Destroyer Kazagumo
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Destroyer
Kazagumo was a Yūgumo-class destroyer built by Uraga Dock Company and completed on 28 March 1942. She fought at Midway, in the Solomons campaign and in the Kiska evacuation, and was torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS Hake at the mouth of Davao Gulf in the Philippines on 8 June 1944.
- Armament
- 6× Type 3 127mm guns (3×2), 8× 610mm torpedo tubes (2×4) Type 93 Long Lance, 4× 25mm AA guns
- Fate
- Torpedoed and sunk by U.S. submarine USS Hake (SS-256) on 8 June 1944 at the mouth of Davao Gulf, Philippines, while escorting the cruisers Myōkō and Haguro
History
Kazagumo was laid down at Uraga Dock Company on 23 December 1940, launched 26 September 1941, and commissioned 28 March 1942. After escorting the carrier force at Midway, she served throughout the Solomons campaign in 1942-43, participating in the carrier battles of the Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz, Tokyo Express runs, and the Battle of Vella Lavella. By mid-1944 she was operating from the southern Philippines. On 8 June 1944, while escorting the heavy cruisers Myōkō and Haguro out of Davao in support of the Biak reinforcement operation, Kazagumo was torpedoed by the U.S. submarine USS Hake (SS-256). The torpedoes caused fatal damage and she sank at the mouth of Davao Gulf at approximately 6°03′N 125°57′E; the destroyer Asagumo rescued 133 survivors. Her loss contributed to the attrition that left Japan's destroyer forces increasingly depleted ahead of the decisive battles of late 1944.
Related sites (2)
- Built35.243, 139.717
Uraga Dock Company, Kanagawa, where Kazagumo was constructed
- Sunk6.050, 125.950
Mouth of Davao Gulf, Philippines — torpedoed by USS Hake on 8 June 1944