Yūgumo-class destroyer

	Naganami in June 1942
Class overview
Name	Yūgumo-class destroyer
Builders	Fujinagata Shipyards (7); Maizuru Naval Arsenal (6); Uraga Dock Company (6);
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Kagerō class
Succeeded by	Akizuki class
Built	1940–1944
In commission	1941–1945
Planned	14 (1939) + 16 (1941) + 8 (1942)
Completed	19
Cancelled	19
Lost	19
General characteristics
Displacement	2,077 tons standard,; 2,520 tons battle condition;
Length	119.03 m (390 ft 6 in) overall,; 117.00 m (383 ft 10 in) waterline;
Beam	10.80 m (35 ft 5 in)
Draft	3.76 m (12 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	3 × Kampon water tube boilers,; 2 × Kanpon impulse geared turbines,; 52,000 shp (39 MW), 2 shafts;
Speed	35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Complement	225 (Yūgumo, 1941)
Armament	(Yūgumo, December 1941); 6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3×2); 4 × 25 mm Type 96 AA guns; 8 × Type 92 torpedo tubes (2×4); 16 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedoes; 18 × depth charges; (Naganami, November 1944); 6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3×2); approx. 20 × 25 mm Type 96 AA guns; 1 × 12.7 mm AA gun (captured from USS Darter); 8 × Type 93 torpedo tubes (2×4); 16 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedoes; 36 × depth charges; (Asashimo, April 1945); 6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3×2); over 20 × 25 mm Type 96 AA guns; 8 × Type 92 torpedo tubes (2×4); 16 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedoes; 36 × depth charges;

The Yūgumo-class destroyers (夕雲型駆逐艦, Yūgumo-gata kuchikukan) were a group of 19 destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The IJN called them Destroyer Type-A (甲型駆逐艦,, Kō-gata Kuchikukan) from their plan name. No ships of the class survived the war.

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