 km) east of Cape St. George (). The Japanese submarine I-177 rescued 278 survivors and I-181 rescued 11 more.
On 15 December 1943, Yugiri was removed from the Navy List.
See also
External links
| Fubuki-class destroyer |
|
Type I (Fubuki) Fubuki | Shirayuki | Hatsuyuki | Miyuki | Murakumo | Shinonome | Usugumo | Shirakumo | Isonami | Uranami
Type II (Ayanami) |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.